It is a fascinating discussion this week about Devastating Beauty- Indeed, as many of the remarks reflect-Beauty is STILL in the eye of the beholder.
Here is the entire LIST of NAMES the esteemed Panel came up with.
from Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost, 1588:
Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean,
Needs not the painted flourish of your praise:
Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye,
Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues.
Here is the entire LIST of NAMES the esteemed Panel came up with.
As mentioned, there is some consensus among the 14 AESTHETES- But you can weigh in too-Please. Some of the BEAUTIES have been introduced in the previous three BEAUTY posts, Some You will know by name and easily conjure up their image, Others Not so much. These-for me are the fascinating ones.
.THE CAST
of
DEVASTATING BEAUTY
in no particular order-
THE SOCIALITES
DAPHNE GUINNESS
MARELLA AGNELLI
ANNETTE DE LA RENTA
NANCY KISSINGER
ANNETTE DE LA RENTA
NANCY KISSINGER
LEE RADZIWILL
LADY DIANA COOPER
RITA LYDIG
LADY DIANA COOPER
RITA LYDIG
JENNIE JEROME CHURCHILL
CHESSY RAYNER*appears in another category
CHESSY RAYNER*appears in another category
BARONESS PAULINE DE ROTHSCHILD
PAULA GELLIBRAND,THE MARQUESA DE CASA MAURY
MONA VON BISMARK
LOUISE DE VILMORIN
PAULA GELLIBRAND,THE MARQUESA DE CASA MAURY
MONA VON BISMARK
LOUISE DE VILMORIN
MADAME WELLINGTON KOO
DONYALE LUNA
CAPUCINE
WILHELMINA
TINA CHOW
JEAN SHRIMPTON
CHINA MACADO
MARISA BERENSON
CARMEN
WILHELMINA
TINA CHOW
JEAN SHRIMPTON
CHINA MACADO
MARISA BERENSON
CARMEN
NATI ABASCAL
STEPHANIE SEYMOUR
INES DE LA FRESSANGE* appears in another category
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI* appears in another category
CHRISTY TURLINGTON
INES DE LA FRESSANGE* appears in another category
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI* appears in another category
CHRISTY TURLINGTON
The Cigarette Smokers
THE ROYALS
THE MAHARANI OF BARODA
PRINCESS MARGARET
HER SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCESS GRACE OF MONACO
PRINCESS DIANA OF WALES
QUEEN FOUZIEH FAWZIA
PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF TORO
QUEEN ELIZABETH
THE ROYALS
THE MAHARANI OF BARODA
PRINCESS MARGARET
HER SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCESS GRACE OF MONACO
PRINCESS DIANA OF WALES
QUEEN FOUZIEH FAWZIA
PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF TORO
QUEEN ELIZABETH
THE ARTISTS
EDITH SITWELL
VIRGINIA WOOLF
LESLIE BLANCH
ISABEL NASH EBERSTADT
THE PAINTERS
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
SETSUKO IDETA
THE DANCERS
MARTHA GRAHAM
ISADORA DUNCAN
MAYA PLISETSKAYA
THE SINGERS
DALIDA
NICO
NINA SIMONE
NICO
NINA SIMONE
JESSEY NORMAN
LENA HORNE
LENA HORNE
KD LANG
SADE
ERYKA BADU
SADE
ERYKA BADU
THE MUSES
LEE MILLER* appears in another category
NATALIE BARNEY
OLGA DE MEYER
NUSCH ELUARD
EVELYN NESBIT
RENEE PERLE
ZELDA FITZGERALD
DIANA MITFORD
THE MEN
GREGORY PECKRUDOLPH NUREYEV
PAUL NEWMAN
STEPHEN TENNANT
CECIL BEATON
GARY COOPER
MARLON BRANDO-in STREETCAR
JOE DALLASANDRO in HEAT
THE DESIGNERS
FASHION
COCO CHANEL
LOULOU DE LA FALAISE*appears in another category
INES DE LA FRASSANGE*appears in another category
INTERIOR DESIGN
