#joan collins gloves

[whatkatiediduk]

Gloves might primarily be worn for keeping your hands cosy, but they also add a glamorous allure, especially when it comes to vintage inspired opera length gloves.

This year we redesigned our black satin gloves making them a true opera length: the same length as our best selling sheer version. 

A couple of years ago we had a fabulous surprise when none other than Dame Joan Collins wore our Long Sheer Gloves in the New Year edition of You Magazine. She wears hers ruched down a little making them more suitable for daywear and perfect for wearing with 1950s bracelet-length sleeved jackets.

Earlier this year I customized a pair of our Long Sheer Gloves adding fringing. This was incredibly easy to do as the side seams have very little stretch (the most difficult part was unpicking the seam). I used a zigzag stitch along the seam but if you don't have a sewing machine could hand stitch.

Don't keep just to fringing though. You could add a row of buttons or rhinestones to match your party outfit.

[dozydawn]

☆ Star-shaped clutch worn by Joan Collins, 1995. ☆ Photographed by Ron Galella.

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1983

[forcedfemme-me]

Joan Collins

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Joan Collins

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books read in 2024!

books read so far: 90/100

— gr: http://goodreads.com/cossettereads — sg: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/cossettereads

as always, askbox + dms are open if have any questions or would like to chat about books! 🤍

⊹ indicates any (new) favorites of the month! previous months are under the cut!

september ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ

1) the glitch by leeanne slade (audiobook) 2) howl’s moving castle by diana wynne jones (traveling book club; annotated) 3) how to kill your family by bella mackie (audiobook) 4) everyone i kissed since you got famous by mae marvel (audiobook) 5) blue sisters by coco mellors (reread, annotation) 6) mott street: a chinese american family's story of exclusion and homecoming by ava chin ⊹

january ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚

1) beach read by emily henry (reread) 2) on palestine by noam chomsky & ilan pappé 3) valley verified by kyla zhao (gifted) 4) the wind at my back: resilience, grace, and other gifts from my mentor, raven wilkinson by misty copeland & susan fales-hill (gifted) 5) check please: year one by ngozi ukazu (reread) 6) check please: year two by ngozi ukazu (reread) 7) check please: year three by ngozi ukazu (reread) 8) check please: year four by ngozi ukazu (reread) 9) raiders of the lost heart by jo segura (gifted) 10) the frame-up by gwenda bond (arc) 11) everything i never told you by celeste ng ⊹ 12) forgive me not by jennifer baker (gifted) 13) ever after always by chloe liese (gifted) 14) the summer of bitter and sweet by jen ferguson (gifted) 15) the lily of ludgate hill by mimi matthews (gifted) 16) last call at the local by sarah grunder ruiz (gifted) ⊹ 17) the sun and the void by gabriela romero-lacruz (gifted) 18) a line in the dark by malinda lo (gifted) 19) biting the hand: growing up asian in black and white america by julia lee (gifted) 20) play it as it lays by joan didion

february ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚

1) mister hockey by lia riley * 2) collide by bal khabra (arc) * 3) a curious beginning by deanna raybourn (gifted) 4) breaking the ice by k.r. collins * 5) if only you by chloe liese (gifted) * 6) anxious people by frederik backman ⊹ 7) the catch by amy lea (gifted) 8) weekends with you by alexandra paige (arc) 9) happily never after by lynn painter (arc) 10) klara and the sun by kazuo ishiguro 11) good material by dolly alderton 12) in the event this doesn't fall apart by shannon lee barry 13) the night ends with fire (arc) by k.x. song 14) the good, the bad, and the aunties (arc) by jesse q. sutanto 15) where sleeping girls lie (arc) by faridah àbíké-íyímídé 16) sophomore surge by k.r. collins * 17) lighting the lamp by k.r. collins * 18) glove save and a beauty by k.r. collins * 19) home ice advantage by k.r. collins * 20) power play by k.r. collins * 21) grounded by k.r. collins * 22) line chemistry by k.r. collins *

march ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚

1) happy medium by sarah adler (arc) 2) a darker shade of magic by v.e. schwab (audiobook) 3) expiration dates by rebecca serle (arc) 4) divine rivals by rebecca ross (book club) 5) the siren by katherine st. john (gifted) 6) light in gaza edited by jehad abusalim 7) how to end a love story by yulin kuang (arc) // reviewed here 8) rising from the deep: the seattle kraken, a tenacious push for expansion, and the emerald city's sports revival by geoff baker 9) les misérables by victor hugo (reread)

april ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚

1) the goodbye cat by hiro arikawa (reread) 2) the traveling cat chronicles by hiro arikawa (reread) 3) this is me trying by racquel marie (arc) 4) kill her twice by stacey lee (arc) 5) the pairing by casey mcquiston (arc) 6) swiped by l.m. chilton (arc) 7) lies and weddings by kevin kwan (arc) 8) the odyssey by homer (audiobook)

may ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚

1) this summer will be different by carley fortune (arc) 2) the viscount who loved me by julia quinn (reread) 3) romancing mister bridgerton by julia quinn (reread) 4) the iliad by homer (narrated by audra mcdonald) (audiobook) 5) a novel love story by ashley poston (arc) 6) when he was wicked by julia quinn (reread) 7) a banh mi for two by trinity nguyen (arc) 8) the secret garden by frances hodgson burnett (audiobook)

june ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ

1) lessons in chemistry by bonnie garmus 2) the phantom of the opera by gaston leroux (audiobook) 3) you, with a view by jessica joyce 4) s. by j.j. abrams & doug dorst 5) the hunchback of the notre dame (audiobook) A

july ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ

1) firekeeper's daughter by angeline boulley (audiobook) ⊹ 2) born to run by bruce springsteen (audiobook) 3) it had to be you by eliza jane brazier 4) the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald (reread; annotated) 5) death on the nile by agatha christie (audiobook) 6) blue sisters by coco mellors (arc) ⊹ 7) juniper and thorn by ava reid (audiobook) 8) the villain edit by laurie devore ⊹

august ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ

1) a study in drowning by ava reid (audiobook) 2) just for the summer by abby jimenez 3) the match by sarah adams (audiobook)

[kylo-wrecked]

@nightmarefuele sent://

❛ you treat all your ladies like this? ❜

+ Joker, music!Ben (feel perfectly free to discard bc we never did discuss a Jokerous thing, but I snorted when I saw that one. I'm releasing it into the wild. go, be free in K's askbox.)

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(freedom:)

I. Crusty Gotham (NY State of Mind: Earth 718)

Ben knows this one. Joker's not getting a rise out of him, so he's annoyed and disappointed, so the knife is limp in his leather grip. Face about the same in its demeanor. Big-time music man won't say anything; didn't even have to gag him. Wouldn't even scream. Music spits and stutters on a chewed-up police scanner, and the undercroft echoes with a few damp, tinny notes Juice Newton borrowed from Joan Collins. Goon tapping his foot to the chorus. The punchline hinges on Ben's participation and attention, which he doesn't dole out to just anyone and won't bequeath the Joker out of spite. His pose is splenetic, a pose for a shoot in bi-lighting. But eventually, Ben's eyes flick up and land somewhere below the Clown Prince's coal sockets. And on to the next scene. "Other way around, Fortunato." The clown pantomiming in some seriously fucked vaudevillian language, cupping his ear with a purple glove, miming, 'What's that?' Hate. Hate gushing through Ben's cocainestricted arteries. With every apology to God—fucking God, he hates this guy. He hates the Joker's grease-painted forehead wrinkles and whatever the fuck's the matter with his mouth. That tongue thing he does. Ben hates that he's the one bound to a chair. He hates that he's here at all. But where else would he wind up on his one, once-free night in Gotham City? At rest in his trailer? Finally, Ben lifts his chin. His lips part and how fine the bottom one would look with a split-open seam. Maybe he's soft red velvet on the inside. Finally, he speaks loud enough to be heard. "Woof," he says. Ugly smudge of a smile quirks the right corner of his mouth, nudging a mole. Usually, the 'ladies' get the chair; it's fun. Usually, it's not as creepy. Doesn't smell like mold and sewage and bad news. Ben's eyelids flutter—not looking the clown in the eyes; there's no coming back from that—and close. Lashed insects, perhaps, the clown would remove and mount like butterflies. Because maybe it'd be kind of funny. Funny gross.

