tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65443832240717596972024-03-13T20:10:06.983-04:00PearlModernFashion, vintage clothing, jewelry, hats, shoes, lifestyle, decor, music, film, recipes, food, cocktails, travel and much more.PearlModernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09326795767180514482noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544383224071759697.post-83285615587780866702013-02-17T09:32:00.000-05:002013-02-17T09:38:40.174-05:00It's A Mod, Mod Spring!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Long past are the days of dressing luxuriously for travel, with the rare exception of course. Once, in a European terminal, I saw Donatella Versace wearing head-to-toe skin tight sleek black leather and sporting razor-sharp platinum hair, a study in graphic contrast. She moved like a leopard.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Dressing for travel can be an exercise in fantasy and costume. One can take on a mysterious persona, like a femme-fatale in a spy movie or a 50's film star traveling incognito, half-hiding behind an oversized picture hat and dark sunglasses. Of course, one probably shouldn't dress as scantily clad as the lady in the photo above, even in first class! One can wear whatever they want on a private plane... or nothing at all.</i></span></div>
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<i style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year, as winter turns its back, spring will arrive fresh and revived with clean, sharp lines and bold graphics. Crisp black and white and bold, punchy colors will hearken back to the mod 1960s. As a collector of 1960s fashion, I am thrilled! I adore the geometric tailoring, the futuristic abandon of the designs and the use of reflective chrome in the accessories. Hats were particularly genius in the 1960s. I love the black patent helmet with the chinstrap and leopard pouf worn by the gorgeous actress Claudia Cardinale in the photograph below. </span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next is a short video of fashions by Andres Courreges from 1969.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Next is a super-fun song from 1968 by Pussycat called "Aucune Fille au Monde".</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Next are two photos of the mysteriously beautiful singer Esther Ofarim from the 1960s.</i></span><br />
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PearlModernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09326795767180514482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544383224071759697.post-28803081997452464512012-07-13T08:08:00.000-04:002012-07-13T08:08:44.218-04:00Summer On The Run<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2x3rPx1_iRNJLfoAOxVnsRiD6bVggesfIP0HWbGixfsdt7fhJp_0mWu2ZYcpifu1k4pGutDNZ9sy0YfY6cFNUGoNXhebfDMcejdiL7riSK3-TTRjfgnwQaS-4V7yiiuZiiZITtnxISM/s1600/elmer+batters+woman+sliding+door+use+fur+purse+stole+high+heels+pulp+black+dress+black+handbag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2x3rPx1_iRNJLfoAOxVnsRiD6bVggesfIP0HWbGixfsdt7fhJp_0mWu2ZYcpifu1k4pGutDNZ9sy0YfY6cFNUGoNXhebfDMcejdiL7riSK3-TTRjfgnwQaS-4V7yiiuZiiZITtnxISM/s1600/elmer+batters+woman+sliding+door+use+fur+purse+stole+high+heels+pulp+black+dress+black+handbag.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>This summer, New York City is awash with superb art and fashion exhibitions. "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a must-see for anyone interested in the history of fashion and the direct role art plays as an inspiration for a designer. My love of Elsa Schiaparelli's designs is well known, and this is a perfect and unprecedented opportunity to see into the grand dame of the surreal's wonderfully twisted mind. The exhibition runs through August 19th.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Summers in California were dry and smelled of wildflowers. Color abounded on the summer frocks girls would wear with wild hair and beachy tans and on children's faces with the designs of flowers and clowns painted on flushed cheeks by hippie chicks with braids and macrame bags.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I have an affinity for the psychedelic. I love bold patterns that have a hallucinatory kaleidoscopic effect. I am happy to see girls today embracing wild psychedelic maxi-dresses this summer. It looks so fresh and easy, but still dressed up. I love the pairing of wild patterns and ethnic jewelry topped off with the perfect floppy hat.</i></span></div><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is a beautiful 1920s photo of the Brooklyn born and bred vaudevillian actress Lilyan Tashman, fully embracing the Chinoiserie glamour I adore, perhaps she even graced a garden party right here in Brooklyn.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>In closing, we have one of my favorite Japanese jazz bands - Soil & "Pimp" Sessions - with their classic song "Summer Goddess".</i></span></div><br />
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<i style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Back from scouring the world for treasures, quite like a Bohemian pirate with his (her) booty. There was, in fact, a pirate in the family tree. His name was Valentine and he succumbed to an untimely death in the New World. The treasures I have unearthed have an air of the exotic and are perfumed with mystery. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I have been collecting vintage jewelry for as long as I can remember. As a young goth girl, I gravitated towards Victorian and Edwardian pieces, as dark and spooky as possible. Mourning jewelry, hair lockets and anything with a spiderweb was suitably macabre. I would try to simulate the effect of a spiderweb by draping long strands of deep black faceted French jet beads across my chest, the sparkles simulating morning dew. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>One piece I cherish is a tremendous Whitby Jet cameo ring I inheirited from my Irish great-grandmother. It is a massive piece, almost too big to wear. You can see the depth of time in the cameo's wizened carved features and endless black abyss of the stone. It is one of those pieces of jewelry which dictate the type of outfit you would wear with it, generally a black velvet dress and a Victorian beaded capelet. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>As far as I am concerned, when it comes to jewels, bigger is better. I love large, sculptural, very dramatic pieces that veer toward the surreal. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I grew up in a very Bohemian atmosphere in California with yearly European forays. I tend to gravitate toward pieces that have a sense of history and seem to be from distant lands. I like to find pieces that were stylistically inspired by the cultures and artistic traditions of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Every era in the history of costume jewelry has produced masterpieces. Lately, I have been collecting a great deal of pieces from the early 1960s to the beginning of the 1970s. I love the ethnic influence that was in vogue during this era. I feel like this particular time was a modern renaissance. The costume jewelry had a medieval or Renaissance revival influence crossed with Ottoman jewelry and the lyrical abandon of the surrealists. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is a favorite photo of Kenneth Lane from his book "Faking It".</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Kenneth Lane is someone who participated in this Bohemian Zeitgeist and brought costume jewelry to the ultimate level of high fashion. Lane's love of art history, travel and world cultures inspired wonderful pieces that are prized for their original, often bizarre designs, high quality and for their lasting brilliance. Here is a selection of Kenneth Lane's work that I absolutely adore.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is an Asian style coin collar necklace that is incredibly dramatic and sexy. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is one of my favorite Kenneth Lane brooches from the Mughal series of the early 1960s. