OUR JOLIE-LAIDE


  flaming hair
turquoise eyes
a classic roman nose



a stunning grotesque




 striking one moment




 ghoulish the next


 Cecil Beaton portrait sitting from the NPG

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2 comments:

  1. That FAN! And those backdrops! Simply wonderful.

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  2. really fantastic no? the backdrops Cecil Beaton used in other shoots too. Her dress-I have posted about herehttp://ottolinedivine.blogspot.com/2011/05/4-little-ottolines.html-
    (linking my other blog!)
    at some point I will see the need to create an tag list-there is a archive list below. She was quite a needlewoman and I wonder if the fan is a fine petitpoint? The dress made of old textiles-and she wears her famous pearls \

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