Donald Sutherland | The Stylish Artistic Homicidal Maniac

* “Well, I was always cast as an artistic homicidal maniac. But at least I was artistic!” * –Donald Sutherland ~*~ * Donald Sutherland making a strong case for caps, tweed, forward pleats, and braces. * * 1976 — Donald Sutherland and Shirley MacLaine attend a party. — Image by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS * * [...]

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William Friedkin | Leading 1970′s New Hollywood Style Set

* “Style is something that’s extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are…” * –William Friedkin ~*~ * 1972 — William Friedkin directing on the set of The Exorcist which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. — Image by © Condé Nast Archive/Corbis [...]

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Merry Christmas | A Holiday Hot Totty Retrospective

* “A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” * –Benjamin Franklin ~*~ * Circa 1955, New York, NY — The Ed Sullivan Show Dancers show their Christmas spirit. –Image by © Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis * Joan Crawford is coming down your chimney… and she’s gotta gun. –Photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull Via * Circa 1953, New [...]

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1953′s “The Cool Hot Rod” | Cool Culture, Corny Flick

A A 1950s hot rod culture at it’s best.  Yes, there’s the prerequisite corny score and script… but more so, enjoy the glorious landscape of 1950′s fashion, pomade, and hot rod heaven. A ~*~ A A A A A A

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L.A. Stories Told Through Vintage Pics | UCLA Archives

  “Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city” –Dorothy Parker   ~*~                                    

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Cecil Beaton | Fashion Slave from the Cradle to the Grave

  “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary”  –Cecil Beaton ~*~                          

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James Coburn | 70′s Style Animal

  “Personality.  Gotta have some kind of personality and you don’t wear your personality on your body.  It’s gotta come from someplace.”   –James Coburn ~*~      

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Benjamin (Belstaff) Button

I knew there was a reason I loved the wardrobe so much–   Belstaff, which was founded in Longton, Staffordshire, in 1924, opened up its 85-year-old archives to West and supplied original, classic designs for Pitt-as-Button’s screen wardrobe. When Benjamin Button is riding his vintage Indian motorcycle through Louisiana he is wearing the Belstaff ‘Panther’ [...]

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Live Like James Bond 007.

Bond Lifestyle provides a stylish and clear online guide to products related to the world of the most suave secret agent, Bond… James Bond.  Find inspiration to improve your style, complete your 007 collection, get ideas for your James Bond theme party, or identify gadgets, cars, clothes, accessories and locations that you saw in the latest Bond [...]

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Sir Michael Caine – A pint of bitter… in a thin glass.

If your knowledge of Michael Caine is limited to Dirty, Rotten, Scoundrels - then you don’t know Jack about Caine.  To get a true picture of the man you need to go back, way back - 1971 to be exact.     Michael Caine played sexy, smoking, drinking, shotgun-toting, trench-coat wearing British mobster – Jack Carter, out to avenge the death of his brother. [...]

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