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaRkXaCJ8BVVrFTwIpOwHVCwCV6ulA2XeXJbnoGu3gz9sQFb4dz7pP7T_cwOdLDZRety_smuPdl71Wyev8XQN5Xt111XZkpJJBwfA68yWwrA-5RkKUFowj_48_HMP7f9xvdkuBKZmsck/s1600/kenneth+jay+lane+kjl+paisley+brooch+swedged+mughal+pearlmodern+pearl+modern+etsy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaRkXaCJ8BVVrFTwIpOwHVCwCV6ulA2XeXJbnoGu3gz9sQFb4dz7pP7T_cwOdLDZRety_smuPdl71Wyev8XQN5Xt111XZkpJJBwfA68yWwrA-5RkKUFowj_48_HMP7f9xvdkuBKZmsck/s1600/kenneth+jay+lane+kjl+paisley+brooch+swedged+mughal+pearlmodern+pearl+modern+etsy.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #999999;"><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The brooch pictured beneath is another fantastic paisley piece in the Mughal style.</i></span></div><i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></i><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>When I opened the latch on the handbag and tilted the top open, it revealed a snow white silk interior, a tufted and mysterious box as luxurious and foreign as the glovebox of a Rolls Royce Phantom. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">When I reached my excited and curious hand inside of the bag, I felt something resting on the bottom. I felt around and pulled out a business card. As crisp and white as the silk lining, this business card was printed elegantly with a refined font in stark black ink. The text simply read "Sherman Billingsley - Private Rooms - Stork Club". Below is a photograph of Stork Club owner Sherman Billingsley sitting at his favorite table at the Stork Club.</span></i></span><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The Stork Club and El Morocco were the hot spots in New York City for celebrities, politicians, the literati and notorious gangsters from the 1930s to the early 1960s. </span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">When I looked at this business card, my mind began racing. What were the historical implications of this card being in this bag? What was its provenance? Who originally owned this bag? Were they a celebrity, a grand dame of cafe society? What sort of life did this handbag lead from then until now? What scenes was this refined bag witness to? Surely it was carried on the gloved wrist of a lady out to enjoy a fine dinner with a dashingly handsome gentleman. It would have been casually placed next to a crystal flute of champagne just in reach to be taken to powder one's nose. </span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Below is a photo by famed photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt of the glamorous ladies within the Stork Club's powder room.</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Was the owner of this handbag a showgirl seduced by a B-level film star or an heiress slumming with her Latin dance instructor? Was the bag gently placed on the bedside table or thrown on the floor in the midst of passion, a silent witness to all manner of debauchery? </span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Was this handbag carried by the striking actress Yvonne Printemps, star of the Folies Bergère? She is photographed below by the great photographer Horst in 1934 for Vanity Fair in a fantastic ensemble as worn by her character in the Broadway production of the Noël Coward play "Conversation Piece".</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Could my bag have been in the possession of Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, fashion icon and great champion of Native American art? When this handbag was new, she was married to an American stockbroker. She is photographed below in 1938 also by Horst. </span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Below is a wonderful image taken of Langford by the photographer C.S. Bull in 1936. What an absolutely gorgeous dress!</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps the bag was worn on the arm of the great actress Bebe Daniels, who made an amazing 230 films. Under contract to Warner Brothers, she certainly would have dined alongside other up-and-comers and contract players at the Stork Club. Here she is in the 1930s photographed also donning an amazing feathered headdress, but with the ultimate dinner date, a live cheetah!</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">In closing, in honor of the great dinner clubs of yesteryear and the glamour of their patrons, we have a take on the classic chocolaty cocktail, "The Velvet Hammer".</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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So I began making a list and it was sadly predictable and utilitarian, even the winning lottery ticket was too obvious. I then began to think about what really inspired me aesthetically this year and what objects I wanted to surround myself with. I think about beauty all day long, beautiful jewels, beautiful paintings, beautiful clothing and then I think about the amazing rooms that house these luxuries. That brings me to the first thing on my wish list. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">In November's issue of The World Of Interiors magazine, I read a review of the new book "A Taste For The Exotic" written by Emmanuelle Gaillard and Marc Walter, published by Thames and Hudson. This gorgeously photographed book delves into the most luxurious and obsessive public spaces of history's most eccentric and fabulous collectors/aesthetes from Portugal to St. Petersburg. This got me thinking about the objects that I might furnish my rooms with in this grand and gilded fashion. While perusing my favorite antique stores online, I came across a gorgeous Chinoiserie chest from Polly McArthur and Associates in Seattle. This beautiful set of drawers is painted a shade of robin's egg blue that I find very soothing. The chest is very finely decorated with crimson red typical Oriental scenes of pagodas and farmers, but also leisurely scenes of kite flying. The drawers are even lined with vintage Fortuny fabric!</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">These images of sailing ships and intoxicating distant lands provoke a sensation of extreme wanderlust in me and make me wander off in my mind on a fantasy journey to Tangier, Morocco, where I dream of shopping in the Bazaar for glittering jewel toned glass lanterns for my garden and armfuls of intricate silver and brass bangles that jingle wildly as I dig for treasure. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">All of these images of beautiful dresses, jewels and shoes have me wanting to dress up. For Christmas I would like an extravagant pair of teetering red shoes, not so much to walk in as to just casually stand around at, perhaps, an art opening. These amazing sculptural red Alexander McQueen shoes will do the job just fine.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">Inspired by the Art Deco lines and cool blues of the Handschin poster, I will add to my fantasy wish list my dream antique radio, the Walter Dorwin Teague designed Sparton Radio, produced from 1936 to 1940. This Deco streamlined radio is made of ebonized wood and cobalt blue mirror. I first saw one being auctioned in Los Angeles and I fell in love. This is a perfect example of the genius of Art Deco design. This radio is available from Modernism Gallery (305) 442-8743.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Freak snowstorm aside, we just returned from a wonderful weekend in the country visiting Victorian mansions and digging for fabulous treasures in countless antique stores. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The house is arranged around sublime vignettes, utilizing the most fantastic decorative objects and pictures from the last 200 or so years, from the Baroque to high modern without ever forgetting to honor the gorgeous architecture of the house. It was truly like walking into the pages of The World of Interiors magazine. The house was described by one of the owners as a personal<i> Wunderkammer, a perfect description of a perfectly beautiful home. </i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Moving through these many rooms, up and down staircases, resisting the urge to slide down the shiny polished banisters, treading gently over French silk carpets, careful not to let my small vintage Celine handbag knock over a frighteningly fragile Bavarian porcelain folly (a priceless accident I would never live down), I began thinking about the scenes these rooms have been witness to over the last century. I wonder what songs have been played on Victrolas to Hi-Fis with party revelers wearing clothing that one might find eccentric today...