Ben hates his thoughts. In lieu of myriad torture, he tries to conjure an impression of Gotham’s sunburst-patterned stainless steel spires, the calcium fumes riding its broken skyline. Ink-wet cobblestone and labyrinthine alleys, barbed-wire-topped walls shimmering with Molotow Burner bats. (The way people only look at each other if they mean business.) The Gotham he'd marry. Postcards for the final moment. Not the rendering of Gotham he’s currently painted in, the Gotham ruled by rat kings, feral cat burglars, clown radicals, crocodile people, a one-woman park, and various skull-faced men with pointy teeth. Yet here he is, Ben Solo, feet and wrists going numb, the broad range of his eye-burning-green shibori shoulders going slack, somewhere in a three-hundred-mile city that only seems endless because it's frighteningly dense and crusted over with bodies. If Ben dies in Gotham, there could be a chance he'll never be found, and no one would know that he died right here at the bottom of the opera house. Who would report him missing? Who in this rancid, rogue city would alert LE to some famous asshole for whom going missing had formerly been a hobby? Rachel might. Rachel likes to get paid. The way a clown likes to put on a show. Maybe instead of bricklaying his corpse, it'll make the front page.

[montyburns56]

Joan Collins

[mariacallous]

Joan Collins said in 2018 that in addition to Loren, producers pursued Elizabeth Taylor and Jessica Walter.[4] According to Collins, "They were waiting for Jessica until the very last minute, so they didn't cast me until two weeks before we started shooting."[4]

Esther Shapiro later said that the character of Alexis was based on the Roman empress Livia, as characterized in the 1934 novel I, Claudius.[5] Of creating the character, Collins said in 2018, "I was basing her on all the businessmen I knew who were heartless, really. The other part of her brain, the glamorous part with the over-the-top clothes, I based on one of my best friends called Cappy Badrutt. She was extremely glamorous, and unfortunately very miserable. But I don’t think Alexis was miserable. I think she enjoyed her life and lived it to the fullest."[6] She had previously singled out Donald Trump to be one inspiration for the character in a 2013 PBS interview.[7]

Shapiro said in 1985 that she and costume designer Nolan Miller "had the same vision" for Alexis: Joan Crawford.[2] She added, "Nolan had designed for Crawford, and he told me that she had a photo index of every outfit she owned. Everything was coordinated: Each dress had its own particular hat, purse, gloves, shoes, and it never varied. Joan Crawford didn't mix and match. We decided to take it one step further: Alexis would never wear the same thing twice. In fact, no one on Dynasty would."[2]

I’ve been in a Dynasty mood today

[the-dimitrescu-seamstress]

“Lookbook” - Big Hat Edition, Part 2

All right, so I lied. I did not get this out of my system. But it’s not my fault, I swear. I just happened to come across more than a few images of stuff that I would have included in the first Big Hat Edition, and then I found a handful of Joan Collins stills from when she was on Dynasty ( @neonnoir-ao3 here is the 80′s fashion I was mentioning). 

I’ve also been told to never talk fashion when angry. But what else am I supposed to do with my evening? .......Yes, I will likely regret this later. But then again, I get this done and I can move on to other things. (And upon looking at this in the morning, yes, I absolutely regret it, but I’m muscling through).

Unfortunately, unlike last time, there is not a wide color range presented in the images. But still, changes can be made.

Beautiful silhouette. Starting off, I’ve just realized that this is the Reverse Alcina. Black outfit, white corsage, short skirt, an eight strand pearl necklace, fishnets. No, I doubt she would ever wear fishnet stockings. The fishnet gloves are also questionable, as I imagine her claws would snag the hell out of them. Bring the skirt down to knee length, or she may say ‘impractical’. Impractical is staying in Romania during winter, Alcina.

I’ll admit, it was the hat that caught my eye, and is the main reason I included this image. I like the upturned brim with a different color underneath, as well as what looks like a point to the front of the brim, but it could just be the camera angle. I’m intrigued by what is going on with the blouse front zigzag flounce, though the collar seems a bit thick and high. Why did they cinch the model in the waist so much? It makes the hips look ridiculous.

