tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68097825613128961322024-03-13T23:54:23.715-07:00Swell Dame's ParlourSwell Dame's Parlourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03900622340160801638noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809782561312896132.post-10463953817905133202012-03-05T23:04:00.000-08:002012-03-05T23:04:52.881-08:00And the winner is.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm glad to announce the lucky winner of my giveaway!<br />
It's comment number 5 ...Miss <a href="http://cherrymake-up.blogspot.com/">CherryMakeUp</a>!<br />
Hooray! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Television actress Sandra White laughs while arriving late at the 1953 Academy Awards.<div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Presenters Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly wait backstage at the RKO Pantages Theatre during the 1956 Academy Awards.<div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the 1942 Academy Awards, Joan Fontaine gazes at the Best Actress Oscar she won for her role in <i>Suspicion</i> — an achievement that made her, incredibly, the <i>only</i> actor or actress to ever win an Oscar for a performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film.<div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The one and only Audrey Hepburn cradles the Oscar she won for her role in <i>Roman Holiday</i><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Producer Buddy Adler's Academy Award for <i>From Here to Eternity</i> stands amid hats in the coat check room at Romanoff's restaurant in Beverly Hills during an Oscars after-party in 1954.</td></tr>
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At last i found some time (precious thing these days!) to organize my first giveaway as promised!I reached 100 followers,106 to be exact and im very excited!<br />
Thank you so much for supporting my blog.I must admit i met some very interesting gals since i started this and i feel very lucky that i share my love for the vintage with you all!<br />
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But lets get back to the giveaway....<br />
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One of you will be chosen at random to win one lovely handmade headpiece made from felt,like the ones in the pics!The lucky winner will choose between 13 available colors (red,burgundy,black,powder blue,mint,chocolat,dark brown,off white,forest green, green,candy pink,midnight blue & navy blue)!<br />
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To enter the giveaway you can do any or all of the following, just leave a comment for each entry to get your name in the hat!<br />
1.Become a follower of this blog!<br />
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2. Be my friend at <a href="http://facebook.com/swelldame">Facebook</a> & leave a comment here telling me what your absolute favorite "Swell Dame" accessorie from my photo albums.<br />
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3. "Like" my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SwellDameAccessories">Etsy</a> shop or follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/SwellDameVIA">Twitter</a> .<br />
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4. Mention the giveaway on your blog,or share on facebook or Twitter.<br />
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I'll announce the winner on Tuesday the 6th .<br />
Good luck everybody!<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
Swell Dame </div>Swell Dame's Parlourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03900622340160801638noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809782561312896132.post-74321647901449362232012-02-14T04:55:00.000-08:002012-02-14T08:52:51.975-08:00Love Is Blind<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ok, since is Valentines day today, i remembered this documentary i have seen some years ago, that tells the astonishing story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship of 32 year-old New York City<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_692871566"> </a>attorney Burt Pugach and his considerably younger mistress Linda Riss,which shocked America back in 1959.<br />
Linda was blinded and permanently scarred when thugs hired by Pugach threw lye in her face after she threaten to leave him..The crime and trial were tabloid sensations. But the Pugaches were
merely at the end of Act 1. During 14 years in prison, Mr. Pugach nursed
a fanatical ardor for Miss Riss, writing her love letters in a florid
hand. Eight months after he was paroled in 1974, the couple renewed
their courtship, and they were soon married.<br />
She even defending him at court when he was accused of threatening his mistress in the late 1990's.<br />
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The documentary is called "Crazy Love" and crazy it certainly was....Watch the trailer and the 1977 interview with the couple and you'll see what i mean!!!<br />
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Just a quick post to saw you some of my recent finds from the flea market!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An amazing 1950's eau de nill candy jar.It was love at first sight ,i tell you this...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This lovely teapot is not vintage.It's brand new,it even had the tags on it!But it's gorgeous,isn't it?</td></tr>
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Swell Dame<br />
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Lost In The 50's blog reached 100 followers this week celebrates with this lovely giveway: <br />
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The new poster for "Past Tense" bazaar by Les Broderies Anglaises!<br />
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For all of you near we will be glad to see you stoping by and say hi!<br />
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Swell Dame will be there as usual with brand new headpieces,accessories and fine reproduction clothes to keep the last days of winter "warm" and glamorous!!!<br />
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Hope to see ya there!!!<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
Swell Dame<br />
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Today i got my 70th follower!!!That is so great!!!<br />
Thank you all for supporting "Swell Dame's Parlour" and letting me know you like my blog!<br />