</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>The images that are inspiring me this week derive from this idea of imagining one great old house and the history of fashion that the privileged people have worn in these rooms, from Edwardian finery to the sleek lines of the Art Deco era. Maybe it's because of Halloween, but I could swear that I saw out of the corner of my eye fantastically dressed ghosts going about their ghostly day, moving from room to room lighting candles and then blowing them out. </i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Below is a stunning photo of an actress wearing a magnificent pleated dress with fabulous accordion pleated wings. </i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>This next photograph is unusual and beautiful. I love the placement of the two jeweled bows and double heart beauty marks. </i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Beneath is a great image of the beautiful actress Veronica Lake looking absolutely gorgeous.</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Next is a beautiful photo of the actress Kathryn Adams. I love the vertical ruching at the shoulders. The tassel necklace is beautiful. Lately we have been collecting a variety of tassel necklaces for the Pearl Modern store from Hattie Carnegie to Etruscan revival. There is something so fun about the way they swing!</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Next is a photograph of the always beautiful actress Carole Lombard in the most exquisite beaded leaf patterned dress. Amazing!</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>This next image is so haunting. It is of the actress Marion Davies, the lover of infamous publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst.</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Below is a photo of the silent movie actress Mary Brian, who played Wendy Darling in director Herbert Brenon's 1924 silent movie adaptation of 'Peter Pan'. I love the rhinestone buckle detail at her waist.</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>This next photo is a wonderful image of the actress Kay Francis from the 1920s. The all white outfit is so chic and modern that I could imagine it having been designed by Giorgio Armani.</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Beneath is an image of the actress Toby Wing. This corduroy dress is quite amazing. The geometric details and the diamond shaped belt buckle are excellent design elements. </i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Next is a stunningly goth image of the actress Suzanne Ridgway from 1938 taken by master photographer George Hurrell. I have a scarlet red dress just like this that needs to be exhumed from the wardrobe immediately!</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Below is another amazing 1938 photograph by George Hurrell of the actress Whitney Bourne. This is just a perfect photo. I love the use of the hat and the long netting is mysterious, sexy and slightly subversive.</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>This next image is also mysterious. She looks like a James Bond villainess in her high heeled boots.</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Below is a photo of the actress Elaine Dunne, who played Vashti on the "Wild Wild West" television series in the episode "The Night of the Infernal Machine" in 1966.</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Next is a photograph that I absolutely love of the Swedish stage actress Viveca Lindfors. The styling is absolutely perfect. </i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>The next photo inspiring me this week is of actress Merle Oberon. Born in Bombay in 1911, she made her way to England and then to America, where she had a long career appearing on television. To me, she exudes an exotic beauty with eyes that could tell many dark stories.</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>On a lighter note, in closing, we have a very surreal photo of the über glamorous actress Anita Ekberg from 1955, sitting in possibly the strangest chair we have ever seen. We wish we had been at that costume party!</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Lately I have been thinking a lot about and collecting French Haute Couture from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. The Paris runways are always decadent and über glamorous, but this particular time period bore fashions that were particularly Baroque in their luxe. Of course, Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel is an obvious example, with his icy elegance as are Galliano and McQueen, but lately I've been obsessing on Christian Lacroix and his legacy of fantastical creations that summed up that era with an exuberant joie de vivre. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I first fell in love with the designs of Christian Lacroix as a young girl, hungrily flipping through fashion magazines. I recall the first image was of his iconic silver haired model/muse Marie Seznec in a giant poufy skirt and laced bodice, a dizzying cross between a towering strawberry shortcake and Marie Antoinette on hallucinogens. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Unlike other designers, whom you practically need a chisel to crack through the impenetrable façade of reserved sophistication and cool, with Lacroix's creations you are invited into the fantasy to revel at the technicolor plumage, exotic patterns that rhapsodically clash in the most brilliant way, all tied together with endless ropes of sparkling rhinestones. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I recently found this photo of Boy George and it made me think about how beautiful he was in these early photographs from the 1980s. I was always entranced by how he expertly used makeup in such a genius way, highlighting those beautiful eyes and lips. In the current era of Lady Gaga, I feel that Boy George and Culture Club were way ahead of their time as far as styling and fashion go.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>In the 1947 film "Nightmare Alley", Tyrone Power gives a stellar performance as carnie Stan Carlisle. Below is a clip from "Nightmare Alley".</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below are a few favorite photos of the dashingly handsome Tyrone Power.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Dark Passage" is one of my all time favorite film noir movies. It stars the incredible duo of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, directed by the great Delmer Daves. This is a classic tale of revenge set in foggy San Francisco.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Here is the gorgeous Danish version of the "Dark Passage" poster.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Another great film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall is Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep" from 1946. Below is a clip from the movie.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cocktail Of The Week - "The Crooked Angel"</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I love the change in seasons, when you take a breath and the air is tinged with a hint of icy-cold alluding to the cold winter ahead, coat weather. I adore dramatic clothing. I can't wait to throw a voluminous velvet cape on over a fitted 50's dress. A great, well-cut coat can be so sexy, an anticipation of what's underneath. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is a photograph of the legendary art doyenne Peggy Guggenheim in a luxurious, oriental patterned Poiret dress.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Below are illustrations from Berthe and Premet.