Gina Lola Brigida

 

Luigia Lollobrigida, known professionally as Gina Lollobrigida, is an Italian actress and photojournalist. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex symbol. 

Her career began in 1947 with the participation in the Miss Italy contest which, although not ending with her victory, allowed her to take off on the big screen.

Love - the best cosmetics.

A woman at 20 is like ice, at 30 she is warm and at 40 she is hot.

Glamour is when a man knows a woman is a woman.

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian diva, who turned 93 on July 4th. 2020

Pierre Balmain 1914 - 1982

Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain was a French fashion designer and founder of leading post-war fashion house Balmain. Known for sophistication and elegance, he described the art of dressmaking as "the architecture of movement."  

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Pierre Balmain dies of liver cancer in Paris. 1982

Iconic Clothing Display

 

Queen Maria José of Italy's evening dress, by Atelier Concettina Buananno, c. 1935. Photo from the exhibition "The Trousseau of the May Queen" at the Mona Bismarck Foundation.

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Irish Apple Cake

 

Ingredients

3 cups cake flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp salt

1/8 tsp ground cloves

1/8 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

1 stick 1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

3-4 Granny Smith apples

2 large eggs

1/4 cup milk

2 tbsp granulated sugar for topping

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Spray 8 or 9″ round baking pan with cooking spray (I like Bakers Joy for cakes).
3. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cloves, nutmeg & cinnamon in large bowl.
4. Using pastry cutter- cut butter into dry mixture until it resembles fine bread crumbs.
5. Add sugar & mix through.
6. Peel & slice apples into thin wedges & toss in flour mixture – coating apples.
7. In a separate small bowl – beat eggs & milk – add to apple mixture.
8. Toss & stir well to fully moisten flour. Should result in a very sticky dough.
9. Transfer to prepared pan.
10. Flatten top of surface & sprinkle with remaining sugar.
11. Bake 45-55 minutes or until toothpick test is clean.
12. Cool on wire rack.

~ Gina Kleinworth