My Favorite Golden Globe Starlet Marilyn Monroe

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I will do a post on my favorite Golden Globe starlet of 2011. For now Id like to look back on a Golden Globe starlet who set the tone for what we call now "Old Hollywood Glamour" . One image that comes to mind is Marilyn Monroe 1962 Golden Globes in her emerald green sequined Norman Norell gown. She wore green emerald earrings given to her by Frank Sinatra. She looked like a movie star in the truest form. There was no Red carpet apologies going on for her size 12 curves.There was no snarky commentators talking about her curves. Just Marilyn showing up to accept her award for World Film Favorite: Female . With her beautiful smile an sparkle in her eyes. Sadly this would be her last Golden Globe Awards show.

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul".

-Marilyn Monroe -

What we could learn from that in 2011. When starlets are apologizing for size 8. When in the up coming days will hear about armpit cleavage. Some stylists will become stars themselves. While others who got it wrong will be licking there wounds. As an abundance of photos will flood the internet reminding them. To them I send love an admiration for taking a risk.  So as I sit here in my pink leopard print pajamas with my cat on my lap. The Patriots game on the television the golden globes streaming on my computer. I feel like maybe I should go apply some red lipstick an wing tipped eyeliner while writing about this. Have some Frank Sinatra playing while sipping a martini . I posted below a picture of the actual dress that sold at Christies in 1999 for 96,000 dollars. Isn't beautiful lets all take a moment to appreciate it . All the sequins were hand sewn . Rumor has it that the dress had to be altered the night before due to Marilyn having a big weight loss in the breast area. 

Lot 53 - A SEQUINED EVENING DRESS



The backless, full-length dress of emerald green jersey, heavily embroidered with matching sequins, decorated with inset waistband. Unlabeled, by Norman Norell, worn by Marilyn Monroe at the Golden Globe Award Ceremonies in Hollywood on March 5, 1962, when accepting her award as 1961's "World's Favorite Film Star."
Estimate: $30,000-$50,000
Selling Price: $96,000


So there you have it my little tribute to my favorite Golden Globes Starlett . Who is yours ? 

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Swell Ladies Who Rock Out The Curves .

I decided to Mad Men Myself for this post

 I read this post on CoCo Perez( Perez Hilton's fashion page). Which from aside of street style , I also have a boarder line obsession with. He reported on Christine Hendricks who plays Joan a curvy sassy secretary on the mega hit Mad Men. How she had trouble finding designers who would work with her. Due in part to her curvy figure .Now since the shows many awards almost cult like following. Hendricks is finding that designers are now changing there tune. Here is an excerpt of her recent LA Times Magazine Interview. The interviewer asks about her red carpet looks. I really like what she has too say .Click the pink link at the end of the quote to read the full article.

"But there is such a business these days based on being critical. It’s always been there, but now there are entire magazines devoted to shredding people—who wore the worst dress, who had the worst cellulite. It just, you know, hurts your soul. At the end of the day, you’re just going to a big party. You have to remind yourself to wear the things you love. Sometimes your friends or a stylist will go, “Yeah...no.” Sometimes you can’t see yourself with objectivity, but you have to go with what you think is pretty. You’re borrowing these dresses to wear to events, and sometimes they don’t feel like you—like something I would ever wear." ( LA TIMES Magazine )



So who are your favorite curvy women. I picked five of mine . Though the list indeed could have been longer by far . I promise you when comprising this list . We totally were grading on a curve.So tell us who is your favorite curvy lady ?



"Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided ".


Mae West

"The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up. "


Marilyn Monroe

"People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves. "



Salma Hayek


"It was a very vulnerable time going from being insecure about my body and who I am to becoming comfortable with me. I had to tune out what the hell everybody else had to say about who I was.
 When I was able to do that, I felt free."
 
Queen Latifah


 "I am so beautiful, sometimes people weep when they see me. And it has nothing to do with what I look like really, it is just that I gave myself the power to say that I am beautiful, and if I could do that, maybe there is hope for them too. And the great divide between the beautiful and the ugly will cease to be. Because we are all what we choose."



— Margaret Cho