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">There is something wonderful about the outfit worn by this Romanian girl in the photo below from the 19th century. I have always had an affinity for the peasant dresses that Yves Saint Laurent designed. This skirt reminds me of those iconic designs, with its beautiful pattern and luxurious drape.</span></i></span><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is a photograph from the 1920s of the actress Anna May Wong. I love the drama of the long sequin mesh scarf worn as a headdress. </i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>There was a wonderful retrospective exhibition this summer of the great couturier Madame Gres at the Musee Bourdelle in Paris. Below are a few photos and illustrations from the designers oeuvre. </i></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">Below is a fantastic Madame Gres ensemble from 1960.</span></i></span><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I am very excited to visit the upcoming exhibition of Daphne Guinness' select pieces from her vast wardrobe presented at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. The show runs from September 16, 2011 to January 7, 2012. This exhibition is not to be missed if you are at all enthralled with the mastery of the modern couturiers from Karl Lagerfeld to Alexander McQueen. </i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I have just spent a wild two weeks digging in gold country, not for gold nuggets mind you, but for other buried treasures. You would think that great finds would be few and far between in the middle of nowhere, but this trip has been absolutely brilliant! </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I love when shops bust at their seams with any and all manner of things. Like a natural high, I thrive on the process of sorting through the chaos, digging through the layers of time and brushing away the dusty silt of history to reveal the signature of a great master, once heralded, now forgotten, primed to be rediscovered by today's savvy collectors. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The historic downtown turned out to be a one block long transplant from the Old West. The first shop was jam packed with the same chipped china patterns that I always see, so I left. Across the street was a storefront with an impressive assortment of antique suitcases and vintage embroidered Western shirts. The shop was overloaded with frocks, frills and tarnished silver. After flipping through countless moth-eaten frock coats and unraveling lacy petticoats, I came upon a giant snake-charmer's basket overflowing with silk scarves. Like a clown trick, one after another, I pulled out psychedelic, op-art Vera scarves until I reached the bottom and pulled out the most magnificent blue silk Schiaparelli scarf, as voluminous as a schooner's sail. </i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>That same day, I decided to drive ridiculously far to a one horse town where I had once by chance happened upon an excellent antique fair. Unfortunately, it was Monday and I soon discovered that all of the antique stores were closed. I decided to walk the main drag, hoping to come upon an open shop so that I could quell my itch to find something new. Empty storefronts were now occupied with temporary operations selling well-used children's gear like duct taped strollers with wobbly wheels. </i></span></div><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I wandered into a Western wear store and asked the saleslady if she knew of any shops that sold "different kinds of things". She directed me two miles up Main Street, past Antelope Road, with the directions "you can't miss it, it's between the Holiday Market and the Long John Silver's". </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Inside, there was row after row of bric-a-brac on shelves that betrayed the location as having once been a convenience store. The first thing that caught my eye was a gorgeous black and apple green Murano glass ashtray. Its sexy, voluptuous form seemed to still be molten, the glossy green inside flecked with gold aventurine. This glass piece was sitting on top of a long, clear glass topped vitrine. I scanned the vitrine with eagle-eyed intensity at the random, crappy jewelry and dimestore watches that you always see. Suddenly, as if hit in the eye with the beam of a pen flashlight, a glint of gold emerged from the muck. Sitting there on the top shelf of the glass case was a large, gold brooch in the shape of an Aztec warrior mask. </i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>This brooch was clearly made of gold, with finely cast features that were powerful and haunting, with a beard of golden teardrops. I turned the piece over to examine its maker's mark. On the back it read "Marbel, Mexico". This was to my surprise, astonishingly, a creation of the genius Mexican metalsmith Salvador Teran, cousin of the great Los Castillos brothers. Besides being one of the most accomplished silversmiths of his time (the 50's and 60's) he also created fantastic mosaic pieces for both the wall and the tabletop. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>This fantastic gold brooch was made especially for the glamorous Marbel department store of Mexico City. How such an unusually beautiful and obscure piece of jewelry history ended up in this glass case in the middle of nowhere next to broken toasters and faux Hummel figurines is anyone's guess. Discoveries like this keep me searching further out down the road. Needless to say, I grabbed up the gold fast, paid and got out of there. </i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>On my last weekend in gold country, I woke early to attend two estate sales. At the first sale, after the crowd's mad rush through the door, I was astonished to see these people, whom I was sure were educated pickers, grabbing everyday household items like old Bundt cake pans and napkin holders, failing to size up the contents of the house, missing the fact that this woman, while she was alive, had amassed a very fine collection of Asian porcelain. </i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>At the second estate sale, I made my way around the many rooms, circling back countless times as to not miss anything. I noticed a cardboard box containing various perfume bottles. On closer inspection, I realized that they were clearly crystal. When I asked about them, the person running the sale said that no one was interested in them because they were plain glass, without decoration. I took all four, as well as a flowered hat box containing a wonderful, veiled white French hat. When I got the perfume bottles back to my room, while examining the largest one, I was extremely excited to see the identifying mark of early Baccarat crystal etched into the bottom. This perfume bottle, insultingly accused of being plain and unadorned glass was, in fact, a very fine and beautiful antique French Baccarat crystal perfume bottle from around 1905 that had been passed down and clearly loved by this woman, kept and treasured for over one hundred years.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>One of the other perfume bottles had a beautiful design with a distinctive wave shaped stopper. The bottle itself felt wonderful in the hand, its sides softly grooved to fit a woman's fingers. On the bottom of the bottle, it was marked "Zofaly, France". After much research, I discovered that it once contained the famous scent named "Passion de Zofaly" from 1946. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>These rare treasures, temporarily lost to time, often misunderstood or overlooked, are mine and my vintage collectors reward for weeks of digging, not for gold, but for beauty.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">If you have any stories of similar discoveries, we would love to hear them! </span></i></span>PearlModernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09326795767180514482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544383224071759697.post-48605882347926862382011-08-06T08:17:00.000-04:002011-08-06T08:17:05.629-04:00Collecting Hats Is Serious Business - 60's Mod<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDryAsV-MpokfA9rb9BVI5TmFzPtKe-KDeIXKYWTpO6J2FzgG2Y7Utdkz6N6X3bpbna8o9QS-jR3N9Z9985_gYylY0qm6YYulbflgJ2HSm7y_ZS6REkx5xmGaEo0UD0j_6oNWwKx7jgd8/s1600/blue+hat+ad+edit+large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDryAsV-MpokfA9rb9BVI5TmFzPtKe-KDeIXKYWTpO6J2FzgG2Y7Utdkz6N6X3bpbna8o9QS-jR3N9Z9985_gYylY0qm6YYulbflgJ2HSm7y_ZS6REkx5xmGaEo0UD0j_6oNWwKx7jgd8/s1600/blue+hat+ad+edit+large.