The Face

Our Patron Saint of Post-Punk Poise, Miss Debbie Harry - at the venerable age of [gulp!] 79 - is the face of Gucci's "We Will Always Have London campaign, in which the couture house has launched "The Blondie Bag"!

No words

It's the end of an era.

RIP, Dame Maggie Smith.

We adored you.

If you're born with it, you'll have it

"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age."

"Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical."

"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got."

"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti."

"You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old."

Signorina Sophia Loren, Diva-above-all-Divas, is 90 years old today!

All hail.

Words to live by

We try our best.

Betty

"If there was one thing I had never been, it was mysterious, and if there was one thing I had never done, it was not talk."

Shamefully overlooked by what laughingly passes for "the media" these days, 100 years ago today a true legend [although she hated the term] was born - Miss Lauren Bacall.

All hail!

"If goodness is its own reward, shouldn't we get a little something for being naughty?"

"Growing up takes longer than you think."

"Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life."

Such a gloriously beautiful and charismatic woman - her image is destined to live forever.

And she appeared to be a fun person, too!

Lauren Bacall - One of the Girls Who Is One of the Boys (Woman of the Year)

Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske, 16th September 1924 – 12th August 2014)

This weekend, I am mostly dressing casual...

...like today's birthday girl, Miss Gladys George! Not bad for 120.