Hints and tips:
...Ellroy is not Jacqueline Rose or Joyce Carol Oates, out to reclaim Monroe as a feminist icon....
...These designs came in an array of flesh-like tones, and a halter-neck top was inspired by a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in which she appeared to be naked....
...Christian Dior, Cristóbal Balenciaga and Gucci have already had the Hollywood treatment: there will be more to come....
...Its shiny crystals became a favourite of designers such as Coco Chanel and Christian Dior in the 1920s....
...When Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s dress to the Met Gala last year, she set off rumours about a diabetes drug helping celebrities slim down dramatically....
...His prints of Marilyn Monroe, while intentionally clichéd, also connected to the brouhaha over Kim Kardashian’s appearance in Monroe’s famous “Happy Birthday” dress (now allegedly damaged)....
...Filipina maid Ismelda is a constant presence in the family, yet entirely separate, with a room in the eaves on the third floor where she listens to Christian rock music....
...The singer Normani wore a midriff-baring Christian Siriano outfit that Steele described to me as a “wonderful deconstruction of Gilded Age fashion” — a velvet bra top with puffy sleeves and a strappy neckline...
...In ancient Greece lipstick became associated with prostitutes and, after the early Christian church declared it sinful, the racy reputation stuck....
...When her mother’s sister, Meryem, arrives for a visit, in a flurry of over-catering and Marilyn Monroe-themed luggage, Ada’s thirst for information grows....
...Of various characters in Quichotte, we learn of their resemblances to Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Langella — to go on from there would be to indulge in the sort of list Rushdie rattles off compulsively...
...It’s perhaps simply that her affinity for old-school, midcentury glamour – Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth, pin-ups of her 1950s childhood – was closer to the taste of drag than the grungey slant of mainstream...
...Why The penthouse was the inspiration for Christian Grey’s apartment in the film version of EL James’ Fifty Shades of Grey....
...French President François Mitterrand went a step further, giving her “the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe”....
...Over the years he has posed as Shrek, Marilyn Monroe, Homer Simpson and Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria. Now he is poised to assume his most dramatic role yet — the Merkel-slayer....
...Since it opened in 1929, the hotel has hosted everyone from Clark Gable (who had a favourite room near the illicit bar in the days of prohibition) and Marilyn Monroe to presidents putting on its absurdly...
...First published in 1959 and now reissued, Jump Book catalogues his most glorious examples, from Marilyn Monroe’s impressive bent-knee bounce, to Audrey Hepburn’s smiling — and full-skirted — bound....
...As stories go, the tale of how a desperately ill, nameless baby from China turned into Bella Xin KaLare Strickland of West Monroe, Louisiana, is an extraordinary one....
...But the masterpiece of this period is “The Crucifixion” (1940-41), which references “Guernica” in every tormented limb, yet employs acid-bright hues and the Christian allegory — a bitter jibe at fascism’...
...The exhibition plans to show a pearl-drop earring worn by the English King Charles I at his execution in the 17th century, and a necklace of cultured pearls given to Marilyn Monroe by her baseball-player...
...Julien’s is selling the estate of William Travilla, Marilyn Monroe’s costume designer, on November 8....
...From time to time Monroe’s mother emerged from psychiatric institutions, and stayed with her daughter, often dressing in white as a nurse and obsessing over Christian Science....
...Christian Louboutin’s classic glossy black leather “Pigalle” heels are £375, but his Havana patent leather lace-ups are £425....
...Her speciality is understated beauty and classic looks such as Marilyn Monroe’s (the Monroe tutorial is fabulously authoritative and well researched)....
...Instead of flowers and bows, Cox’s cakes feature skull and crossbones, huge red lips and miniature renderings of Andy Warhol’s image of Marilyn Monroe....
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