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We at Pearl Modern absolutely adore mod style. We are attracted to the sharp architectural cuts, clean lines and futuristic optimism present in clothing and design made in the mid 1960's. Mod style is as radical as punk rock, but in a way that is so distilled that its psychology is elusive to anyone lacking an educated and refined eye. What may look like a simple white coat is actually a complex structure, perfectly balanced in geometry but that sits slightly askew, causing the odd passer-by to look twice and then come to the conclusion that this garment is the most stylish white coat they have ever seen. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Mod styling incorporates wit and whimsy into the details, for instance, whether you're exaggerating the bend in a brim of a hat to cast a mask-like shadow across the face or by cutting a hem on a radical diagonal or by lining buttons up like a game of tic-tac-toe, just because it looks cool - you are stretching your imagination of what is possible aesthetically, but within the confines of a purist's tent. </i></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">As far as hats go, we collect and sell every sort of chic topper from the 1920's through the 1970's, as long as we can imagine wearing them ourselves. For me personally, I get strangely excited when I see an almost abnormally tall, velveteen helmet with a cocky, slightly arrogant brim and a girly, sweet leatherette bow. Call me eccentric, but what could be more fun than wearing a fantasie on the top of your head, perched like a folly, like a canary's cage or simply like a hat that will make that random stranger say "Damn, that hat is awesome".</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">Below is a sunny, mod 60's Empress Marché exclusive melusine fur felt hat.</span></i></span><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is a slick, 60's mod take on a classic Trilby as done by Betmar.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is an illustration of an Adolfo hat from the 1960s.</i></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i style="color: #999999;">Below is a photo of the iconic 60's model Peggy Moffitt.</i></span><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is another 1960s Adolfo hat illustration.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlnk4ZVT-jDicRAnclccRB7KD66o857iTZkyIHnBG3gTDLBz94uXfuYB_-C6Jex_239xx5MQ0WUhVe0vC321EyVP60rWXL9dZVYjEm5mI9upR7rJl2ibMypknPIJCnslYf9eXtxyrJHw/s1600/grey+adolfo+edit+use.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlnk4ZVT-jDicRAnclccRB7KD66o857iTZkyIHnBG3gTDLBz94uXfuYB_-C6Jex_239xx5MQ0WUhVe0vC321EyVP60rWXL9dZVYjEm5mI9upR7rJl2ibMypknPIJCnslYf9eXtxyrJHw/s1600/grey+adolfo+edit+use.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kEKKyc89-DDyKE3e0VDyhe1zcmtQfAFErpgq9OwrmAy7CP6v_6zNATCHvIHVQe7jFNhI5bKIOegF-Twy0bgluPBJal2m0mbpuVlqz5WCiWs9zSX9WIXSub1Ob5PZvI_qKJXoee8zOBo/s1600/Rose_Valois_1946_2_+pierre-laurent+brenot+crop+use.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kEKKyc89-DDyKE3e0VDyhe1zcmtQfAFErpgq9OwrmAy7CP6v_6zNATCHvIHVQe7jFNhI5bKIOegF-Twy0bgluPBJal2m0mbpuVlqz5WCiWs9zSX9WIXSub1Ob5PZvI_qKJXoee8zOBo/s1600/Rose_Valois_1946_2_+pierre-laurent+brenot+crop+use.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is a plum velvet bubble hat, made in Italy in the 1960s, exclusively for Marshall Field & Company.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-L-86YEgm1bYUi9euwyYHFdBTQ4ChLCv4oK9bb2ya6SaMZmgNpKlVxa8pGowJM6V3WJlsMi6QRPgy7oKyoDVMfDWC-Qwl1zANuBeZkEN1IY8j184jK_INeeVay7TojCfumd0mTzgZZjc/s1600/1960s+purple+mod+velvet+bubble+hat+pearl+modern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-L-86YEgm1bYUi9euwyYHFdBTQ4ChLCv4oK9bb2ya6SaMZmgNpKlVxa8pGowJM6V3WJlsMi6QRPgy7oKyoDVMfDWC-Qwl1zANuBeZkEN1IY8j184jK_INeeVay7TojCfumd0mTzgZZjc/s1600/1960s+purple+mod+velvet+bubble+hat+pearl+modern.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></div> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/79032825/60s-mod-purple-bubble-hat"><u style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">available here</u></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i style="color: #999999;">Below is a great photo of Sophia Loren trying on hats in Rome.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">Below is a beautiful photo of Jean Seberg from 1969 taken at the time of her film "Pendulum".</span></i></span><br />
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<i style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Below are two views of an English made 1960's emerald green bubble cloche hat.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #999999;">Below is a photo of the amazing Faye Dunaway in a giant white hat.</span></i></span><br />
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<i style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last, we have a photo from 1963 of a model wearing a Pierre Cardin ensemble with a fantastic graphic hat. Doesn't she resemble a mod Kirsten Dunst?</span></span></i><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The lingering perfume of summer, a combination of patchouli and Hawaiian Tropic permeates my memories. Summers in California were steeped in psychedelia. Hippie girls wore cut-off shorts and tie dyed Grateful Dead tank tops. Their worn down flip-flops clapping the pavement sounded like castanets as they ran down to the beach to meet their boyfriends and make out. Off in the distance, third rate mariachi music melded with Led Zeppelin, or maybe the Stones. Long haired skaters in board shorts got high and ate pizza while the sun set and the seagulls swooped down to steal what was left.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Nancy Holloway was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1932. She briefly lived in New York City in her late teens and early twenties, doing odd jobs for little pay. In 1954, at the age of twenty two, she made the courageous and correct decision to move to Paris. One evening at the jazz night spot the Mars Club, she was dared to sing on the stage. Her performance was so well received by the audience that she was offered a regular singing slot at the club.</span></i></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Below is a clip of Nancy Holloway in a club performing "Prends garde à toi" in 1964.</span></i></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Holloway toured frequently through Europe and the United Kingdom and ended up performing at the famous Moulin Rouge. In 1963, she signed with Decca and released a number of excellent albums. Nancy Holloway was popular in Europe because she charmingly sang American songs specifically for the French market, mainly sung in French, but with an unabashedly American accent. She had many cameo appearances in French films and appeared on countless magazine covers.</span></i></div><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">In closing, a wonderful song entitled "As Long As He Needs Me" from the album "Hello Dolly" from 1969.</span></i></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Collecting magazines is one of the great passions and pursuits of my life. To say I might have 10,000 magazines in my archive may be a huge underestimate. I have been collecting all sorts of magazines in a serious way since I was twelve years old. As a young girl, there was Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and Bop, all of those girly heartthrob magazines, full of pictures of brooding boys with come hither eyes or golden boys with perfect hairstyles and heartbreaking smiles. Below is an introspective photograph of a young Johnny Depp.