Is a goddess!
Kisses Darling!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Pearly
Mr. Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto
Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla.
I long to wear a turban again someday, (I did wear a blue silk turban once to the Met costume party with a neon pink Steven Sprouse jacket and BillyBoy* pearls back in the 8os). But I love the look when I see a man from India on the street wearing one.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
GODDESS by MARJORIE ANDRADE
I'm producing a fashion show July 23 @ Tavern on the Green for my friend's collection Goddess by Marjorie Andrade. The concept for the line is "empowering the goddess within for every woman through color therapy".
Monday, July 13, 2009
MODEL & MAKEUP ARTIST
Beautiful Esme being painted by the cosmetic genius Way Bandy during a photo shoot for Vogue US by the master photographer Stan Shaffer.
Way was my inspiration to become a makeup artist, I adore Stan's amazing lighting, and I believe Esme had the biggest eyebrows in the business.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Robert Isabell dead of natural causes
I was shocked to read on Page 6 that party planner supreme and home fragrance designer Robert Isabell died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in his New York townhouse last week.
I had a fantasy dream of Robert designing my wedding reception someday ( marriage another fantasy dream of mine). Learn more about his amazing career here by reading Tina Brown's memory of Mr. Isabell.
"A Duluth, Minn. native, Robert Isabell started working part-time for a florist as a wee elementary schooler. In 1978, he arrived in New York on the night before Halloween; while wandering the streets, he walked by Studio 54 when all of a sudden the club's legendary co-owner, Steve Rubell, grabbed him and pulled him inside. Isabell eventually became Studio 54's floral designer and later handled arrangements for Rubell and partner Ian Schrager's club Palladium. He opened his own floral design business, Robert Isabell, Inc., in 1980."
Friday, July 10, 2009
Those were the days my friend...
Photographer: Mike Rheinhardt. Models: Patti Hansen and Janice Dickinson.
Hair and Make-Up: Rick Gillette
What made Rick Gillette so unique in those days was the fact that he could do makeup AND hair equally well, and that Vogue wanted him to. As a rule they preferred separate people, one for the makeup and one for the hair.
He was my inspiration to continue to do both myself, but I never achieved quite the degree of fame Rick did. I hope to have an interview with the master himself, someday, on FPLT.
What do they say about girls that wear glasses? Men don't make passes?
Yeah right.
Marilyn Monroe from "How to Marry a Millionaire"
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Sad Saga of Karen Mulder
A true beauty and one of my favorite faces of the 80s her troubles started on October 31, 2001, Mulder claimed during a taping of the French channel France 2 show Tout le Monde en Parle (Everyone is Talking About It) hosted by Thierry Ardisson, and with a live audience in the studio, that various people, including top executives at her former agency, Elite, and Prince Albert of Monaco, had tried to rape her. Moreover, Mulder said that her own father had hypnotized her from the age of two and then raped her. The producers of the show deemed her emotionally unstable and did not broadcast the interview. Not only was the show never aired, but the entire recording was erased.
Days later, Mulder repeated her allegations, this time to a weekly magazine in an interview conducted in her Paris apartment. Within hours of the interview, her sister Saskia arrived and took her to Villa Montsouris, a psychiatric hospital specializing in such disorders as depression, anxiety, and delirium, where she stayed for five months. The stay reportedly was paid for by Elite models president Gerald Marie, an old friend of hers.
On December 11, 2002, after suffering for years from chronic depression, Mulder went into a coma after she overdosed on sleeping pills in an apparent suicide attempt.
On a bright note, she gave birth to a daughter, Anna, on October 30, 2006.
And on July 1, 2007 she returned to the catwalk at the Dior Autumn/Winter 07/08 Couture Collection in Paris. (You can see she had her nose made thinner here)
But now this report has appeared in the international press:
"Blonde beauty Karen Mulder used to stalk the catwalk and grace the pages of Vogue alongside Naomi, Tyra, Claudia and Cindy back in the day. But unlike many of her supermodel counterparts, life has not been so kind to her since her heyday.
Mulder was arrested in Paris on July 1, 2009, after allegedly making violent, threatening phone calls to a plastic surgeon.
It's thought that Mulder, whom Vogue dubbed 'the blond with class' at the height of her career, was upset about a procedure she wanted reversed.
A detective said: 'She was screaming and shouting about the operation and became extremely threatening. There were repeated calls to the female surgeon who was extremely scared. The suspect is being interviewed,' as quoted in the U.K.'s Daily Mail."
It's so sad to learn of this latest development in the life of this beautiful woman.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Fall 09 Chanel
Created by Peter Philips, Global Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup, at the 2009/10 Cruise Collection show, held on the beaches of Venice, Italy, rich sienna and deep rose tones, and dusky greys and greens combine for a modern look that can be softened for day or emboldened come evening.
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- Darling! aka David Frank Ray
- Manhattan, New York, United States
- "Being a makeup artist is not only about applying makeup. It’s about everything around you, people, places, colors, all the things that inspire and affect your life."