Category Archives: Women men and fashion

Fly the Friendly Skies

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: PSA stewardesses, 1972

Posted in Sex, The Good Life, Travel, Women men and fashion | Tagged go-go boots, stewardesses, swingin' 70s | 3 Comments

Vintage Advertising Du Jour

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Ad for Tussy Medicare acne cream, 1959 Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Art, Women men and fashion | Tagged ads, illustration, Tussy Medicare | Leave a comment

Dior Fashion and Beauty Ads

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: A less outré selection than the YSL ads but still gorgeous.

Posted in Commercial art, Photography, Shopping, Women men and fashion | Tagged charlize theron, christian dior, dior, dovima, jude law, mila kunis, monica bellucci, Natalie Portman, suzy parker | 2 Comments

Art Du Jour

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. “Three models dressed in Ladurée macaron colours” (1948) by Cecil Beaton

Posted in Art, Photography, Women men and fashion | Tagged Cecil Beaton, fashion photography | 1 Comment

Quote Du Jour

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: If that were true, I’d wear it on my ass. — Biophysicist and fragrance writer Luca Turin, when asked about Gabrielle Chanel’s dictum that perfume should be worn “wherever one wants to be kissed”.* *It sounds ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, The Good Life, Uncategorized, Women men and fashion | Tagged coco chanel, Eddie Pensier, gabrielle chanel, Luca Turin, Perfumes and Scents | 2 Comments

Art Du Jour

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: John Singer Sargent, Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (1889), oil on canvas Related Blowhard, Esq. shared another enigmatic Sargent portrait in this Gilded Age image gallery. So did I, in my first post. Read about Terry and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Performers, Women men and fashion | Tagged Ellen Terry, Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, John Singer Sargent, Lady Macbeth | 1 Comment

The Image Shapers and the Pressure to Conform

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: This is what female children are up against…

Posted in Women men and fashion | 4 Comments

Lesbian Pulp Fiction Novels

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Images from Retronaut, via Tex of the late WhackingDay.

Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Commercial art, Sex, Uncategorized, Women men and fashion | Tagged cheesecake, lesbians, Pulp, sex | 3 Comments

Men Really Have Strange Emotions

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Men really have strange emotions and behave in the most bizarre ways. Sometimes a man will leave a very pretty woman to marry an ugly one. Surely a gentleman who frequents the Palace should choose as his love … Continue reading →