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">My stepsister had a shelf in her bedroom that held a precious collection of Seventeen and Surfer magazines. For a girl growing up in California, this was an essential library of beauty tips to help you charm that gorgeous surfer guy, the mythic perennially tan, blonde and salty skateboarding superhero. My stepsister and I would sit on her waterbed and read these magazines one after another, taking mental notes on which lip glosses will make your lips look most kissable, while listening to The Cure, The Violent Femmes and The B-52's "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whammy/dp/B003A9CWUO?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Whammy</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003A9CWUO" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />". Below is a video for the B-52's song "Legal Tender" from "Whammy".</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">When I was twelve years old, a posh work colleague of my mother's (who was well traveled and always fashionably dressed) bestowed upon me a gift that would change my life, opening my eyes to other worlds and ways of living. Like a fairy godmother in stilettos, this woman gave me her collection of international fashion magazines. </span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>There was Donna, Vogue Italia, Paris Vogue, British Vogue, Tatler and on and on. The lady was Italian by birth and favored Italian magazines and Italian fashion, so there were a lot of Italian titles. She was the mistress of a powerful businessman, so she often took short trips to Paris, London or Milan, where she would pick up new reading material at the international newsstand.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>These magazines were a revelation of style, glamour, beauty, elegance and wealth. Everything was so exotic and jewel encrusted. Women had fantastic, perfectly painted faces with eyes drawn black and hair that fell in soft curls, almost impossible to replicate in one's own bathroom.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Soon, I would convince my mother to buy me Vogue or Bazaar and I would almost sacrilegiously, very carefully remove my favorite pages from the binding and tape them to my bedroom wall. I learned so much about fashion from staring at these outfits from Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Claude Montana, Azzedine Alaïa, and Christian Lacroix. This is a passion I still indulge on a daily basis, an addiction to beauty.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The girls in these images represent the exuberant style of the 1960s to 1970s. Although this era was before I was born, it is a time period that I tend to gravitate to visually. I find inspiration in the fantasy makeup and the carnivalesque patterns. The photography was experimental and took risks with angles and lens distortion, which gave the models and clothing a fresh, new look.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'Funky Pretty' is how I like to describe this vibrant style. Pretty girly-girls experimenting with crazy style in a psychedelic atmosphere. Contemporary fashion magazines emulate this look, but it is the vintage fashion photography that I really love. </i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Brigitte Bardot is of course an icon both for her style and beauty, as well as for her screen presence. She was naturally photogenic and looked most beautiful when casually posed. </i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here at Pearl Modern, we have been getting feisty from the heat and it put us in the mood to listen to a lot of swinging jazz. We figure, if you're going to sweat anyway, you might as well dance! We flipped through stacks and stacks of records and have discovered many lively tunes to share with you. But, to start out the evening on the right note, here is a sunny, bubbly cocktail inspired by warm nights and dancing in the city - guaranteed to lighten the mood.</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Swing is a wide-ranging genre that had international appeal from roughly the 1930s up until the early 1960s. We love the glamour associated with the big band era. The fashion was sassy and extravagant. The musicians in the orchestras looked so dapper in their matching tuxedos. The great dance halls and supper clubs like the El Morocco and the Copacabana were palaces devoted to all things fabulous. The beautiful and handsome dined on oysters and caviar, sipping on cocktails with witty names, all while dancing the night away.</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Paris was swinging in 1937. Women were wearing fabulous couturier frocks by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Coco-Chanel-Legend-Justine-Picardie/dp/0061963852?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Coco Chanel</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061963852" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shocking-Life-Elsa-Schiaparelli/dp/1851775153?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Elsa Schiaparelli</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1851775153" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lanvin-Fashion-Memoir-Elisabeth-Barille/dp/0500018162?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Jeanne Lanvin</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0500018162" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />. Life was fast paced and decadent. Below is a montage of Parisienne life in 1937 accompanied by a perfect early swing tune entitled "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Sheik-of-Araby/dp/B002LHR4LI?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Sheik of Araby</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002LHR4LI" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" played by the quintet of The Hot Club of France with Django Reinhardt on guitar and Stéphane Grapelli playing violin.</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Fred Astaire was absolutely amazing, one of the greatest entertainers of his generation. Below is a clip of what many consider to be the greatest tap scene of all time, from the 1940 film "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Broadway-Melody-1940-Fred-Astaire/dp/B00008AOWK?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Broadway Melody of 1940</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00008AOWK" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />". Fred Astaire and the incredible Eleanor Powell dance to the wonderful standard "Begin the Beguine".</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Below is a wonderful clip of Eleanor Powell performing a dance number in her nightclub act, accompanied by a swingin' tune.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"> Next, we have a great song entitled "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Wonder-Of-You/dp/B0059OU084?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Wonder of You</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0059OU084" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" sung by Kitty Kallen with music by Harry James and His Orchestra from 1945. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Things-Mean-Kitty-Kallen/dp/B001GU052G?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Kitty Kallen</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001GU052G" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> looks like the perfect rockabilly chick singing this song.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The next clip is of Keely Smith performing the song "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Swing-Lovers-ORIGINAL-RECORDINGS-REMASTERED/dp/B0000017D8?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">All Night Long</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0000017D8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" with Louis Prima in 1956.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The always glamorous and sultry Ava Gardner was married to two big band and musical giants, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra. Isn't this dress fabulous?</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">And now, another musical interlude from the wonderful singer Anita O'Day, singing the classic "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Take-The-A-Train/dp/B000WLRX70?