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::: Impossibly Cool icons ::: part two

Luster — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:00:12 +0000

One of my all-time favorites, and most popular features to date has been the roundup of Impossibly Cool icons after finding Sean Sullivan’s collection on The Impossible Cool. After all the lovely comments and interest, I have been collecting more of these beloved icons from around the web. Which ones are your favorites?

Marvin Gaye | Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor | Nick Drake | Natalie Wood

Greta Garbo | Vivien Leigh | Clark Gable | Catherine Deneuve

Francoise Hardy | Robert Redford & Paul Newman | Jack Nicholson | Tina Turner

Bogie and Bacall | Ginger Rogers | Katharine Hepburn | Erroll Flynn

Ursula Andress | Jackie Kennedy Onassis | Meryl Streep | Aretha Franklin

Billie Holiday | Myrna Loy | Miles Davis | Coco Chanel

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Imitating {Edie}

Luster — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:42:51 +0000

Many years ago, I caught my first glimpse of style icon Edie Sedgwick in a video reel dancing at an Andy Warhol Factory party, and like so many others since, I was instantly transfixed by this girl with the blonde pixie cut and black opaque tights. Randomly today, I came across the maker of the original leather rhinoceros shown in that Vogue 1965 photo shoot where she is doing an arabesque in her New York apartment, listening to the Kinks, and is just about to become the “It” girl of 1965.

She also caught the eye of Bob Dylan, and this song is thought to be written with her in mind. For more on Edie, skip the recent movie called Factory Girl and read Jean Stein’s biography Edie: American Girl

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Images: Cover photo Edie by Fred Eberstadt, Edie on a Rhino found here, Edie by Billy Name from Edie Factory Girl

::: Impossibly cool icons :::

Luster — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:18:34 +0000

James Dean

While recently searching for photographs of Audrey Hepburn, I came across these 2 blogs, The Impossible Cool and A Conversation on Cool by Sean Sullivan. They are a collection of photographs from around the web of some of the most beloved style icons of our time. Here are some of my favorites…which ones are yours?

Cary Grant | Sam Cooke | Paul Newman | Max Roach

Grace Coddington | Edie Sedgwick | Brigitte Bardot | Sophia Loren

Steve McQueen | Nat King Cole | Johnny Cash | Marlon Brando

Grace Kelly | Bogie & Bacall | Audrey Hepburn | Marilyn Monroe

Bob Dylan | Jimi Hendrix | Debbie Harry | John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Jane Birkin | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin

Jon Hamm as Don Draper

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