Tag Archives: Gloria Swanson

By Robert J. Avrech | May 12, 2013

Happy Mother’s Day in Hollywood

Posted in Hollywood, Mother's Day | Also tagged Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, Hollywood Mothers, MIckey Rooney | 13 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | August 3, 2012

Friday Footwear: Cool Tootsies

Tweet Millions of Americans are out of work. The federal deficit is a crime. We are on the edge of a double dip recession. What to do? Fashion designers are banking on happy, unexpected colors to dress up your tootsies. Seraphic Secret has done the hard work of combing through the 2013 footwear collections and [...]

Posted in Friday Fashion, Friday Footwear | Also tagged Charlotte Olympia, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Jason Wu, kenzo, Louis Vuitton, Nicholas Kirkwood | 15 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | February 10, 2012

Friday Footwear: Hollywood Steps Out

Tweet Classic photos of Hollywood stars usually reinforce a particular image. Lighting, composition, body language, wardrobe and the singular architecture of the face are the ingredients that create a glamorous narrative for audiences to internalize. Clark Gable is the man’s man who doesn’t give a damn; Carole Lombard, the girl next door who will drive [...]

Posted in Brigitte Bardot, Clark Gable, Friday Fashion, Friday Footwear, Gloria Swanson, Hollywood | Also tagged Brigitte Bardot, Carole Lombard, Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable, Ginger Rogers, Harold Lloyd, Pablo Picasso, Pola Negri | 11 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | September 2, 2011

Friday Fashion: Mentioning The Unmentionables

Tweet Legendary Hollywood costume designer Edith Head (1897 – 1981) was known for her even disposition, her practical approach to seemingly impossible problems and her ability to costume every genre of film: westerns, musicals, comedies, and biblical spectacles. In her long career she is credited with over 500 motion pictures, more than any other designer [...]

Posted in Edith Head, Hollywood | Also tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Classic Hollywood, Costume Design, Lingerie | 15 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | August 4, 2011

Gloria Swanson’s Not So Hollywood Wedding Night

Tweet In a series of wildly popular films Gloria Swanson made with Cecile B. De Mille between 1919 and 1921 the iconography of Hollywood glamour was formally codified. The visual language of glamour—and it was purely visual, films were still silent—is characterized by stunning women wearing one gorgeous outfit after another, placed within elegant sets [...]