Art, music, whatever
Before looking at today’s Random Totty, let’s look at one of the greatest totties of all time:
Yup, her new 2026 calendar is now on sale. Like her, it’s kinda spendy, mind you, but probably worth it.
Your favorite pic (L-R #1-#12), in Comments. Mine is #7.
Supposedly, Charlotte Le Bon has appeared in some acclaimed TV show called White Lotus that I of course haven’t seen.
Damn Canucks are breeding some good ‘uns these days.
Here’s actress/singer Martine McCutcheon:
Because it’s my birfday, I’m going to indulge myself with today’s totty, and feature an actual totty: Brianna Beach. She’s a one-time model and more recently an actress in, shall we say, a more dubious genre (feel free to find yer own links, ya pervos). Here she is as a youngin:
I may have mentioned before that one of my favorite artists, Giovanni Boldini, made a name for himself as a portrait artist during the late 1800s and early 20th century. But I didn’t feature too many of those portraits — which oversight I’m now going to rectify.
Here’s La Contessa Speranza:
…Madame E.L. Doyen:
…Madame Juillard:
…Madame Veil-Picard:
…Mrs. Howard Johnston:
…Lina Bilitis (with her two Pekinese):
…and one of his favorite subjects, La marchesa Luisa Casati:
All these, and many more can be seen here. It’s only when you look at portraits done by other artists of the time that you can see how different Boldini was, and why he was one of the most popular. Here’s one (Florence Chambres) that he himself painted in about 1862, before he developed his signature style:
I think you get my point.
But just in case you were getting sick of all those society dames, here’s another of my non-portrait Boldini favorites, At The Paris Opera:
This one was painted sometime during the late 1880s, as I recall, and just looking at it makes me want to go back in time to the fin-de-siècle period. What a riot.
Apparently Brooks Nader was a Sports Illustrated (who?) swimsuit model, then did something else of equal significance. Whatever.
