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Helena Rubinstein

I’ve begun to do quick sketches of Aunt Lantis the dazzling eponymous femme-not-so-fatale’ of my new story “The Lost Pets of Aunt Lantis” She is a deliciously mysterious aunt that appears as if from a dream into the humdrum lives of a young brother and sister. She claims to have once been a mermaid and to have lived for a time in the Lost City of Atlantis. We quickly learn her claims to be true. There are several international men of mystery for whom she is cheerfully aloof but there is one gentleman, a Scottish noble who is apparently cursed, hunted, and quite possibly doomed that she hopes to help to calmer shores and safety. I’m modeling her appearance and personality after several ladies of a certain glamour and intellect. Linda Evangelista who radiated a sort of high priestess beauty not seen since the days of Louise Brooks and silent films. Also the aquatic MGM movie star Esther Williams (of course). Her films are gilded nonsense but I believe there’s value in the preposterous and I want Aunt Lantis to celebrate the absurd and impossible (to infact prove them possible) at every turn. And I’ve been studying the career, clothes and demeanor of the 1950s “american goddess of haute couture” Jean Patchett. I want Aunt Lantis to be stunningly turned out for every adventure. Part of the fun of fiction and the movies is that people are often walking talking works of pure elegance. Volcanoes may erupt, sea monsters surface, meteors crash, traffic snarl but hair and fabric and makeup will seldom be mussed. And finally I have been remembering my intense childhood affection for the matter of fact genius and warmth of a certain Mary Poppins. My own mother had some of these qualities as does my dear sister Melissa. Aunt Lantis is a story of remembrance. These people and a few more are giving a vivid trove of memories. Some are fiction. Some real. All are valid.. . . . #storytelling #memory #illustrationart #kidslit #librariansofinstagram #jeanpatchett #marypoppins #turnerclassicmovies #penandinkdrawing #penandink #monstermovies https://www.instagram.com/p/BzlPTYQl6CM/?igshid=15ovio6yv1yfd

STRIKE A POSE, C'MON... 📷💃🏻💋🎶💁🏻‍♀👠🎵 . . . . . . . . . . . . #irvingpenn #centenial #themet #moreirasalles #paulista #avenue #expo #photography #fashion #editorial #condenast #magazines #vogue #voguecovers #voguing #jeanpatchett #suzyparker #lisafonssagrives #50s #60s #80s #madonna #dance #pose #balls #houseofabundance #houseofevangelista #houseofferocity #posefx (em IMS Paulista) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnjbZEJHxjV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bdymsmw1o7fq

Irving Penn, Christmas Gift Fashion Jean Patchett, New York, 1949. #jeanpatchett #irvingpenn #1949 #40s #40sfashion #40sdress #operagloves #40shighfashion #highfashion #hautecouture #40shautecouture #40shat #40sstyle #vintage #vintagefashion #vintagestyle #vintagehighfashion #fashion #fashiondesigner #vintagephoto #vintagelook #vintagehat #vintagedress #retro #oldfashion #vintagefashiondesigner

Model Jean Patchett at the Museum of Modern Art ▪ Nina Leen, 1949 #artathina #jeanpatchett #model #ninaleen #moma #posing #icon #1940s #modernart #reading #click #Modernizor #inspiration #vintage #bnw #fashion #retro #art #museum #photographer #stylish #gloves #cover #hiding

Cole of California

for Helena Rubinstein

"Girl in bed on telephone" by Irving Penn, 1949 #irvingpenn #jeanpatchett #40s #inbed #telephone #sleepy #icon #master #photographer Modernizor #inspiration #click #mondaymorning #model #sheets #posing #fashion #stylish #white #pillowtalk