Yes. I would love to see Alcina in this. I think she’d look lovely in a pinstripe. Keep this as it is..... if she’d approve of the sheer, black lace blouse, otherwise just change that.

Now, onto the fashion from the 80′s. Let me start off saying that I hate being unable to find images for most of the decent things Joan Collins wore in Dynasty, but such is the way of the pre-internet. Of course, the pictures that were saved tend towards the ‘oh god, it’s 80′s fashion, run for your lives’, but should you watch “Shit Alexis Says” or “Alexis Says More”, you’ll see the wide variety of what she wore (both good and bad.... also, keep in mind, the woman’s 5′4″ and playing an absolute bitch of a character, so that’s my reasoning as to why all the shoulder pads and poofs.... intimidation factor and all that, make her look bigger...... Alcina clearly doesn’t need that).

Simple, classic, and the color blocking keeps it slimming while still maintaining the feminine figure. I like it. Keep as is. And yes, that is a mesh veil over the hat and her face. I have no opinion of that, so it’ll be a personal choice for Alcina to keep or leave it.

I need to see her standing to get the full idea of this, but I’m assuming jacket and skirt combo, so the striping is asymmetrical and not connected. I just can’t tell if the skirt strip is straight or, a mirroring curve. I’d like it curved along the hip.

Here is a perfect example of same patterning and different color (sleeve length is arbitrary) Frankly, I prefer the brown and cream to the red and black, but that may be due to the skirt being a different color.

I actually prefer THIS red and black, with the piping and the two-toned collar, the previous one.

Now that this is over with, I can move on to other things that will not give me self doubt, like suits, coats, gowns, furs, etc. in future installments.

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Again I tried to develop my photoshop skills and collage my two world together. I had already picked out the revolver from the 1st world and had traced it in multiple sizes to study it in detail. I meshed two differnt types of revolvers with images from the 80s - the power suit worn by Joan Collins, and I took her shoulder and sleeve section to focus on. What I liked about this was how the cold metal of the revolver juxtaposed with the soft sleeve of Joan Collins’ suit. I also looked at Annie Lennox in a mans suit, and zoomed in on her sleeve aslo. I quite like how the red gloves and hankerchief add a pop of colour. 

[poirott]

Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple being cute on set

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1983

[forcedfemme-me]

Joan Collins

[thescarletlibrarian]

2018 Met Gala:  Still Weird AF

The theme this year was “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,” and yes, it was as weird as you’d expect, but lamely without the sort of violent martrydom references that would make this shitshow properly Catholic, as we’ve already established.  

There were several categories, including Committed to Theme, White Dress, Gold Dress, Statement Gloves, Bead the Shit Out of It, Just Stick Something on My Head, and Themes Are for Losers, so off we go.

Committed to Theme, If Weirdly So

Host Rihanna as Glam Pope, which honestly looks really uncomfortable since it’s beaded inside as well as out?  What is that?  Also our first example of multi-theme, encompassing White Dress, Bead the Shit Out of It, and Stick Something on My Head.

Heinously long post, so click for like 90 examples of this crazy shit.

Ruby Rose committing to a Sexy Cardinal costume, which is not something I ever thought I’d have to type, but here we are.  At the Met Gala.  Where you type all kinds of things you never expected.

Taylor Hill, realizing someone else is wearing a Sexy Cardinal costume, although I personally prefer this one, mostly because of the cape.  Yeah, I know.  I like capes.

Sticking Zoe Kravitz in here because I’m pretty sure this is like a Spanish lace mantilla veil you’re supposed to wear when you meet the Pope, only not worn in the traditional manner.

Sarah Jessica Parker making it in here rather than Gold Dress or Thing on My Head because she appears to be wearing an entire small chapel thing on her head, and she really does deserve recognition for that level of commitment.   

Katy Perry definitely committed with those ugly-ass wings, which I’m going to assume she took off before she went in, because there is a dance component to the Met Gala and those would make that particular part kind of weird.  She will, however, be able to stay in both the Gold Dress category and mail subcat even without them, so that’s some solid planning.

Lily Collins sneaking out of the Just Stick Something [Art Deco] on My Head category by coming as some sort of sci-fi slutty nun thing.  As you do.

