Let’s start off with the obvious:
Maybe a little crossover:
And into the ladies, so to speak:
…into the next category, V12 cars:
Now for some dead Commies:
And that’s enough of that.
Finally, power tools:
Let’s hope all that makes the cut…
Category: Beauty
Flaunting It
It’s a well-known fact that I am somewhat conservative in my outlook [chorus of “No, Kim… not you!], but not really when it comes to women’s clothing. Having come of age during the late 1960s and 1970s, I kinda like it when women show off their bodies (allowing for the Lizzo Exception, of course).
However, this one made me stop in my tracks:
Granted, she’s another one of those Brit Celeb/Actresses/Houris [some overlap] but at least she’s apparently married to the father, so there’s that. But I still feel a little… uncomfortable? looking at that display.
Now I’m not one of those “cover up everything because pregnancy is somehow shameful” people — sheesh, that went out with the Victorians — and I recall seeing some awfully-sexy pregnant women in Chile who were not at all shy about wearing tight little mini-dresses and high heels as they strutted their stuff around downtown Santiago. I love the whole thing about pregnant women, too; I think it’s glorious.
Still, I can’t help feeling that the above is a little too ostentatious or even vulgar. Can we not say that women need to be a little more ladylike about the whole thing?
I know, I know:
“Kim, women show off their tummies in bikinis and midriff tops all the time — and you’re a serial offender when it comes to posting those pics, you dirty old bastard. So why should it be any different when they’re pregnant?”
Because it IS different.
I welcome comments on the topic.
The Fabulous Fifties (5)
Okay, probably the last one, starting off with some royal totties:
Princess Mary of Norway (51)
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands (52)
Queen Rania of Jordan (53)
TV royalty Susannah Reid (52)
Claire Sweeney (55)
Kylie Minogue (55)
Paulina Porizkova (58)
(I know, she was a supermodel, don’t care. still would)
And of course, the obligatory Salma Hayek (57)
Classic Beauty: Tempest Storm
“If you’re going to be bad, be bad; if you’re going to make being bad your career, do it all your life.”
In the case of Tempest Storm, the “bad” was to be a burlesque dancer and stripper; and she did it from her teens until… well, her last performance was at age 90. So let’s get on with the show:
Here she is in glorious Technicolor:
And here, at age 85:
And a redhead… wonderful, she was.
The Fabulous Fifties (4)
One more time:
Dita von Teese (50)
Patsy Palmer (51)
Kate Silverton (53)
(most kissable mouth on TV? I report, you decide)
Naomi Watts (54)
Carla Bruni (55)
And of course, Salma Hayek (57), because Salma
The next such post will most likely be the last. Try to contain your grief.
In Praise Of The Unknown Actress – Michele Cary
Once again, we take a look at one of the lesser-known actresses, this time Michele Cary. Who she? you ask. I remember her, back in the mists of time (although not by name) in the John Wayne movie El Dorado, playing a tomboy cowgirl:
But there’s more, so much more when it comes to this hottie:
And in Technicolor:
I have to say that she is just flat-out yummy.