Black And White Reds
Category: Style
When Your Cat Hates You
To be fair, all cats hate you. The contempt is thinly-veiled. For those of you unfamiliar with the wide-eyed Brazil nut pictured here, it’s Carmen Miranda, aka The Chiquita Banana Lady. And wide-eyed she was!
She may have danced her way to fame with a pile of fruit atop her head, much to the chagrin of Latin nations who felt stereotyped, but she had the last laugh. By 1945, she earned more than $200,000 (over $2 million in today’s money), becoming Hollywood’s highest-paid entertainer.
Numero uno, y’all!
She must have had fabulous posture and core control to forever be balancing colorful edible headgear and bearing the burden of 27 lbs of heavy metal accessories. No pain, no gain.
In August of 1955, Miranda was shooting a a song and dance number for the The Jimmy Durante Show when she fell to one knee. Out of breath, she finished the segment and went home. The next morning, Miranda died from a heart attack at her home in Beverly Hills. She was only 46.
To see her sing and samba, catch this 1943 clip of her in “The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat.”
No Seatbelt Required
Cotton Twill Shorts: Making Her Manly While Making Him Nelly
Just The Caress Of Your Hand
63-Year-Old Hairstyle Still Holds Up
Wow, you look like Wilson’s Airedale when he had the mange. – Wally Cleaver
Wally wouldn’t say that about this stylish gang in 1951. Although you won’t see many females rocking such short hairstyles nowadays, these fellows appear to have been plucked straight out of 2014.
We Don’t Need No Education, Part II
Santa, Bring Me A Sweater As Keen As Joanne’s
There is a lot going on here, other than Wendy’s front row coveting. Joanne has the swellest “S” sweater in town, but she is distracted by a handful of seeds for her beanstalk. Slingblade in the rear right needs to work on his posture, and far left is making a teensy tiny touchdown. Closest he’ll get to playing football. One thing’s for sure: yay, scarves!
Those Magic Changes
Blowing Kisses In The Wind
Bicep Curls
Inspecting For Lice
I Don't Get It 