On May 17, 1944, Rommel and Eisenhower are pursuing their own agenda’s:
Rommel is on his last inspection tour of the Normandy Coast and General Eisenhower sets the ultra secret original date for D-Day: June 5.
Field Marshall Rommel surrounded by his generals on the steps of Chateau Bernaville in Normandy – May 17, 1944 Read the rest of this entry »
Zoran, the most “unknown” famous fashion designer
American Vogue – Photographer Arthur Elgort – 1983
Few fashion designers can boast a cult following while being practically unknown to the wider public as New York based Zoran. Mysterious, secretive and completely disregarding “fashion”, Zoran has endured as a fashion designer of mythic reputation. So secret are his collections, one can only buy from his showroom by appointment…that is; if you have his unlisted number! (I do give some “Create the Look” tips at the end of the post.)
“The Archives of the Planet”: Albert Kahn’s amazing photographic & filmic encyclopedia of a lost age.
Mongolia – imprisoned woman – 1913
In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world. As an idealist and an internationalist, Kahn believed that he could use the new autochrome process, the world’s first user-friendly, true-colour photographic system to promote cross-cultural peace and understanding.
May 8, 1945: Victory in Europe, but not yet the end of WWII…
The New York Times Cover of May 8, 1945 mentioned the progress in the Pacific in the same headline. Many families still had their boys overseas, for them the war was not over…the true end of WWII was August 14, 1945, with the surrender of Japan.
Voyeurism in real life and movies
In the brilliant adaptation of John Le Carre’s spy novel “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, one of the best scenes is the British spy watching the Russian delegate in bed with a floozie, as his wife is entering the apartment. You see all this from across the street through a succession of windows.
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