As much a pinup as an actress, Elaine Stewart (originally a little Jewish girl from New Jersey) was definitely out of the ordinary:
See: some fine things can come out of Joizee.
Category: Beauty
Acceptable Substitute
So one day you’re strolling among the highways, byways and no-ways of Teh Intarwebz, when you discover this little piece:
Cute, huh?
Only she’s not real; she’s an AI creation with her own website, even, where morons errrr people converse with her like she’s a real person and not something created by someone else. [cue outrage]
Frankly, I don’t see her as much different from a modern-day Playboy centerfold, given how “retouching” has become so pronounced nowadays.
Modern Playboy model:
Classic Playboy model:
Anyway, it’s all becoming academic as women become less and less real thanks to surgery and “body sculpting”.
I don’t want to live in this world anymore, because unfortunately I prefer reality, in all its ugliness and beauty.
Classic Beauty: Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks was quite probably the sexiest of all the silent screen actresses. Her life ended up being… interesting, not to say tragic. But I’m endlessly fascinated by her… and Pandora’s Box (excerpt) is easily the greatest silent movie ever made, because of her. (If you want the movie, be warned that it’s only available in PAL format.)
Astonishing. Diary of a lost girl, indeed.
Swinging Sixties
…and I’m not talking about granny-swapping at the retirement home, either.
Earlier in the week, I referred to the “Swinging 60s” in talking about the late Jane Birkin, and I found her pics in a long-forgotten pic folder of similar totties. So why not show them? After all, they make a great review of what the latter half of that decade was all about.
Anita Pallenberg
Brigitte Bardot
Charlotte Rampling
Françoise Hardy
Jane Seymour
Jean Shrimpton
Judy Geeson
Julie Christie
Julie Ege
Lulu
Lynda Bellingham
Lynn Redgrave
Sally Geeson
Twiggy
Verushka
Random Totties
What Happened?
All I want to know is, when did Christina Hendricks turn into Kathy Griffin?
At least the important bits stayed put.
Remembering Jane
I see that 60s icon Jane Birkin has died. Of course, to many she’s best remembered as the other half of the duet with Serge Gainsbourg on Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus (which could never be released today, and is only SFW if you work at Playboy or Penthouse). Here’s the duo:
…and here she is, solo:
Classic Sixties, she was.
R.I.P.