CHESSY RAYNER*appears in another category
&
THE LEGENDS
BETTY DAVIS
DELORES DEL RIO
HEDY LAMARR
CAROLE LOMBARD
MERLE OBERON
LOUISE BROOKS
GENE TIERNEY
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
GRETA GARBO
TALLULAH BANKHEAD
AUDREY HEPBURN
JEAN SEBERG
ROMY SCHNEIDER
KATHERINE HEPBURN
MARILYN MONROE
BETTY GRABLE
LANA TURNER
RITA HAYWORTH
AVA GARDNER
MARLENE DIETRICH
JOAN CRAWFORD
KAY KENDALL
MARIA FELIX
&
ANNE BANCROFT as Mrs Robinson
FLORINDA BOLKAN
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
SOPHIA LOREN
DORIS DAY
JOAN CHEN
GONG LI
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
NATASSJA KINSKI
TILDA SWINTON
CATHERINE DENEUVE
VANESSA WILLIAMS
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI* appears in another category
LEE MILLER* appears in another category
NATALIE BARNEY
OLGA DE MEYER
NUSCH ELUARD
EVELYN NESBIT
RENEE PERLE
ZELDA FITZGERALD
DIANA MITFORD
ISABELLA BLOW
EDIE SEDGWICK
ELIETTE VON KARAJAN
LOULOU DE LA FALAISE* appears in another category
EDIE SEDGWICK
ELIETTE VON KARAJAN
LOULOU DE LA FALAISE* appears in another category
ANNA PIAGGI
THE MEN
PAUL NEWMAN
STEPHEN TENNANT
CECIL BEATON
GARY COOPER
MARLON BRANDO-in STREETCAR
JOE DALLASANDRO in HEAT
THE DESIGNERS
COCO CHANEL
LOULOU DE LA FALAISE*appears in another category
INES DE LA FRASSANGE*appears in another category
INTERIOR DESIGN
CHESSY RAYNER*appears in another category
&
THE LEGENDS
BETTY DAVIS
DELORES DEL RIO
HEDY LAMARR
CAROLE LOMBARD
MERLE OBERON
LOUISE BROOKS
GENE TIERNEY
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
GRETA GARBO
TALLULAH BANKHEAD
AUDREY HEPBURN
JEAN SEBERG
ROMY SCHNEIDER
KATHERINE HEPBURN
MARILYN MONROE
BETTY GRABLE
LANA TURNER
RITA HAYWORTH
AVA GARDNER
MARLENE DIETRICH
JOAN CRAWFORD
KAY KENDALL
MARIA FELIX
&
ANNE BANCROFT as Mrs Robinson
FLORINDA BOLKAN
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
SOPHIA LOREN
DORIS DAY
JOAN CHEN
GONG LI
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
NATASSJA KINSKI
TILDA SWINTON
CATHERINE DENEUVE
VANESSA WILLIAMS
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI* appears in another category
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OVERWHELMING NO? It seems so- but do give me absolute favourites and hopefully together we can come up with a DEVASTATING LIST.
LIMIT your selections to 10- from the LIST only. do some research over the next few days and I will be posting more images Friday if you are still pondering. Enjoy- and pop back in to read the COMMENTARY-that is where it gets interesting. We have unearthed a Diana Cooper story during her days as an actress, an encounter with the ethereal Tina Chow by a reader, a Paul Newman spotting and so many Insights that enrich the series inordinately.
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LIMIT your selections to 10- from the LIST only. do some research over the next few days and I will be posting more images Friday if you are still pondering. Enjoy- and pop back in to read the COMMENTARY-that is where it gets interesting. We have unearthed a Diana Cooper story during her days as an actress, an encounter with the ethereal Tina Chow by a reader, a Paul Newman spotting and so many Insights that enrich the series inordinately.
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