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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Chanel

“Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.” -Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” -Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” …

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Bump My Bouffant (…but wait…there’s more!)

Sex Kitten Bump. Beehive. Hair Bump. Bouffant. Bitch Bump. No matter what you call it, we’ll settle in the middle on “bump” for the purposes of this post. You’ve seen the infomercial for Bumpits. Promising to add instant hair volume, leaving you with the perfect “bump”. When I first saw the advertisement, I wanted them, …

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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Grier

“But I just loved looking at the clothes of the ’70s.” – Pam Grier “I grew up in a family where we weren’t allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.” – Pam Grier “I don’t believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an …

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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Gabor

“A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he’s finished.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor “I call everyone ‘Darling’ because I can’t remember their names.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor “I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back.” – Zsa Zsa Gabor “I want a man who’s kind and understanding. Is …

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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Ciccone

“I’m tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” – Madonna “Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.” – Madonna 0

Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Kelly

“Other women looked on me as a rival. And it pained me a great deal. ” – Grace Kelly “I don’t want to be married to someone who feels inferior to my success or because I make more money than he does.” – Grace Kelly “As an unmarried woman, I was thought to be a …

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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Lamarr

“All creative people want to do the unexpected.” – Hedy Lamarr “I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.” – Hedy Lamarr “Confidence is something you’re born with. I know I had loads of it even at the …

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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Horne

“I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.” – Lena Horne “I don’t have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I’d become. I’m me, and I’m like nobody else.” – Lena Horne “Always be smarter than the people who hire you.” – Lena Horne …

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Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Dandridge

“It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.” – Dorothy Dandridge 0

Mademoiselle Monday: Mlle Leigh

“I’m not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.” – Vivien Leigh “I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.” – Vivien Leigh “Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I …

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