grace: April 2008

Goodnight Irene

Irene Lentz was the costume designer for MGM Studios in Hollywood for 7 years. In 1947, Irene was the first American designer to allow department stores the rights to sell her designs in exclusive boutiques. This is one such dress.

This 1950's cocktail dress by Irene is worked in black silk taffeta. I love those cascading accordian pleated ruffles. And it just fits that old song from 1950 - "Good night Irene, I'll see you in my dreams."

See this dress and more at Couture Allure Vintage Fashion .

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Art in Reality

Shake Your Rump

Boys, Come Back With Your Shield or On It...

This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this. It's your ass in Game 5 Jazz.

Quick Hitters and Random Thoughts

--For years Benny the Bull has been known as the most thug mascot in sports. He's also the mascot you go to if you need smoke. However, beware the dreaded Benny high-five. Benny was running down an aisle at a Bulls game high-fiving everyone along the way when he "tripped" as he was fiving Don Kalant. He held onto Kalant's arm as he hit the floor. Benny got a laugh. Kalant got a ruptured biceps tendon. Benny also got a lawsuit.

--I haven't seen it, don't know anyone who has, but that bear in Semi-Pro...yeah it took a chunk out of his trainer's neck ending the guy's life.

--Kelly Brook and Billy Zane no more?!

--Sean Avery is gonna intern at Vogue?!

--Jimmy Fallon taking over for Conan O'Brien once Conan takes over for Leno?! Dammit Kilborn get your ass back hosting a late night talk show. I know you're not dead they showed you at the Lakers game the other night.

--And your '09 Madden coverboy is none other than Brett Favre. What now Jinx? Tom Hammond and Cris Collinsworth are your announcers. No Emmitt or Bryant?

--Hilary Duff on the new 90210?! Lori Loughlin is in as the mom. Yeah, just a slight upgrade over Mrs. Walsh.

--Apparently and thankfully Felix Trinidad turned down a fight with Jermain Taylor.

--A bit of a budget problem in California has led to a lawmaker proposing a tax to alkee-hol. This would raise the price of a sixer by almost $2. Yeah, some Republican (go figure it's a Dem proposing the tax) college students protested outside of the guy's office yelling, "No taxation on intoxication."

--Your dumbass Sub of the Week comes to us from Alton, Missouri. There Jane Kodros was subbing at a high school. It sounded like she and her classes had a fun day what with her usage of deragatory words and using her middle finger to its utmost ability. She also bragged about how she had a warrant out for her arrest. Yeah, kids are funny in that if they don't like you they'll turn your bitch ass in. And we're not talking about some young college student substitute, no, this chick is fiddy. So next day the kids tell the regular teacher who tells the principal who tells the school's officer who tells the real police who arrest Jane in the middle of 2nd period.

-- ~~Mork~~ Roger and Mindy?!

--Finally we got ourselves an awesome porn title out of everything going on in New York the past couple of months. Gov Love: The Eliot Splitz-Her Story.

--Apparently CW is promoting Gossip Girl using the acronym "OMFG." So as you might expect some parents are a little bit upset about that. CNN interviewed someone from CW and the guy said that if you asked ten people on the street what OMFG meant you'd get ten different answers. So CNN asked people on the street and shockingly they all answered "Oh My F'n God."

--Neve Campbell shows her boobies in the upcoming I Really Hate My Job and those aren't good things. Although they looked much better than John Daly's boobs which was nice enough to show off recently and I'm nice enough to not subject you to them.

--Morgan Ensberg guest blogged for Philip Hughes the other day. His best thoughts:

"The next idea that I have is about opposing fans. I love it when a fan is yelling at me and says something really witty. Not just yelling to be heard by the people around him, but something really funny. If it is good, I will laugh at it myself. I want it to be funny. But let me tell you this, if you say “you suck” we know that you don’t know what to say and you probably aren’t very funny. To us it is like saying “um”. We hear it all the time and it is just a sound with no meaning. Take your time and don’t get caught up in the moment. Timing is everything and if you can think of something genuinely funny, you will have my respect.

Finally, the Office is the greatest show on the planet, and I would like to pose this question to all of you….

Would an average sized row boat support phil and me without capsizing?"

--Chicago sounds like a nice place to visit. I mean 331 shootings this year alone is fairly impressive, but also promising as the shootings are trending upward. A nice total of 36 two weekends ago, in which 7 ended up being deadly. Really promising when the mayor has to get the cops outfitted with M-4 rifles. Mayor Richard Daley saying, "Many times they're outgunned, to be very frank. When they come to a scene, someone has a semi fully-automatic weapon and you have a little pistol, uh, good luck."

--Is Lost just wrecking shop this season or what?

Questions, comments, or if you died a little inside as you watched Dr. Kelso drive away from Sacred Heart...

