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Joan Crawford celebrating Christmas !
Photo of Joan Crawford (1920s), photo of fireworks in Versailles and a Christmas tree i designed based on one of my patterns. Joan Crawford played on a movie i liked a lot : “Women” directed by George Cukor in 1939.
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Favourite 1990s movies
My top 5 : Cyrano de Bergerac, Fifth element, Emma, Goldeneye and Mulan. Photo sources : Pinterest, IMDB and rateyourmusic.com/music-review/NinaLove/kurt-bestor/rigoletto/3653682
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Marilyn Monroe in pink
William Travilla’s gown worn by Marilyn Monroe in the movie « Gentlemen prefer blondes » (1953). Marilyn Monroe sings « Diamonds are girl’s best friends » in the movie « Gentlemen prefer blondes ».
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Ava Gardner
My favourite movies of her are Pandora and the flying Dutchman, Mogambo, The barefoot contessa, The killers and Bhowani jonction.Among the beautiful clothes she wore in her movies, i like especially the black asymetric gown in « The Killers » (designed by Vera West) and the gowns created for « The barefoot Contessa » (designed by the Sorelle Fontana).To…
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Architecture and jewelry at the time of Art Deco
Raymond templier’s earrings and metallic structure representing the Empire State Building in New York. The actress Brigitte Helm wearing Raymond Templier jewels in the movie « money » directed by Marcel L’Herbier in 1928.
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The ravishing actress Jean Arthur
Portrait of Jean Arthur in the 1920s, Iljiz Fazulzyanov’s earrings and photo made with photoshop based on my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin. Jean Arthur is my favourite actress with Natalie Wood. My favourite movies of her are “You can’t take it with you”, “Mr Deeds goes to town“, “The more the Merrier”,…
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The magnificent Carole Lombard
Photo of Carole Lombard by Otto Dyar, photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin and Ilgiz Fazulzyanov earrings (art deco inspired). Carole Lombard was a famous actress who often played in screwball comedy movies (Launched in the mid-1930s, screwball comedies were characterized by “satire of American society, romantic conflicts , battles of the sexes, sight…
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Emma by Jane Austen
Hugh Thomson cover of the Jane Austen’s novel Emma and photo of the movie “Emma” starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse in the movie “Emma” directed by Douglas McGrath in 1996. Emma Woodhouse is a character of the Jane Austen’s novel Emma published in 1815. Emma is a young, rich and clever woman who is…
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Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen
“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen. Photo of the movie Pride and prejudice directed by Joe…
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Pre-Raphaelite beauty
George Hurrel’s photo of the red hair actress Rita Hayworth, William Morris’ pattern and pomegranate’s earrings. Rita Hayworth was one of the most famous red hair actress in Hollywood. My favourite movies of her : Gilda, You’ll never get rich, You were never lovelier, Cover girl, Down to earth, Tonight and every night, My gal…
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2000s favourite movies
My top : Huit femmes, Atonement, Pride and prejudice, Le crime est notre affaire, The royal Tenenbaums and The departed.
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Favourite 2010s movies
My top 5 : The grand Budapest hotel, Interstellar, Jane Eyre, Les malheurs de Sophie and La la land
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Favourite 1980s movies
My top 5 : The blues brothers, Papy fait de la résistance, Die hard, Garde à vue and Starstruck (1982)
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A vertiginous future
Jean Després bracelet, Metropolis movie poster and Art Deco wallpaper (Mayfair). Jean Després (1899-1980) was a famous Art Deco jeweler. Metropolis (directed by Fritz Lang, 1927) is a movie depicting a dark future with a vertiginous architecture. The Metropolis is divided between the powerful people and the workers. The workers are exploited and live miserably.…
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Crooked House by Agatha Christie
Photo of the Aristide’s house in the movie “Crooked House” (2017), red dress and photo of Agatha Christie. Gilles Paquet-Brenner directed in 2017 the movie adaptation of the Agatha Christie’s novel “Crooked house”. This English movie has a prestigious cast : Glenn Close, Gillian Anderson, Christina Hendricks, Max Irons… The novel “Crooked house” tells the…
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Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey
Portrait of J.J Feild as Henry Tilney in the adapted movie of the Jane Austen book Northanger Abbey (written between 1798 and 1803 but published after the Jane Austen’s death in 1817), portrait of Jane Austen and book cover. Henry Tilney is the love interest of Catherine Morland in the Jane Austen’s book “Northanger Abbey”.…
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Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter
Bunny porcelain lamp, Reine Rosalie’s crystal earrings and photo of Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter’s movies. Luna Lovegood is a schoolgirl at Hogwarts and belongs to the Ravenclaw house. Her patronus is a rabbit. She is a friend of Harry Potter.
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Hermione Granger in Harry Potter
Library wallpaper, Gryffindor’s emblem (Lion) and photo of the actress Emma Watson as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter’s movies. Hermione Granger was born in 1979 and is a Muggle-born (her parents aren’t wizards). She is best friend with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. She belongs to the Gryffindor’s house at Hogwarts (Poudlard in French). Her…