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Take the A-Train</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000WLRX70" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" from 1958.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Lucille Ball had it all! She could act, sing and make us fall over in laughter. Most people know her for her hilarious, often self-deprecating comedy in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Love-Lucy-Complete/dp/B000TGJ8B2?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">I Love Lucy</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000TGJ8B2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />", but she was also terrifically glamorous and chic. Below we have a clip of her combining all of her talents, performing "Jitterbug Bite" from the 1940s.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">We will close with an incredibly campy and awesome swingin' Bollywood song and dance number from the 1965 movie "Gumnaam". The accompanying music is from the 1959 movie "Love Marriage" by the famous Indian composer Shankar Jaikishan. A true classic.</span></i><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We believe that window display designers are unsung heroes in the history of artistic expression and commerce. The genius of the window designer is the ability to utilize their vast knowledge of theater set design, sculpture, installation art, conceptual art and engineering and distill it into a moment where time is stopped, that evokes fantasy and wonder or is simply a meditation on aesthetics. The responsibility of the window designer is great because their creation will receive infinitely more views than any great master in a museum will on a daily basis.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Windows can be sleek tableaux, pure spaces devoid of spectacle where impossibly tall, aquiline, perfectly painted and coiffed mannequins seem to hover magically in their shiny new heels. They are dressed in the newest, just off the runway ensembles and perfectly accessorized. These tableaux are the window designer's genius visions, meant to appeal to the competitive shopping natures of the sophisticated and monied.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Great, memorable window displays may be the yearly Christmas extravaganzas, decked out with animatronic characters, a lifelike herd of reindeer, who turn their heads from side to side, their googly eyes glazed hypnotically by twinkling lights. They might be windows that have been magically transformed into jungles or some faraway exotic place, with mannequins sporting the newest khaki safari garb, perfect for the urban jungle.</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>When pulling together images for this post, we were most drawn to window displays from the past that exhibited a quiet emotion, almost cold. Historically, many window displays have been purely corporate, with the signage of the business front and center, such as in the image above from 1957, advertising the new, state of the art General Electric appliances. The female mannequin protagonist, portraying the prototypical housewife, electric beater in hand, is caught, most likely in the moment of baking a cake. She is alone in her domain, a space perfectly designed, down to the speckled linoleum, so popular that year.</i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>In the next images, we would like to share some photos we discovered while digging for materials in Switzerland. These are photos from Gebrauchsgraphik, 1967, of window displays for the <span class="st">Hermès, Paris, </span>Faubourg Saint-Honoré store, designed by Annie Beaumel. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>In 1927, Annie Beaumel began her career designing gloves for <span class="st">Hermès and then gradually morphed into perhaps the greatest, most eccentrically visionary of all window designers. Her work was surreal, anthropological and wildly sophisticated. Her designs for </span><span class="st">Hermès were so amazing that she received letters from the public thanking her for her "drama in the street".</span></i></span></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>This week, we at Pearl Modern have decided to focus on the year 1961, because it was an exceptional year and now, fifty years later, it is fascinating to see just how many classic films, performances, songs and fashions were produced in this one year alone. We unfortunately were not yet alive to partake of the cultural riches of this amazing year, but through digging, we have unearthed some timeless gems. </i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the beginning of a new era. The inauguration of John Kennedy ushered in a new optimism and Jackie Kennedy brought a new kind of glamour to the American spotlight that was classically elegant, yet fresh and easygoing, even at times cutting edge, with the early designs of Oleg Cassini.</span></i></span><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The excitement in the air was palpable. Abstract expressionism was moving into Pop Art, with Roy Lichtenstein making his first Pop paintings using cartoon imagery, laying the groundwork for a sea change in how we see the world. </span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Many influential books were published in 1961, including such classics as Joseph Heller's "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Catch-22-50th-Anniversary-Joseph-Heller/dp/1451626657?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Catch-22</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1451626657" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" and two personal favorites, J.D. Salinger's "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Franny-Zooey-J-D-Salinger/dp/0316769029?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Franny and Zooey</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0316769029" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" and Roald Dahl's "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Giant-Peach-Roald-Dahl/dp/0142418234?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">James and the Giant Peach</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0142418234" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />". The members of the Beat Generation were producing some of their best works. William S. Burroughs, after shocking the world in 1959 with "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Naked-Lunch-Restored-Text-Paperback/dp/B002VH0U2S?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Naked Lunch</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002VH0U2S" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" went on to write "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soft-Machine-William-S-Burroughs/dp/0802133290?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Soft Machine</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0802133290" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" in 1961. </span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Some of the most memorable and stylish films were released in 1961. Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood starred in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Splendor-Grass-Natalie-Wood/dp/B001LPWGGY?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Splendor in the Grass</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001LPWGGY" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />". Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren starred in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cid-Two-Disc-Deluxe-Miriam-Collection/dp/B000WMFZMY?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">El Cid</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000WMFZMY" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" and Natalie Wood starred in the timeless classic "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/West-Side-Story-Widescreen-Edition/dp/B0012UH15Y?