Marilyn Monroe Clothes on display

 

Joke: Martha and Stumpy go to the state fair

Stumpy and his wife Martha went to the state fair every year. Every year Stumpy would say: “Martha, I’d like to ride in that there airplane.” And every year Martha would say: “I know, Stumpy, but that airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars.”

One year Stumpy and Martha went to the fair and Stumpy said: “Martha, I’m 71 years old. If I don’t ride that airplane this year I may never get another chance.”

Martha replied: “Stumpy, that there airplane ride costs ten dollars, and ten dollars is ten dollars.”

The pilot overheard them and said: “Folks, I’ll make you a deal. I’ll take you both up for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say one word, I won’t charge you, but if you say one word it’s ten dollars.”

Stumpy and Martha agreed and up they went.

The pilot did all kinds of twists and turns, rolls and dives, but not a word was heard. He did all his tricks over again, but still not a word.

They landed and the pilot turned to Stumpy: “By golly, I did everything I could think of to get you to yell out, but you didn’t.”

Stumpy replied: “Well, I was gonna say something when Martha fell out, but ten dollars is ten dollars.”

 

Words of Wisdom - Wherever you go, go with all your heart. Confucius

Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for.    Oliver James

I've always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be.     Dita Von Teese

Be yourself, don't take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive.     Gerard Way

Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.     Gianni Versace

Being real is over expected and under appreciated.  

Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out     Katherine Dunham

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within  Maya Angelou     

  

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained     Marie Curie

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.     Mahatma Gandhi

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do     Eleanor Roosevelt

If they hadn't told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if they hadn't tried to break me down, I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable.     Gabourey Sidibe

Iconic Couture

 

The gown worn by Grace Kelly in the film High Society

The dress, designed by Edith Head that Kelly wore in Hitchcock's Rear Window

 A Givenchy dress worn to meet Jackie Kennedy for an informal luncheon at the White House

Jackie Kennedy 1961

Dior ballgown which was worn by Princess Margaret in her famous 21st birthday portrait by Cecil Beaton.

The cream-colored silk gown features a full skirt, tiny waist, off-the-shoulder chiffon sleeves, and gold embroidery detail

 

the iconic Junon dress from the 1949 A/W Haute Couture collection. It is a triumph of tulle and sequins, and you can see the floral inspiration in the multi-layered ‘petals’ of the dress skirt.

The ‘Junon’ dress, with is magnificent skirt of ombeed petals, like abstractions of peacock feathers without their eyes, references the bird associated with the Queen of the Olympians. This was an iconic Dior dress in 1949, where, alongside ‘Venu

Dior Couture, Fall 2007

Funny motivational quotes

 

1. “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” — Joe Girard

1. “Be a positive energy trampoline – absorb what you need and rebound more back.” — Dave Carolan

1. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar

1. “Work until your bank account looks like a phone number.” — Unknown 

1. “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” — Oscar Wilde

1. “Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” — Tom Lehrer

1. “I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” — Lily Tomlin

“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The world was hers for the reading.” – Betty Smith

“The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” – Louis L’Amour

“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” – Fernando Pessoa

Reading takes you into another world. Cecilia

“No. I can survive well enough on my own—if given the proper reading material.” – Sarah J. Maas

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." – Walt Disney