January

Gene Tierney in Leave Her To Heaven (1945).

“Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.” Ernest Hemmingway

W. smoking a cig during the family photo. TFM.

Gallery of Battles, Palace of Versailles. Massimo Listri.

Bryan Ferry.

Monica Vitti

La colonna Traiana, Trajan’s column, 1585. Rome. Wolfgang Engelbert Graf von Auersperg collection of architectural prints. Via Getty Open Content.

Der Benno on the cover of Der Spiegel, the publication that broke the story of the Greet Hofmans affair. The first of many bigger and smaller public scandals Bernhard would be involved in. This is Benno in his familiar form: ankle deep in shit, yet dressed to kill. You (meaning I of course, hihi) cannot help but think of this line from BBE’s American Psycho, you know “all it comes down to is this: I feel like shit but I look great”, or the line in that Rakes song ” the world was mess but his hair was perfect”. The latter incidentally, was played in a loop as the soundtrack of one of the better Dior Homme runway shows of the mid 2000s. Back when Hedi Slimane ruled the world ehrm, #menswear

Prince Charles.

Basilica Santa Maria Della Salute | Dirk Paessler

Gustave Moreau. Scottish Horseman, c. 1854. Oil on canvas. Musee Gustave Moreau - Paris, France.