“The two greatest mannequins of the century were Gertrude Stein and Edith Sitwell-unquestionably. You just couldn't take a bad picture of those two old girls.” DV
Dear LA, this turned out to be a more amusing post than you must have suspected when writing it. The exchange with your "Anon" reader was hysterical. Reggie
i have never seen this photo of mrs. vreeland, and i've seen a good deal of her's. she's in nothing really outre, but it captures her vitality so well.
nor do i believe, i've seen the edith sitwell one either.
And you're saying that's Gertrude Stein sitting next to Cole Porter?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so.
no, I haven't a clue as to what you are talking about , but thanks for dropping in. hallucinating?
ReplyDeleteanon, and You know all those- hum? "lady novelists" look alike. cole porter was fetching too. little augury
ReplyDeleteGreat dames and girls.
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Perhaps there was a glitch with your link: There was previously a picture of Elsa Maxwell with Cole Porter at some smoke filled nightclub.
ReplyDeleteAll's well that ends well.
PVE, well said.
ReplyDeleteAnon, I confess, I was dual posting a little elsa- a little gertrude- a little bit here of both, and I dropped one of the gals in the wrong box. pgt
ReplyDeleteToo funny! I mean the comments.
ReplyDeleteGreat images. Great blog!
ReplyDeleteDear LA, this turned out to be a more amusing post than you must have suspected when writing it. The exchange with your "Anon" reader was hysterical. Reggie
ReplyDeletei have never seen this photo of mrs. vreeland,
ReplyDeleteand i've seen a good deal of her's.
she's in nothing really outre,
but it captures her vitality so well.
nor do i believe,
i've seen the edith sitwell one either.
Diana, Edith Sitwell, an old girl ?
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