Greta Gerwig, not sure her nun costume was as good an idea as she thought at home.  

I’m assuming this is some sort of weird Dark Angyl costume thing on Kate Moss, or maybe it’s a Fallen Angel thing and the nauseous look is her still trying to get over the drop?

Okay, Ariana Grande, your putti-covered fresco dress gets you into the Theme category, despite that giant organza bow on your head, which I assume is the result of a lost bet.  Also, did you ladies go in on gold eyeshadow together, because I can’t imagine you use it that much in general, but EVERYBODY is busting that shit out tonight.  Maybe they put some in the Met bathrooms, I hear they put emergency kits in the ladies’ rooms at these sorts of shindigs.  Like a seamstress team just in case.

Shailene Woodley, realizing that wearing a homemade Joan of Arc costume to the Met Gala was a mistake.  

Zendaya, wearing a Joan of Arc costume that doesn’t pass the My Lungs Are Up Here test, and though it does have pauldrons they’re Cold Shoulder Pauldrons, which is pretty weird, but is definitely making Shailene Woodley jealous.

How many Marys can you wear on one dress?  Stella Maxwell is out to find out.

Madonna couldn’t go with the obvious getup here, so instead she’s done another nun thing?  Like a goth nun, which has definitely been a thing, although the black roses aren’t something I’ve seen before.

I don’t know what’s up with Tessa Thompson’s jacket, but the beaded priest’s collar is an interesting contribution to the theme.

And the category trophy goes to Lana del Rey, not for the heart being stabbed a bunch of times so much as the eyeball lorgnette, which is absolutely the sort of St. Lucy-esque martrydom imagery I came here for.  She’d rank highly in the Shit on the Head category as well, although as we’ll see SJP has that one covered.

Themes Are for Losers

Amal Clooney, after several years still managing to show up looking like she’s showing up to her husband’s work party as a favor, and yet blow away most of the competition without trying.  Even when wearing this very peculiar getup.

I do love when someone shows up not only ignoring the theme but clearly not giving a hoot in hell and just being weird AF because the Met Gala is where you do that, and Frances McDormand has definitely walked away with that prize this year.

I’m honestly not sure if Diane Kruger just said “the hell with the theme, I’m wearing 18th century decor puffed all over my ass and no one can stop me,” or if this is supposed to evoke Rococo chapels or some shit? 

This looks like Salma Hayek might have been going for the theme, but ended up with some sort of cross-stitch instead.  I has a parrot, though, so I’m for it.

Tiffany Haddish has managed to add a train to a surplice neckline shirt that’s sort of sneaking, with those black pants, towards a pseudo-tux look, and I’m absolutely down with that, although I have to detract some personal points because there’s something about sparkly pants I just can’t support.  Trained shirts, however, definitely.

Just Stick Something on My Head

Cardi B, also multi-category but with that thing we’ll go with headwear as the main thing.   Also an example of Giant Fluffy Things on My Hips, for...reasons? 

SZA, with a solid commitment to tiara/halo cateogry, and a tutu-ish contribution to the fluffy shit on on the hips subcat, with a nod at beading the shit out of it with the boots.  May actually be some sort of coked-up ballet costume that picked up the boots at a sketchy club, it is New York, after all.

Amanda Seyfried phoning it in with that tiara; this is much more of a cop-out Midsummer Night’s Dream schtick than anything else.

Normally I would detract points from Princess Beatrice just slapping on a tiara type thing, because come on, you’re a princess, that’s everyday stuff, but since her grandmother is head of the Church of England the Catholicism thing is a little dicey, so I’ll cut her some slack on this one.

Pompom veil!  Or...pompom scarf worn as a veil, which doesn’t even qualify as weird at this shindig, although Kate Bosworth would get more points if it matched the white/cream dress. instead of being a colder shade of white with silver edging.  Come on, woman.  Get it together.

I wouldn’t normally include Doutzen Kroes even in the “screw it” category, except that she’s got this extra bit tossed over her head, which I don’t think has anything to do with the theme, but some other people have been doing that in weird ways and I have the terrible feeling “extra hood-y/veil-y bits slung over the head” is going to become a Thing on the runway and wanted to make sure you saw it here first.  

