Name's Cat. I'm an L.A. gal who loves everything from classic movie queens to pinups to classic horror. My likes vary a lot. Having said that, I refuse to fit in a box or apologize for being me.

omgthatdress:

Robe à la Française

1780

The Kyoto Costume Institute

Ziegfeld girl, Marion Benda c. 1920’s

 Lucille Ball in Roman Scandals (1933)

Sheila Edwards models a ten foot long wig made for the National Beauty Salon Week, 1970

Sophia Loren with colored wigs made for her by Alexandre of Paris. Photo by Tazio Secchiaroli, American Vogue, April 1, 1970

Ziegfeld girl, Marion Benda c. 1920’s

Hazel Forbes photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston for The Ziegfeld Follies c. 1920’s

Lucille Ball in Roman Scandals (1933)

Marilyn Monroe in a costume test for River of No Return (1954)

Shirley MacLaine and her daughter Sachi on the set of Can-Can , photo by Bob Willoughby (1959)

Audrey Hepburn on the set of Green Mansions (1959)

Juliet Prowse plays Aphrodite on the Danny Thomas Hour (1967)

Gina Lollobrigida in Strange Bedfellows (1965)

Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren