Lady, That's My Skull (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
One of my favorite used book stores closed down a few weeks ago. There are two other good used book outlets remaining in San Diego but the one that closed had the greatest selection and the highest turnover in stock. The remaining store closest to me is kind of stuffy and the one downtown is run by a couple of sharp operators who know the real value of books and have an internet presence to exploit...
Lingerie Planet (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Lana Turner and Jane Russell made conical bras famous in the 1950s, and Madonna's exaggerated version -- created by Jean Paul Gaultier -- poked eyes out in early nineties. Now they are back: pointy bullet bras seemingly designed, it seems, both for comfort and for show.
Personal Money Store (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Conical Bras – Making a Comeback Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/azadam/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 Back in the 1950’s, women from across the nation went berserk over the conical bras , which were made popular by stars like Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. Now the pointy conical bras are making their way back on the market, screaming with high demand, and you might need a payday loan to fund this...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Pointy conical bras made famous in the 1950s by stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell are making a comeback.
Bjørn Stærk's Max 256 Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Gung Ho! (1943, USA) - We follow the 2nd Marine Raiders from training to their first combat on Makin Island. Their motivations for signing up are fairly unbowdlerized: One wants to impress a girl, another "just don't like Japs". When they're transported by submarine, some of them panic, and the movie makes that seem okay, because submarines are scary. And when the fighting starts, it's random...
Lingerie Planet (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Daily Mail recently declared that pointy bras are making a comeback. Citing recent Louise Golden and Jean Paul Gaultier catwalks, DM claims that the surge in sales “is indicative of a desire to celebrate women’s curves that has followed previous periods of economic turmoil.” A spokesman from John Lewis said, “Sales have shown that women are no longer hiding their breasts...
Lingerie Planet (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The trend of the 1950’s and 1980’s has been revived: say hello (again) to the pointy bra for the Spring / Summer fashions of 2010. The silhouette may be best typified by Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell - that conical shaped bra that got the breasts up and out. It’s a radical departure from push up bras that stress cleavage or bras that focus on a more natural shape. Sales on bras...
Boxwish (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
And here we were thinking the 80s was the in vogue fashion. Nope, the big news in style circles is the comeback of an unlikely item – the pointy bra. More conical and structured than their current squishier counterparts, these examples of old school underwear were popularised in the 50s by Hollywood sirens such as Marilyn Monroe and her Gentlemen Prefer Blondes co-star, Jane Russell and again...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Pointy bras made famous in the 1950s by stars such as Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell are making a comeback.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Sales of the 1950s pointy bra made famous by Hollywood legends Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell are on the up.
Lingerie Planet (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Conical bra is on the up Mirror.co.uk The lingerie , a staple for Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, has seen sales at John Lewis lift by 33%. Designers including Dolce & Gabbana put the underwear ...
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Sales of the 1950's 'pointy bust' bra made famous by Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe are soaring. John Lewis has seen a huge surge in sales of the bras, which it argues is indicative of a desire to celebrate women's curves following the recession.
MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) - Bye Bye Baby Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, co-stars in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), sing Bye Bye Baby. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 film adaptation of the 1949 stage musical, released by 20th Century Fox, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, with Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid,...
Some Came Running (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Parts #1 and #2: Here and here. Farber: "Good coarse romantic-adventure nonsense, exploiting the expressive dead-pans of Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell, a young man and a young woman who would probably enjoy doing in real life what they have...
Coloradolady (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Welcome to this weeks segment of Vintage Thingies Thursday. Thursday is the day to showcase your vintage treasures and to share your special things with everyone. If you are visiting and would like to join us, please do. It is very easy! To participate, all you have to do is: * * * * * * * Please everyone, follow these guidelines! (1) do a post about something vintage. (2) Visit all the participates...
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