This thing, this thing on Kate Upton, that’s what I’m talking about. And not the weird flower crown thing, either.  

The thing on Priyanka Chopra is not what I’m talking about, as while she has the Bollywood training to pull off this level of bling around her face, as well as  match the makeup to that wine-red velvet monster, most people do not.  She is rocking this look, however, and knows it, so good for her.

Oh, god, maybe the beaded cowl thing is going to be a Thing?  Nicki Minaj thinks it’s going to be a Thing.  Possibly a Vampire Goth Thing?  Oh, god.

It’s like a beaded face veil over a Spanish Iron body veil thing on Cara Delevingne, although she’s definitely worn weirder things.

I really wonder what Hailee Steinfeld’s monster looks like in the back; that doesn’t look like a Butt Bow so much as a Butt Modern Art Fiber Sculpture, which is taking Butt Embellishments to a new and weird level.

Now Jill Kargman has COMMITTED to the weird shit on the head thing, not only those weird black flowery bits but also the big long sticks, because go big or go home, evidently.

Amber Heard has actually managed to find a head thing that does indeed look like a Renaissance halo thing, so points for that, but is also wearing a butt bow AND a train, and that is some serious commitment to hauling crap around behind you.

Yeah, that’s the face of someone who knows there’s a pineapple looking thing on her head, made of her own hair.  I’m so sorry, Sasha Lane.  She can, however, go straight to bed in the back of the limo wearing that nightie thing, and that’s definitely a plus.

Janelle Monáe started stacking stuff on her head, and I’m not sure if there are more layers on there over the hat or not.  It’s possible.  You never know with Monáe.

Solange also stacking shit on her head, also possibly going for some kind of martyr-y facial expression?  Or maybe just bored?  Walking up a staircase with a million photographers doesn’t actually look like that fun.

Kylie Jenner is wearing see no evil glasses on her head, which may also make it really hard to see the stairs?  Maybe stairs are also evil?  She probably has somebody to guide her up, though, that stands out of the frame periodically.  So she doesn’t have to see the evil stairs.

Winnie Harlow making her way out of the White (weddingesque) Dress category with a spiky cloud thing on her head.  What is that thing even made of?  It looks like paper, which is actually a good idea and probably more comfortable than a lot of these things.

Statement Gloves

Bella Hadid, with small entry in the Just Stick in On My Head category, and Black Dress.  What the Star Wars capey thing contributes I’m not clear on, but maybe that’s just the limits of my Catholic Imagination.

Mindy Kaling makes it in here with the gloves because I can’t believe that thing on her head lasted very long.  Is she married?  Otherwise she can totally reuse this thing at her wedding, too, so that’s some good planning.

Riley Keough managed to get some lapels in here, and I’m a sucker for lapels for some reason, so that’s points from me even if I’m not sure what brought about the glove decision here.

Alicia Vikander managed to pull a sort of cardinal cope thing here, although she clearly doesn’t care that much about the theme and decided this was just a good opportunity to pull out some gothy eyeliner, which does actually work for her, weirdly.

Bead the Shit Out of It

Donatella Versace, joining in the “my boots match my bodice and I blinged them both out” club along with SZA, and narrrrrrowly escaping Butt Cape territory by having basically an entire Leg Cape thing going on. 

Even at the Met Gala, someone must ALWAYS come as a featherduster, and this time it was Kris Jenner in a black dress subcat with more bling than strictly necessary for a featherduster.

Gold Dress

Olivia Munn rolling in a pseudo-Egyptian getup that also fits into the “chainmayle” subcat as well as “just stick something on my head.”  Apparently the cowl is meant to evoke the Crusades, which is honestly more than a little disturbing on multiple levels.

Jasmine Sanders in a gold dress that appears to be made of plastic, and if that thing is not glued or taped to her boobs (which is done in pageants), I will be extremely surprised indeed.

Kiersey Clemens solidly in Gold Dress land (subdivision pseudo-Egyptian), but does this count as Beaded to Shit, or the mesh/mail subcat?  And what is up with this tiny gold suitcase?  Is there something in Catholicism about tiny gold suitcases?  Religion is weird, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Slinging Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in the Gold Dress rather than Stick In On My Head category because that one’s getting awfully full and that’s a pretty lame-ass halo thing she’s got going on.  She’d get more points if she were playing around with the cape doing angel wing-y dances with it, but she kind of looks ready to hurl here, so maybe she’s just not feeling up to it.

