jazzrelatedstuff: Billie Holiday and Lester Young.

jazzrelatedstuff:

Billie Holiday and Lester Young.

classicalallure:

Billie Holiday, The Blues Are Brewin’

Billie Holiday at the d’Orly airport, Paris, photographed by Jean-Pierre Leloir, 1958.

Billie Holiday at the d’Orly airport, Paris, photographed by Jean-Pierre Leloir, 1958.

missjazzage: Billie Holiday backstage at Carnegie Hall.

missjazzage:

Billie Holiday backstage at Carnegie Hall.

steamboatbilljr: “…the lascivious gardenia, worn like a large, white, beautiful ear, the heavy laugh, marvelous teeth, and the splendid archaic head, dragged up from the Aegean.” — Elizabeth Hardwick

steamboatbilljr:

“…the lascivious gardenia, worn like a large, white, beautiful ear, the heavy laugh, marvelous teeth, and the splendid archaic head, dragged up from the Aegean.” — Elizabeth Hardwick

“[on Billie Holiday] She was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture of her hand.” Erykah Badu

“[on Billie Holiday] She was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest gesture of her hand.”
Erykah Badu

vintageblack2: Billie Holiday photographed by Roy DeCarava in 1952

vintageblack2:

Billie Holiday photographed by Roy DeCarava in 1952

vintageblackglamour: Billie Holiday on stage during a jam session in March 1954. Photo: Apic/Getty Images.

vintageblackglamour:

Billie Holiday on stage during a jam session in March 1954. Photo: Apic/Getty Images.

Style Inspiration > Billie Holiday

Famous Ladies in Sunglasses part one


row one: Marilyn Monroe, Billie Holiday and Shirley MacLaine

row two: Bette Davis, Gene Tierney, and Audrey Hepburn

row three: Jane Russell, Jayne Mansfield and Natalie Wood

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