photos – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

July 1, 2019 / Vickie Lester

“What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage.” Edith Head

From left to right – Model, Orry Kelly, Bernard Newman, Travis Banton, Edith Head, Adrian, and Irene. With model showing evening gown, 1955: Edith at bat 1957: A fashion show from the “Think Pink” sequence at the premiere of “Funny Face” – model Ginni Adams with Edith Head: Dressing Debbie…

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April 24, 2016 / Vickie Lester

Catherine Deneuve, and her sister Françoise Dorléac

April 19, 2016 / Vickie Lester

“What I look for in a man isn’t printable! I wouldn’t want to shatter my cool Swiss image.” Ursula Andress

April 14, 2016 / Vickie Lester

“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.” Goldie Hawn

April 13, 2016 / Vickie Lester

“Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.” Brigitte Bardot

October 28, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Edith Head, who was born Oct. 28th, 1897, was married to Wiard Ihnen – Production Designer

Even Google got into the act today with Miss Edith’s birthday: They lived in a wonderful house called, Casa Ladera…

September 24, 2015 / Vickie Lester

Car culture and the Los Angeles drive-in — where Deco meets Googie meets Camp

1949 – Van de Kamps Bakery and Drive-In: 1939 – Simon’s:

May 25, 2015 / Vickie Lester

In memory of — The Inestimable Paul Newman — who was also a decorated WW2 soldier

Here’s the deal, I only saw Mr. Newman on film sets and in elevators. He was about the same age as my dad, quite a bit younger than my uncle – so, as a kid I just categorized him as “old.” My dad, well, I don’t suppose there was a…

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August 30, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Noel Coward on Vulgar Curiosity, Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons

… But during the last few years this has become increasingly difficult owing to the misguided encouragement of a new form of social parasite, the gossip columnist. This curious phenomenon has insinuated itself itself into the lifestream not only of Hollywood but the whole of America, and what began as…

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August 21, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Hollywood Kitchens

Kitchens – this one is from a Pasadena estate and was designed by Wallace Neff: A cheerful California kitchen from 1938: And here’s one you might recognize from “My Man Godfrey”:

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