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I only need 30 more followers to reach 100 and have my first giveaway!<br />
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I'm gonna give a headpiece like this one.It's one of my bestsellers!<br />
I can make it in many colors so the winner can choose the color of choice! <br />
Do you like it?<br />
Comment me and tell me what you think!<br />
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Help me reach 100 followers and maybe this lovely headpiece will be yours!!! <br />
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You can see more of my accessories @ my FB page here:<a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/albums/?id=100000286623886">http://www.facebook.com/media/albums/?id=100000286623886</a><br />
Some new headpieces comin'up soon so stay tuned...<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
Swell Dame<br />
<br /></div>Swell Dame's Parlourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03900622340160801638noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809782561312896132.post-59666774513040394222012-01-23T06:00:00.000-08:002012-01-23T09:02:35.449-08:00Sunday's Treasures,Monday's Pleasures!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday i made a quick stop to Sunday's Flea Market.I didn't have much money or time but i manage to buy these things with only 30euros.</div>
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This piece of furniture cost me only 25euros and it couldn't arrive in a better time.I was in desperate need for something like this, since i was looking for ways to storage all the jewellery i'm making !<br />
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I'm guessing it's from the mid 60's and with good make over it's gonna be great and it will fit perfectly in my new showroom which is gonna be ready in a few days!<br />
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Swell Dame</div>Swell Dame's Parlourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03900622340160801638noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809782561312896132.post-44687430415448598902012-01-22T01:14:00.000-08:002012-01-22T01:14:51.440-08:00Goodbye Etta!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Goodbye Miss Etta & may you rest in peace...<br />
Thank you for enrich & inspire our lives with your voice & your attitude on life!<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
Swell Dame <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Today i<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> would like to blog about a favourite greek song of mine and it's story which i read just a a few days ago and i wasn't aware of it,allthough i know and loved this song since i was a little girl!</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> The song is duet by Sophia</span> <span class="hps">Loren</span> <span class="hps">& Tony</span> <span class="hps">Maroudas</span> <span class="hps">in the 1957 film </span></span><span style="color: black;">"Boy On A Dolphin"</span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps"> that was </span><span class="hps">shot</span> <span class="hps">almost entirely</span> <span class="hps">in the</span> <span class="hps">Greek</span> <span class="hps">islands</span> <span class="hps">and established</span> <span class="hps">both</span> </span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Loren </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">as a great</span> <span class="hps">actress</span> , <span class="hps">and the</span> <span class="hps">Greek</span> <span class="hps">islands</span> <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">incredibly</span> <span class="hps">romantic</span> <span class="hps">holiday destination</span> <span class="hps">for foreigners.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: black;">The song is called "Ti Ine Afto Pou To Lene Agapi ?" </span><span style="color: black;">in Greek </span><span style="color: black;"> or translated in English "What Is This Called Love ?" (no relevance to the Cole Porter song) whose music was composed by Takis Morakis.<br /> </span><span style="color: black;">The beautiful and poetic Greek lyrics have absolutely no relevance to the English lyrics.</span><br /><span style="color: black;">
A little known fact is that the original lyrics which were in Greek and
not English were actually written by a famous (and a personal favourite of mine!) Greek singer named Danai
Stratigopoulou or simply known as 'Danai'.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><i><br /> Danai gave the lyrics to her good friend Takis Morakis back then as a gesture of their friendship. <br />
The simple giving of so called intellectual property among artists
was done a lot in those days and nothing was considered of it. Morakis
then sold the rights to his composition basically for egg shells to some
foreign entity who must have foreseen something in his melody. <br /> <br />
The "selling off " was not a wise move by Takis Morakis since his
composition became known the world over through the song in the film </i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><i>"Boy On A Dolphin"</i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><i> sung by Sophia Loren (gorgeous!) both in English and also in Greek somewhere in the film. <br /> <br /> Danai unfortunately has never been compensated for her contribution. <br /> <br />
Takis Morakis composition was adapted by Hugo Friedhofer who in turn
used the melody quite extensively throughout his beautiful and ethereal
classic film score </i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><i>"Boy On A Dolphin"</i></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><i><br /> <br /> Today the song " Ti Ine
Afto Pou To Lene Agapi " is considered a classic of contemporary Greek
music and of course all over the world over as "Boy On A Dolphin".</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><i>Swell Dame <br /> </i></span><br />
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Better late than never as my grandma always says!<br />
I just found some time to upload some pics from the 5 Day Special "Past Tense" Bazaar that took place few days before Christmas.<br />
Me and my friend <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1611192842">Viveta </a>,we are <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000848068375">"Les Broderies Anglaises"</a>and we organize this bazaar for allmost a year (give or take!)This last one was by far the best and we had so much fun!</div>