I’m not sure if Joan Smalls has those hair sticks for stabbing people, or she’s hanging onto them for some kind of mermaid gig?  

Evan Rachel Wood appears to have ripped the feathers off all six of the archangel Gabriel’s gold wings, and by the look on her face she’s daring the Supernatural fandom to say something.  (They’re going to say something.  With a gif.)

I honestly don’t know what’s going on here with Lena Dunham, it looks like a vaguely terrifying Regency-era fancy-dress costume going for eighteenth century bewigged and powdered something or other.  She’s committed to something, at least, I’ll give her that.

White Dress

Look, there are white dresses, and there are wedding dresses, and no matter how many crosses Uma Thurman throws on she still looks in need of a minister and a guy in a tux here.

This smirk is Dakota Fanning knowing that she’s more comfortable than most people here, and the white Greco-Roman thing here makes sure she fits in without looking weird.

And this is Keri Russell not giving a damn, because she has done the same thing, well done, Russell.  

Kendall Jenner has taken the red carpet pants phenomenon and added trains.  To her pant legs.  That’s not something I would have done with white pants, personally, but I guess she can always cut them off if they get really gross and dirty.

[architectnews]

Dame Joan Collins Manhattan Pied-A-Terre

Dame Joan Collins Pied-A-Terre, Manhattan Apartment, American Architecture Photos

Dame Joan Collins Pied-A-Terre in Manhattan

Jan 25, 2021

Dame Joan Collins Pied-A-Terre

Dame Joan Collins Lists Manhattan Pied-A-Terre at almost $2.1 million

Location: Manhattan, USA

Dame Joan Collins, the legendary British actress and star of the long-running ABC-hit Dynasty, has just put her Manhattan pied-a-terre up for sale for almost $2.1 million.

Joan’s life achievements in film and television kept it often in the family. Starting out with a bang as a child actor whose father was a talent agent managing such stars as Tom Jones and the Beatles, her sister, Jackie Collins, was equally well known for her New York Times best-selling-racy novels that sold over 500 million copies. Several of Jackie’s books were made into films including The Stud, which starred Joan in the lead role, and made over $20 million.

Joan began her formal training at age 16 at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, preparing her technically for the many varied parts she was to play in her future. Cast in many memorable leads in both film and television, it was in the long-running, television-nighttime soap opera, Dynasty, where Collins became a U.S. household name.

Dynasty ran for nine years, the #1 rated television show in the U.S. in 1985. Excelling in parts as the bad-girl protagonist, Collins, with her sultry-dark beauty, was often referred to as one of the most beautiful women in the world. In 2015, Queen Elizabeth II named Joan a dame, the female equivalent of a knight, in recognition of her charitable work.

As with most stars who crisscrossed the globe filming, it was convenient to have glamorous homes in locations where they spent the most time. And Joan Collins, still shockingly glamorous at age 87, made reference to her real estate holdings last year in an interview with Express, saying that she “liked to work, . . . how else would she support four homes!” But Joan sold her Hollywood home in 2017 and has now decided to let her New York apartment go. She has been living in London but summers at her home in Saint-Tropez in the South of France and spends time on her yacht in the harbor below.

Not to do things in a small way, Joan’s New York apartment in the Dorchester in Midtown Manhattan is a combination of three units in a white glove co-op only a few blocks to Central Park, fine dining and shops. She and fifth-husband, film-producer Percy Gibson, purchased it in 2002 when they were first married.

Though they put it on the market a couple of times, had offers and then took it off, for a while they thought they might get back to New York more often. However since that has not come to pass, they have taken the plunge for good this time. Open, airy and sunny with its many windows, one of Joan’s favorite things about the condo is its 16 closets. Built in 1957, there are two master suites in separate wings and a third guest bedroom.

Glamor actress, author and philanthropist Joan Collins is saying her last hooray as an American property owner. Priced at $2.095 million, Joan’s condo is listed by Carolyn Weiner-Trapness, Brown Harris Stevens’ Broadway office, New York City.

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