sexy in a turtleneck.

                                        Proof that it's not what you wear,but how you wear it.

                            Ps.these kinds of sweaters are cheap cheap cheap right now-stock up!

I want that!

Red cigarette pants.

Pointy toe flats

An angora sweater that would make Ed Wood jealous.

And sunglasses that would make Marilyn proud.

I wanna be a sweater girl....

Sweater Girls proved that less is more and it's all in the way you hold yourself....oh and a bullet bra and something touchable never hurt the cause either.

A Beautiful Child.

"She is a beautiful child. I don't think she's an actress at all, not in a traditional sense. What she has this presence, this luminosity, this flickering intelligence could never surface on the stage. It's so fragile and subtle, it can only be caught by the camera But anyone who thinks this girl is simply another Harlow or harlot or whatever, is mad. I hope, I really pray, that she survives long enough to free the strange lovely talent that's wandering through her like a jailed spirit."

-Constance Collier

(A quote from the short story A Beautiful Child, from the book Music for Chameleons by Truman Capote)

Marilyn was found dead on this date in 1962.

MM Style

Why don't they make cool capri pants like this anymore? Her whole outfit looks pretty damn cool and very comfortable too.

Instamatic Monroe

How great is this Polaroid of Marilyn Monroe? Her eyes are surreal.

Marilyn

At the end of the night, this is the best feeling.

Marilyn...

How cool is Marilyn's hair here? Kinda radical for the 1950's, no?

Image courtesy of F#&K Yeah Marilyn Monroe

AH HA!

So this is how she did it! I will be practicing this shortly. On a side note, I love her casual clothes-even dressed like a boy she was all woman.

Marilyn and Marijuana?

So today in the news this video was unearthed, a private home video of Marilyn Monroe. The interesting angle though is that she is smoking a very suspicious cigarette...a joint perhaps? Oh Marilyn, you were too hip...

Marilyn

I don't think I will ever get sick of this face.

F*&@ Yeah Marilyn Monroe

This site had a huge assortment of rare MM photos, as well as a clever title. Check it out if you are a fan.

http://fuckyeahmarilynmonroe.tumblr.com

Marilyn at Home

I am so intrigued to look at pictures like this of Marilyn in her own space. I love her bedroom and book set up and hope someday to make it my own. For someone who moved a lot, she sure had a good amount of stuff. Although I move a lot and books are just mandatory, you just have to get a nice boy to carry them for you...

Marilyn and Cecil

"Miss Marilyn Monroe calls to mind the bouquet of a fireworks display."

- Cecil Beaton



All photos by Cecil Beaton

For Marilyn M...from C. Bukowski

for marilyn m.

slipping keenly into bright ashes,

target of vanilla tears

your sure body lit candles for men

on dark nights

and now your night is darker

than the candle's reach

and we will forget you, somewhat,

and it is not kind

but real bodies are nearer

and as the worms pant for your bones,

I would so like to tell you

that this happens to bears and elephants

to tyrants and heroes and ants

and frogs,

still, you brought us something,

some type of small victory,

and for this I shall say:good

and let us grieve no more;

like a flower dried and thrown away,

we forget, we remember,

we wait. child,child,child,

I raise my drink for a full minute

and smile.

-Charles Bukowski

Burning in Water Drowning in Flame