All things beautiful

sexta-feira, 6 de agosto de 2021

Vintage Fashion and Glam

Costumes and clothes worn by Elizabeth Taylor

The Tiziana Kimono Taylor wore, with a very impressive headpiece, in 1968 film Boom which also starred Richard Burton and Noël Coward

Elizabeth Taylor wore this beautifully structured metallic dress with leaf detailing

back in 1992

The Scorpio cloak Taylor wore to Princess Grace's birthday party in Monaco. Grace only invited people with the same Scorpio birth-sign as herself. Liz was born under Pisces but Burton, fortunately, is a Scorpio

The yellow dress from Taylor’s wedding with Richard Burton. (photo courtesy of Nate Jensen)

Versace bolero, decorated with Greek profiles. Elizabeth Taylor wore during a charity

event for her AIDS foundation in 1992

quinta-feira, 5 de agosto de 2021

Arnold Scaasi

Arnold Isaacs, known as Arnold Scaasi, was a Canadian fashion designer who has created gowns for First Ladies Mamie Eisenhower, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush, in addition to such notable personalities as Joan Crawford, Ivana Trump, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, Lauren Bacall, Elizabeth Taylor, Catherine Deneuve just to name a few stars and socialites.

Life is short - We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us.

A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door.

Son: “Mommy, may I ask you a question?”

Mom: “Yeah sure, what it is?” replied the woman.

Son: “Mommy, how much do you make an hour?”

Mom: “That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?” the woman said angrily.

Son: “I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?”

Mom: “If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”

Son: “Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down.

Son: “Mommy, may I please borrow $5?”

The mother was furious, “If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don’t work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door…

The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $5 and he really didn’t ask for money very often. The woman went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door.

“Are you asleep, son?” She asked.

“No Mommy, I’m awake,” replied the boy.

“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier” said the woman. “It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’s the $5 you asked for.”

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. “Oh, thank you Mommy!” he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother.

“Why do you want more money if you already have some?” the mother grumbled.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied.

“Mommy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

The mother was crushed. She put her arms around her little son, and she begged for his forgiveness.

It’s just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.