Tag Archives: Audrey Hepburn

October 12, 2011

Iconatomy

Contributed by Rachel

Natalie_AudreyIn this project, artist George Chamoun chose vintage and contemporary movie icons and digitally combined them seamlessly. The results are eye-popping and head-turning, and must have involved a significant amount of searching for workable images. Continue reading to see Marylin/Scarlett Johansson, James Dean/Robert Pattinson, Clooney/Cary Grant, and Elizabeth Taylor/Angelina Jolie match-ups. In addition to perfectly aligned facial contours, Chamoun managed to match celebrities with the same characteristics: Natalie Portman is the waif-like ingenue of our time just as Audrey Hepburn was half a century ago, Angelina Jolie is the sultry mega-star with the personal life rarely out of the tabloids and George Clooney is widely considered the Cary Grant of this era.

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September 2, 2011

Dressing Up for the Grocery Store: Pearls Before Swine?

Contributed by Rachel

Is dressing up to go to the grocery store a waste of effort? Most of the time, the grocery store isn’t a place in which one gives much thought to one’s appearance. In fact, it’s pretty evident that few people share Chanel’s opinion expressed above, as evidenced by sites like People of Walmart (which chronicles the more eccentric customers of the big-box retailer) and Facebook groups like ‘When People Dress Up To Go To The Grocery Store.. Like “Why”?’.

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August 25, 2011

Cinema Style: 4 Stylish Movies

Contributed by Rachel

What are your favorites? There are movies for which the costume designer won an Oscar and that are an explosion of visual excess (Marie Antoinette, we’re looking at you). Then there are the moves that are about the fashion and apparel industry (The Devil Wears Prada or Coco Before Chanel). But what about those films that focus on another subject entirely but linger in the mind as examples of chic? Continue reading for ten of our top picks. Share your own in the comments!

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