may the good lord shine a light on you.

Brian Jones was a founding member of The Rolling Stones and was one of the most influential style icons of the 1960s. Brian was one of the first figures in popular culture to make is acceptable for men to wear jewelry and flamboyant costumes, a suit later followed by contemporaries such as Jimi Hendrix and Rod Stewart. A multi-talented musician, Brian would easily become bored with an instrument and quickly move onto the next, and his chaotic and beautiful spirit was evident in the kind of clothes he wore and the way he presented himself. Brian was a very self-destructive individual and on July 3rd 1969 he drowned in his pool becoming the first member of the 27 Club. His presence and style still leave a big impact on both today's music and fashion.




















With the Rolling Stones.



In The Rock and Roll Circus.




In drag with the Rolling Stones, and he's totally selling it too.


With girlfriend Anita Pallenberg.

Resources:
Corbis, Brian Jones Fanclub, Who's Dated Who, Enewsi

you can't always get what you want.

Marianne Faithfull was an icon of the 1960s, she was a successful singer, actress and model and also love and muse of Mick Jagger. Her name has often been synonymous sex and drugs, an addiction which overshadowed much of her exceptional career. Marianne has a style all her own which can range from the wholesome to the eccentric and hitting every other style in between. She is the inspiration of several songs, most notably The Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and The Hollies' "Carrie Anne."








With Mick Jagger








In Girl on a Motorcycle






With David Bowie


With Anita Pallenberg


In The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus


With Keith Richards


In Marie Antoinette

Resources:
FanPix, Vintage Groupies, Daily Mail, Answers, Corbis, Art And My Life, Jamd,

it's a wonderful world.

Claudette Colbert was an academy award winning actress who's height of popularity was in the 1920s-40s. With an extremely elegant style and presence, Claudette is easily one of the most talented and beautiful actresses of golden age of cinema.










With Clark Gable.


With Shirley Temple and Jennifer Jones.












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Resources:
DoctorMacro, Corbis, Classic Movie Favorites, Divas: The Site, John Kemeny, Art Deco Blog, Stanford, Golden Age of Hollywood, Life

somehow when you smile i can brave bad weather.

I was tagged by Prudence.

Instructions: "with as much creativity as you can muster, show your heart in: a picture, a poem, a song (or piece of music), a phrase (or quote), an item of clothing, a place, and (just for fun) a Disney princess. if you want to join in, tag 6 more blogs."
I tag:
YOU.

1-My heart in a picture:

This is me as a very fat bebe.

2-My heart in a poem:

Thirty Two from "Listen to the Warm" by Rod McKuen
Remember and March
First aid.
Last rites.
The hour-to-hour way we live.
God is in our minds every time we hit the trench;
an hour later true-time takes over
and fills us up with love remembered
or good-time love to come.

I killed a man today.
The only thing I'd hurt before
was you one time while making love
and then I only kissed too hard.

How does it feel to kill?
Like dying lonesome and unloved yourself,
Like cutting living grass,
or losing all your marbles
in a match that wasn't right.

They are not dummies
on an infiltration field
the silent enemy breathes too.
Someone should have told me that
before I ran that endless field.

When true-time takes me over now
after God has held my mind awhile,
I think of love. I love my fellow man
perhaps a little more today.
Tomorrow I'll go gently then
and give the other side a chance.

3- A Song:

This song says everything I want to say.

4-A Quote:
"He who is not busy being born is busy dying."
-Bob Dylan

5-Item of Clothing:

I'm widely known as "hat-girl" because I am often seen wearing outrageous hats. I have one very similar to this one, actually.

6- A place:

I'm forever an anglophile.

7-A Disney Princess:

I really identify with Princess Aurora/Briar Rose and her sort of mischievous wistfulness. Plus I can sleep for very long periods of time.