WHORANGE

start me up

have a wonderful weekend, kittens.  pose appropriately and keep your toys efficiently charged.

xoxo,
tula

the circle of life...

...begins with a poodle.  just like we suspected.

may your weekend be best in show, darlings!

xoxo,
tula

{life magazine, circa 1956 via the fabulous design watcher.}

girl in the plastique bubble

have a wonderful weekend, darlings!  and, as always -- stay bouncy.

xoxo,
tula

{from the magnificent melvin sokolsky "bubble" series, circa 1963.}

stairway to heaven

...i imagine it looks a little something like this.

{convair astronautics, san diego, 1958.  photographed by julius shulman via getty images.}

james braund photographed these rooms...

...and for this, we are eternally grateful.

{james braund photography found via deedee9:14.}

feeling keane for joan crawford

margaret keane + joan crawford + cellophane couch cover + oscar + pepsi = perfection.

have a wonderful weekend, kittens!

{image courtesy of mr. laine.}

why dita von teese is picture purrfect

miss dita von teese proudly displays oil portraits of her pets in her parisian apartment.

proving, once again, that there is nothing sexier than a woman in corset who can appreciate a siamese in a frock coat.

meow!

{dita's painting via @DitaVonTeese on twitter;  image of dita with her late dachshund greta via people.}

going places sitting down

whether you're swimming through a Sea of Water or a Sea of Shag, may your weekend be wondrous and your mane look magnificent.

enjoy the ride, darlings!

xoxo

{"going place sitting down" series by hiraki sawa.}

jump into the weekend with philippe halsman

happy friday, darlings!

let us toast with some springy confections from photographer philippe halsman.  best known for capturing his subjects mid-flight, halsman believed that the act of jumping brought out the true essence in people.

so let's heed halsman's airy wisdom as we breeze into the glorious weekend:  may there be a spring in your step, and of course...may you be as high as a kite!

{above left:  the cat girl, lilly christine, 1953;  above right: professor l. robert oppenheimer, 1958.}

{above:  dali with three girls, 1949.}

{above left:  grace kelly, 1959;  above right:  jean seberg with cat, 1959.}

{above:  bridget bardot.}

{above left:  duke & duchess of windsor, 1956;  above right:  audrey hepburn.}

{above:  philippe halsman and marilyn.}

see more springy pix from halsman's jump book on thephotographypost.com.

DO THE HUSTLE: midnight cowboy (1969)

if you don't know the cinematic blog orgy i love hot dogs, put it on your list of sites-to-do.  i love hot dogs features fabulous film stills from eye-catching indies and musical montages, to oscar-winning classics and x-rated gems.

recently, they paid homage to one of my all time favorite flicks -- midnight cowboy.

jon voight plays joe buck, a bright-eyed, country hooker with a heart-of-gold who moves to the big apple with dreams of earning treasure for giving pleasure.  along the way, NYC chews him up and spits him out into the crippled hands of conman ratso rizzo (played superbly by dustin hoffman).  bonus: fabulous hair and a late night cameo by warhol's ultraviolet.

final fact...midnight cowboy is the first and only x-rated film to win an academy award for best picture!  the year was 1969.  oh, how far we have not come.

have a wonderful friday, kittens.   happy hustlin'...

{see more fabulous stills at i love hot dogs.}

COVER GIRLS: vintage playboy

rumor has it men read playboy for the articles.

on the other hand, i read playboys for the hairstyles...no, really.

{images via hannah couture and manolith.}

oh, deer

i am willing to do evil things for these shoes.

{photography by the cobrasnake via playfast.}

taste the rainbow...

...of fabulousness.

{images:  von tundra civil stack drawers via deedee 9:14;  rainbow cupcakes via my little apartment;  doris day with rainbow poodles.}

andy warhol's auto factory

andy warhol pimps his ride a lovely shade of whorange.

and, of course, his hair wig looks fabulous.