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Here are some photos only from the "Swell Dame" corner ,but i promise to upload more really soon from the whole 5 days!!!</div>
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Sometimes i find pleasure in the little things.<br />
I get so excited when i discover an altenative use for a item!<br />
For instance,here is a napkin holder i found on sale, at Zara Home, for 3.99euros .<br />
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And here it is again,used as 45's rack!</div>
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It can also be used for cards,photographs,envelops and so many others you can think of!!!<br />
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And here is another "easy peasy "idea i had...<br />
I used a simple wooden cup rack,bought for 1 euro in the flea market,to hang my bangles.I paint it with velatura and i scrub it a bit, just to give that vintage feeling,glued a doilly on the base and ...voila!!!Preety and awfully practical!<br />
(On the back you can see a regular kitchen paper roll holder used for the same thing!)<br />
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As i said...is the little things you do that makes you happy!</div>Swell Dame's Parlourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03900622340160801638noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809782561312896132.post-45177534596294463702012-01-02T08:59:00.000-08:002012-01-23T13:24:32.199-08:00Christmas with the Luckys!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This Christmas Steve
Lucky and Miss Carmen Getit were in Athens (for the sixth time!) for a
week during the Christmas holidays,performing at Half Note
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Bums"!<br />
I had the pleasure of meeting the wonderful miss Carmen Getit and chat for while when she visit us at "Past Tense" Vintage Bazaar!She came with her daugther,the cutest little girl named Monique and bought a whole bunch of fascinators and headpieces from my corner!<br />
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The second day of Christmas,my friends and i had reserved a table to see their show at Half Note.We had an excellent time and i enjoyed every minute of the evening!And guess what?Carmen was wearing one of my fascinators!!!How great is that????<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And i finally wore this awsome 1940's gown that i had bought last Christmas<br />
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Have a crazy beautiful new year everybody!xo<br />
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"Set in the 1940s, Bomb Girls tells the remarkable stories of the women
who risked their lives in a munitions factory building bombs for the
Allied forces fighting on the European front. The series delves into the
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friends and rivals - who find themselves thrust into new worlds and
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When it comes to Christmas memories of me as a child, my strongest one is when during the schooll break i was staying up late to watch all this wonderful old films on tv.</div>
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I had it on dvd and it's my personal tradition to watch it every year.But this year i lost the dvd and to my big surpise i accidentaly (without knowing that there is one) i downloaded the colourized version which made it a whole new experience for me!</div>
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Dont get me wrong i adore b/w moovies and I'm aware that a few people dislike the colourisation of classic b/w
movies, certain films should never be colourised as they work better in
b/w (e.g. psycho). However I've always felt that this particular one,
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Swell Dame </div>Swell Dame's Parlourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03900622340160801638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809782561312896132.post-87366378404023227092011-12-12T08:02:00.000-08:002011-12-12T12:37:08.476-08:00Frank is comin' to town!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You can have Christmas without snow...<br />
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...but you certainly can't have Christmas without some of Mr. Ol' "Blue Eyes" swinging melodies!!!<br />
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Today is his birthday,so i'm posting some songs i like to hear during holidays just to get me in the mood!<br />
Here's to you Frannkie!<br />
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I was introduced to Ann Miller when i saw "Kiss me Kate" some years ago.I was mesmerized by her exotic and unsuall beauty and her taping skills!She was very different than the typical Hollywood actresses of her time and that made me notice her.She was not the typical skinny blonde dancer like Ginger Rodgers,neither she was the the cute perky girl like Debbie Reynolds.She had that something ...she was "Too Darn Hot " if you ask me!!!!<br />
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Miller was born in Chireno, Texas and her real name was<b> </b>Johnnie Lucille Collier.Her maternal grandmother was Cherokee.<br />
She began taking tap lessons to strengthen her legs after suffering from
rickets. One of the side effects of rickets is bow legs.<br />
At the age of 13 Miller had been hired as a dancer in the "Black Cat
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She was so remarkable that by age fourteen, she played Ginger Roger's
dancing partner in "Stage Door", which started a Motion Picture Career
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She was known, especially later in her career, for her distinctive
appearance, which reflected a studio-era ideal of glamor: massive black
bouffant hair, heavy makeup with a slash of crimson lipstick, and
fashions that emphasized her lithe figure and long dancer's legs.<br />
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She appeared in several films between 1934 and 1956,some of my favourite are "Kiss me Kate",""On the town","Easter Parade",Stage Door" & Jam Session" along famous band leaders as Glen Gray,Louis Armstrong,Alvino Ray and many more!<br />
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She's literally too darn hot in this scene from "Kiss Me Kate" & her costume is spectucular!!!I read somewhere that Bianca was her favorite role !</div>
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Miller was famed for her speed in tap dancing.
