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Malibu Beach Party, 1932 Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg; 1879–1973) Published: Vanity Fair (January 1932)

The Final Flourish 

Luxe jewels add an elegant touch to any classic button down.

“My Friend Elizabeth Taylor”

Photographer Firooz Zahedi talks about Elizabeth Taylor and their 35 year friendship.

Marchesa Celebrates Elevated Femininity on the Fall 2016 Runway

From flowers peaking out of silky bodices, to dresses fashioned out of jewels…

In recognition of Black History Month, we are posting weekly about the life and accomplishments of the first person to set foot at the North Pole… It is Matt Henson Monday!

In 1891, Matthew Henson and Robert Peary sailed North together on the first of six Arctic expeditions that they would undertake together. The North Greenland Expedition of 1891-92 saw Matthew Henson as Peary’s “assistant,” a title that he would keep for all six Arctic expeditions. Henson proved his capability again in the Arctic, meeting the challenges of Arctic survival and exploration as well as (perhaps better than) any other southerner. Donald B. MacMillan described Henson as “the best field man aboard ship.”  Henson’s intelligence and talent were enhanced by the many skills he learned from the Inughuit men and women, whom Peary hired to support the expeditions. More on this next week!

Not only did Matthew Henson excel as an Arctic explorer, but he himself possessed a deep appreciation for the Arctic. As he wrote in his autobiographic account of the 1908-1909 North Pole expedition, A Negro Explorer at the North Pole:

There is an irresistible fascination about the regions of northernmost Grant Land that is impossible for me to describe. Having no poetry in my soul, and being somewhat hardened by years of experience in that inhospitable country, words proper to give you an idea of its unique beauty do no come to mind. Imagine gorgeous bleakness, beautiful blankness. It never seems broad, bright day, even in the middle of June, and the sky has different effects of the varying hours of morning and evening twilight from the first to the last peep of day… Artists have gone with us into the Arctic and I have heard them rave over the wonderful beauties of the scene, and I have seen them at work trying to reproduce some of it, with good results but with nothing like the effect of the original.

It’s back to school time in many parts of the U.S. - I hope everyone hasn’t forgotten too much over the summer. Just in case, here’s a refresher in simple arithmetic courtesy of  Felter’s A First Lesson in Numbers (1868)

Almond Cookie Roses by Instructables’ User paperplateandplane.