Charlotte Martin

Charlotte Martin: Charlotte was a popular french model in the sixties and seventies. She is mostly remembered for her relationships with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. Eric Clapton and Charlotte were together for over two years, but their relationship ended because he fell in love with Pattie Boyd. Eric said Charlotte "was in the way of someone else, who, even though I couldn't have her, was commanding my every thought." Charlotte then moved in with George and Pattie Harrison at their modern bungalow Kinfauns. Charlotte had a brief affair with George, which devastated Pattie because she considered Charlotte a friend (Pattie also had no idea at the time that she was the reason for Charlotte and Eric's break-up). Charlotte went back to Paris for a while and eventually began a long lasting affair with Jimmy Page. They had a daughter named Scarlett.

(Info from Eric Clapton's Bio)

Something About Pattie Boyd: Part 2

Pattie Boyd Part: Two

On Getting Together with Eric Clapton : "Things had been going quite badly between George and I for a while, and we were almost leading different lives. We were really so very young and immature then. I wouldn't see him for days; I never knew where he was unless I was running around after him. Eric gave me much of the attention I no longer got from George. "I was incredibly flattered when he played 'Layla' for me in his South Kensington flat. I was so astounded at this powerful, sensual song, and I knew it was written for me -- I just sensed it. I also felt embarrassed, because I knew that George would know how Eric felt -- everyone would know. When George and I separated, I became anxious about being with Eric. I really thought I'd made a mistake. There was definitely chemistry between us, but his intensity frightened me slightly. "I went to live with my sister in Los Angeles to get away. Eric tracked me down and suggested I join him for a couple of gigs in the States. I was seduced by his lifestyle immediately." "On Living with Eric "I'd never been on the road before, and watching Eric from the side of the stage, with what looked like millions of women adoring him, was electrifying. This was my man! "We traveled all over America and had many years of fun together before it all began to unravel. Eric had been on heroin before we got together, and a doctor had warned me addicts often use alcohol as a replacement. But it was difficult to know what was normal for a musician on the road, working hard. In those days, nobody really knew what an alcoholic was, and you didn't think it of somebody who seemed to be functioning normally. "You start mopping up after them to keep things normal, and I slipped into a role that wasn't really me. I wasn't mean to be co-dependent. It was hard to watch him hurting himself. I kept thinking, 'One day he'll stop drinking and life will be fantastic again.' Really, I was just waiting for that day." On Splitting with Eric : In an interview with The Sunday Times Eric revealed that when he was a "full-blown, practising" alcoholic "there were times when I took sex with my wife by force and thought that was my entitlement. I had absolutely no concern for other people". Pattie also says: "Eric and I had been unsuccessfully trying to have a child with IVF, so it was a huge blow finding out Eric was going to have a child with the Italian model Lori Del Santo. When Connor was born I stayed, hoping to deal with the situation, but I was always aware that he now had another family. "Sometimes looking back, you can see the life lessons you've learnt. The saddest thing was, after Connor died, I couldn't see the life lessons. Eric and I had split up over Connor and now Eric was all alone. What was the point of it all?" On Her Looks "When I was younger, I loved wearing short skirts or low-slung trousers from Biba or Granny Takes a Trip. But I had a very fragile confidence. I had been a model, and I think modeling is an industry that highlights all your flaws and can magnify them all out of proportion. It emphasizes the wrong parts of a girl. "Growing older, I wished that I had a more defined bone structure, as aging is easier with good bones, but, oddly enough, the only time growing older has affected my confidence is when I look in the mirror. Then, I see everything that's wrong, but once I'm away from the mirror I simply don't think about it. Every year I contemplate having something done, but truthfully I think you have to be very careful not to eradicate your personality. I had the gap filled between my front teeth a few years ago, and I regret it. "Ultimately, there are compensations to growing older. You are much wiser and more confident, and you can secretly laugh at situations because you know exactly how they are going to play out." On Starting Over :"After Eric and I split up, I had to learn to do everything myself. I'd never paid an electricity bill, and I didn't know you needed tax discs on your car. I had no idea how to make money and no idea what I was going to do next. But I had always had a camera with me and a darkroom at my home, so I started taking photographs. "I did a couple of photography courses, and then I did a few jobs for friends, and a career began. I also did a nutritional course, and with all of my homework I could try to get my mind off the horrible divorce." On Her Life Now : "I miss the intimacy of a relationship, but at the same time I enjoy being on my own. In an ideal world, I'd have both: intimacy and independence. But I don't think I'll ever have such a passionate relationship again. You will never be as vulnerable as you are in your youth, and you have to be slightly vulnerable to allow yourself to feel such intensity. "Would I change anything about my life? No, nothing could have been better than the life I've had. It's been fantastic, unique, and interesting in every aspect. It was so jolly, but it was also very painful. I've had extreme relationships, so you could say I've paid for the wonderful times with the huge dollops of unhappiness that went with them."
Eric visiting Pattie at Friar Park, when she was still married to George.
Finally together

El and Nell