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20 People Not Giving a Damn About the Red Carpet at Cannes
My favourite kind of people are one the ones who don’t give a damn. So while the rest of the media fusses over the red carpet posers at the Cannes film festival, getting their seasonal fix of...
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The Forgotten Bohemian Queen of the Paris Art World: Leonor Fini
Bohemian “It Girl” of Paris, master of surrealist disguise and generally a badass female libertine, Leonor Fini was one of the most photographed people of the 20th century. And yet barely anyone I ask...
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The Beatle that Got Fired
If you’re not a mega Beatles fan, or particularly well-versed in early Beatles history, that handsome chap on the drums there in a line up of teenage Greasers, might not look so familiar. That’s Pete...
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In the Parlour with Cecil Beaton
His name was familiar to me, but I’ll admit that before this post, I didn’t know much about Cecil Beaton. If I’m honest, it was actually his 18th century English manor I fell in love with, Reddish...
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A Photographer’s Forgotten Muse on the French Riviera
There was definitely something about Renée. When the legendary French photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue met her while strolling the streets of Paris in 1930, he fell in love instantly. Tall, chic...
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Exotic Dancing on the Colonial Bandwagon
When I first saw a black and white photograph of Ruth St. Denis, I was instantly seduced by her, just as many audiences of the early 20th century were too. Who was this female chameleon from another...
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The Scrapbooks of a Real-Life Tarzan torn between Africa and Studio 54
Madagascar seems so far away now as I sit in my studio in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. I’ve been given a taste of Africa and I want more. I was trying my best to settle back into city life but...
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The Other English Royals
I‘m feeling terribly British these days. Of course, I’m not, and I now live across the channel in French enemy territory, but I did grow up there and always felt a sense of loyalty and affection...
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Cinema’s First Sex Symbol was also America’s First Goth
From Mae West to Eva Green, the cinema archetype of the ‘femme fatale’ has fascinated and frightened audiences since Hollywood’s golden age. But nearly a century before Sharon Stone bore all as the...
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Why the Newspaper Kiosks in Paris are so Important
René-Jacques (c) Paris en Images Paris’ 150 year-old newspaper kiosk could be considered one of the most “charming” little features of its urban landscape. A nostalgic reminder of simpler and more...
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Discovering Dalida, the Tragic Diva
Before living in Paris, I did not know Dalida, but this city was on a first-name basis with her– heck, they even called her “Saint Dalida”. She sold more than 170 million albums worldwide, had a...
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Meet the Other Legendary Female Aviator (who Could Drink Any Sailor Under the...
Mini Powder Puff Derby, San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive Amelia Earhart might be the first woman aviator that comes to mind, but she was only one of an incredible group of flying female record...
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The Best Pieces up for Auction from Audrey Hepburn’s Personal Collection
I‘ve always been drawn to the less clean-cut screen legends of the past, but there was no way I wasn’t going to have my eye on the Audrey Hepburn sale of the century. To own her Breakfast at Tiffany’s...
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Here’s Prince, Holding Court in his First Filmed Interview
Prince rarely gave live interviews, but when he did, he had a way of mesmerising the audience. We dug up this rare clip from 1985 when the artist agreed to talk in front of cameras for the first time...
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America’s “Best Dressed Woman”, the Original Flapper who got the World...
You might not know her name, but a century ago, Irene Castle was the household name at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Historians consider her to be the first original flapper but in her lifetime,...
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How Bugs Bunny Became a Queer Icon
Celebrities from Judy Garland to Madonna to Lady Gaga have been granted the title “gay icon,” but there’s one often-forgotten figure who deserves a spot on this list: Bugs Bunny. The Warner Bros....
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