Studio publicists concocted press releases claiming she could tap 500
times per minute, but in truth, the sound of ultra-fast "500" taps was
looped in later. Because the stage floors were slick and slippery, she
actually danced in shoes with rubber soles. Later she would loop the
sound of the taps while watching the film and actually dancing on a "tap board" to match her steps in the film!!!Woooowww...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="sqq">“At MGM, I always played the second feminine lead; I
was never the star in films, I was the brassy, good-hearted showgirl. I
never really had my big moment on the screen.</span>Broadway gave me the stardom that my soul kind of yearned for.<span class="sqq">”</span></td></tr>
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interesting thing about Ann Miller is the fact that she is credited
for... you won't believe this... the invention of pantyhose. This came
about in a very practical manner. For her routines her stocking would
have to be sewn to her costume. This could be troublesome because the
process would need to be repeated whenever there was a run or a hole. So
she approached the man who supplied the stockings and suggested that a
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She donated this pair of gold colored tap shoes to the National Museum of American History in the Smithsonian Institute.</td></tr>
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Refusing to do movies for years because disliked nudity and sex, she
finally relented and returned to films after nearly four decades playing Coco at <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/">David Lynch</a>'s <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/">Mulholland Dr.</a> (2001), which contained nudity and explicit sex.This was her last role!<br />
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It's a fun way to add something special to your Christmas decoration & trust me when i say it's the easiest thing!<br />
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Ok, first you need a beautiful vintage style Christmas ball.Mine came in set of 4 and they are in a lovely pearly creme color.<br />
The second thing you'll need is some Decals with pin up gals.<br />
I happened to have some vintage ones,labeled Plasticdecal but if you google "decal" you can find them all over the internet!You can puchase very similar ,if not the same like mine at Ebay!<br />
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3.Slide decal from backing paper onto surface.<br />
4.Smooth out edge of cardboard or squeegee to remove excess water and air.<br />
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Finally you choose a thin fancy ribbon and create a hanger.I made it simple but you can "play with bows, fearthers,sequins etc and create works of art!!!<br />
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...and here you go...a piece of cake...or maybe a "cheesecake"? lol<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
Swell Dame <br />
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After the last year's spectacular "Cointreau Coffret" that was designed by Dita's own hands...<br />
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...this year Cointreau comes back with "My Cointreau Travel Essentials Coffret", a luxury travel cocktail bar for people on the move!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the accessories you need to make great classic cocktails fit neatly into the chic and elegant hatbox that you can use as a jewlery case after the alcohol is finished! </td></tr>
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<a class="loadPopin" href="http://www.cointreau.com/FRONT/COINTREAU/templates/dynamique/POPIN_Shaker.php?lang=us&titre=COFFRET"><span style="color: blue;">See the "making of" video</span></a> <br />
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The <i>My Cointreau Travel Essentials</i> Coffret is available online at <a href="http://www.jades24.com/de/produkt/women/news_woman/cointreau-koffer_dita/index.html" target="_blank">Jades24</a>. So far, this German stockist is the only one from the <a href="http://pocketvenus.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/ditas-cointreau-coffret-availability-morgans-hotel-package/">original list</a> making the Coffret available online.</div>
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<b>Price:</b> €539,00 + <a href="http://www.jades24.com/de/versand/index.html" target="_blank">shipping</a>. Jades24 ship within Europe only.</div>
<a href="http://www.jades24.com/de/produkt/women/Accessories_woman/lifestyle_woman/cointreau-koffer_dita/index.html">http://www.jades24.com/de/produkt/women/Accessories_woman/lifestyle_woman/cointreau-koffer_dita/index.html</a><br />
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Well even if Santa can affort to make gifts like that, i don't know if he will bring it to me or keep it for himself and misses Claus!!!!<br />
<br /></div>Swell Dame's Parlourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03900622340160801638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809782561312896132.post-68767379196812109942011-11-24T02:39:00.000-08:002011-11-24T02:51:37.736-08:00Femme Totale-Dita #1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A few weeks ago Dita von Teese released her own perfume,Femme Totale!</div>
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I just love this seemed gloves!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“I wanted it to be a perfume that smelled exactly how I imagined it. I
doubt the perfumers in Paris imagined that I would be in their shop
almost every day for an entire year,” </td></tr>
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...and the pom pon veil is gorgeous as well!<br />
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Here it is again from better angle...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">“A scent needs to reflect all the different facets of my personality.
It had to be elegant, glamorous, sophisticated, sexy, dark, and
mysterious,” </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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The black grecian dress is the perfect choise for this campaign!<br />
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“Dita Von Teese”<br />
Eau de Parfum, 20 ml, MSRP: € 16.50<br />
Eau de Parfum, 40 ml, MSRP: € 28.00<br />
Deodorant Spray, 150 ml, MSRP: € 11.50<br />
Shower Gel, 200 ml, MSRP: € 11.50<br />
Body Lotion, 200 ml, MSRP: € 11.50<br />
Gift Set incl. Eau de Parfum, 20 ml, and Shower Gel, 75 ml, MSRP: € 16.50
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