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Frida Kahlo in Love: Intimate Moments Caught on Film

They say that when Frida loved, she loved hard and passionately. There’s no question that hers and Diego Rivera’s union was unconventional. He, the husband who flaunted the diagnosis of his doctor that declared him “unfit for monogamy,” and her, the volatile, often obsessive but equally adulterous wife. Ironically, the footage you are about to see…

How to Make It in Paris: The Girl with the Luck of the Draw

This is Kanako (that’s her self-portrait). She’s pretty much the quintessential example of ‘how to move to Paris and make it as an artist‘. Over the past few years, her charming illustrations have probably become as recognisable to most Parisians today as a Rodin or a Monet. Synonymous with the go-to lifestyle website for…

10 Jimi Hendrix Looks to Inspire an Epic Vintage Shopping Spree

There are plenty of male style icons of past and present to admire, but there are very few that make women both swoon and wish they could raid their closet at the same time. Today on the internet, I found myself getting lost in Jimi’s hypnotising style and now I’m just about ready to hit…

The Mad Hatter Is Real and He lives in Venice Beach

Once upon a time in America, hidden behind the beach where they attempted to rebuild the canals of Venice, you’ll find him… Look for the twinkling lights, the dream catchers and the crooked sign with a fedora and there, through an open door of the mystic den all in black, the mad hatter awaits. His…

America’s Vampire Sweetheart: Valeska Suratt

Forget the flappers. It’s time to talk about the “vampires” of yesteryear and their fiery queen of the screen and stage, Valeska Suratt. The Vamps or “vampires” were the female actors that paved the way for the flapper in the 1910s-20s and, in many ways, they were an extension of something exciting brewing in America.…

They Put What, Where? Weird Beauty Hacks of Yesteryear

According to fashion legend Diana Vreeland, “the only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it,” and we tend to agree. Of course, aesthetic cultural standards have fluctuated from generation to generation (and icon to icon) for the better, and for the worse. Sometimes beauty, fashion, and…

Steve Jobs’ Nerdy Dating Show with Bill Gates

A large part of Steve Jobs’ genius was the way in which he made new technologies not only exciting, but relatable. “Apple and Jobs fundamentally changed advertising,” said former Jobs employee, Bill Cleary, to Forbes. Watching Jobs in action at one of his many, legendary keynote (or “Stevenote,” as they were soon dubbed) speeches was like…

The Accidental Time Travel Incident with Marie Antoinette

Everyone can relate to taking a wrong turn on vacation – but few can boast taking a turn back in time to hang with Marie-Antoinette. That is, unless you’re Charlotte Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain. It was 1901, when the two women, both academics hailing from Britain, decided to take a holiday to France and…

Morse Code Mine Dancing: A Language Born in the Darkness

Born in the darkness of South African gold mines during Apartheid, “gumboot dancing” sprung from the basic need for exploited miners to communicate in what was a harrowing environment, where they were forbidden to even speak to one another. Workers decided to let their boots do the talking for them, and developed a kind of “morse…

Don’t Call Her the Dragon Lady: Hollywood’s First Chinese American Star

Wong Liu Tsong was born on Los Angeles’ Flower Street in 1905 – a rather befitting location for a gal whose Cantonese name meant “frosted yellow willow.” Most U.S. moviegoers, however, would get to know her under a more American moniker: Anna May Wong, the “Dragon Lady” of Hollywood. Wong was just your average California girl…

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