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">West Side Story</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0012UH15Y" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />". </span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<i style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another great Italian film from 1961 with incredible cinematography and a phenomenal cast is Michelangelo Antonioni's "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Notte-Jeanne-Moreau/dp/B00005AA9S?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">La Notte</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005AA9S" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />". Marcello Mastroianni is again the epitome of suave alongside the brilliant Jeanne Moreau and Monica Vitti. Below is the original trailer for the film.</span></span></i><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Audrey Hepburn was one of the reigning darlings of cinema in 1961. This is the year that "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Breakfast-Tiffanys-Centennial-Collection-Definition/dp/B001HPP2XW?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Breakfast at Tiffany's</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001HPP2XW" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" was released. Below is a terrific photo from 1961 of her looking charming and chic in a straw hat.</span></i></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Fashion was in love with glamour in '61. Women dressed for evening in glittering gowns, furs and elaborate jewelry. This was also the early beginnings of a more mod look and it is very exciting to see how a new creativity was being born. </span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Below is a photo from 1961 of a beautiful young woman in a fur coat standing in front of a sleek MG convertible. We are not sure whether she is a model or the lucky lady of the house. She looks very much like January Jones as Betty Draper on "Mad Men" or a young Martha Stewart during her modeling days.</span></i></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Below are a few high fashion images from issues of Bazaar Magazine from 1961.</span></i></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Below is an incredibly well-styled photo of the actress Anna Karina from 1961.</span></i></div><br />
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<div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">In 1961, John Huston directed "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Misfits-Clark-Gable/dp/B00005AUKC?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Misfits</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005AUKC" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" starring Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift and Clark Gable. This would be Clark Gable's last film. Below is a photo of Clark Gable taken on the set.</span></i></div><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have any special memories of France and the Riviera? Please share them with us!</span></i></div>PearlModernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09326795767180514482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544383224071759697.post-7776649320250478692011-06-13T03:13:00.006-04:002011-07-03T01:34:21.871-04:00Cocktail Of The Week - "The Fresh Gondolier"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vBLNpAlkb4xQRHOoyXx8MeMXPda3S-VPwUTZfRCrmZzTNF8T0vj2IpaasxhBXmMD8V28pEUovhaezCddLFsKvtM6jeWl-6IVlF6tW5DxOJbLg9cL37L2lElooIPnGhfuqkkdQis4vnw/s1600/prosecco+woman+in+bathtub+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vBLNpAlkb4xQRHOoyXx8MeMXPda3S-VPwUTZfRCrmZzTNF8T0vj2IpaasxhBXmMD8V28pEUovhaezCddLFsKvtM6jeWl-6IVlF6tW5DxOJbLg9cL37L2lElooIPnGhfuqkkdQis4vnw/s1600/prosecco+woman+in+bathtub+blog.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>We at Pearl Modern have created a cocktail to celebrate Venice and all of its watery mystery and flamboyant carnivalesque exuberance. Inspired initially by the classic Venetian Bellini, we have put a twist on it, keeping it fresh but giving it a more complex, almost lurid flavor...</i></span></div><div style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>PearlModernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09326795767180514482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544383224071759697.post-78952201403437760542011-06-09T03:28:00.002-04:002011-07-03T01:28:19.993-04:00Collecting Hats Is Serious Business - Mr. John<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRuRfqRN7OnkYOyjMk5fXLUvfmBLDNP0YBCLRY5ukBAdcFfkdD-GtIZlOU8HGcTU7nGszljswZ4V2_BSdgyJ1o8W6zhKROkKRmz0Lwtpi21IdC8hmvOu8Sk0854mSP1NijlUVPpiWyac/s1600/mr+john+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRuRfqRN7OnkYOyjMk5fXLUvfmBLDNP0YBCLRY5ukBAdcFfkdD-GtIZlOU8HGcTU7nGszljswZ4V2_BSdgyJ1o8W6zhKROkKRmz0Lwtpi21IdC8hmvOu8Sk0854mSP1NijlUVPpiWyac/s1600/mr+john+blog.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. John was born John P. Harberger in Germany around 1902. He was as famous in the world of hats as Christian Dior was in the realm of haute couture. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mr. John's hats were worn by the Duchess of Windsor, Gloria Swanson, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Gloria Vanderbilt, Lauren Bacall, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell. Mr. John created hats (astonishingly) for over one thousand classic films. His hats were worn by such film icons as Marlene Dietrich in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shanghai-Express-Special-Collectors-Sammo/dp/B000NVT0SY?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Shanghai Express</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000NVT0SY" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" and "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Empress-Criterion-Collection/dp/B00005A8TW?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Scarlet Empress</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005A8TW" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />", Greta Garbo in "The Painted Veil", Vivian Leigh in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Wind-Two-Disc-70th-Anniversary/dp/B002M2Z3BA?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Gone With The Wind</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002M2Z3BA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />" as well as Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gentlemen-Prefer-Blondes-Jane-Russell/dp/B000059GEG?ie=UTF8&tag=pearl04-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=pearl04-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000059GEG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />". </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here at Pearl Modern, we are always on the hunt for exciting hats. We have developed a deep appreciation for the creations of Mr. John. We tend to choose hats that have a certain "attitude", hats that a movie star on the lam might choose, worn with ridiculously large dark sunglasses. We love real glamour and think that one can look glamorous any time of the day and in any situation, from walking the dog to sipping cocktails. Hats are a brilliant way to up the ante with one's wardrobe, either giving your look an edge or softening it with a giant pouf of tulle sitting just so...</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Below is an attention grabbing 1960's Mr. John woven raffia checkerboard hat with a daring black vinyl feather.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #999999; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below is a wildly sexy 1960's Mr. John leopard print faux fur hat. Rawr! </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below is a 1960's Mr. John mod Carnaby Street bubble hat.</span></i></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>For a more in depth look at the incredibly interesting life of Mr. John, please read this excellent article from <a href="http://www.frameworkonline.com/Issue41/41ds.html">Framework</a>.</i></span></div>PearlModernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09326795767180514482noreply@blogger.com4