My favourite Vogue covers - Part one - The Sixties

Photography by Irving PennVeruschka - February 1969
I was given this UK Vogue cover for my Birthday, I was born in January 1969.  There was some confusion over which cover was my actual Birthday one as this Veruschka cover was also used for US Vogue in November 1968.  I'm glad it's this one as think this is a brilliant cover - Veruschka looks amazing, Irving Penn is a genius and I love the

Friday quotes - Marilyn Monroe

Photography by Richard Avedon
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kissand fifty cents for your soul" 
Marilyn Monroe(1926-1962)
Marilyn Monroe was the ultimate Hollywood starlet and legend.  Probably the most instantly recognisable female icon in the world.
I wonder what she'd have been like had she lived?  I like to there's something special about a star who

The Marilyn Monroe pose

Photography by Bert SternMarilyn Monroe, 1962


Photography by Bert SternLindsay Lohan, 2008


Photography by Sølve SundsbøScarlett Johansson, 2009