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Motoring with Mick Jagger
Courtesy of DRIVEN It’s 1971 and the Stones have just released Sticky Fingers. Mick is in need of some R&R, so in true rock star style he jumps in his Morgan roadster and lights out for St. Tropez. Read more … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1970s, Mick Jagger, Morgan, Morgan Plus 8, Rolling Stones, St. Tropez
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Faulkner from Hollywood to West Point
Whether in Hollywood doctoring scripts in the 1940s (above) or addressing cadets at West Point, literary lion William Faulkner was a paragon of style. Read more at A Continuous Lean….
Caine in Cannes
From Cannes Cinema (Cahiers du cinema, May 2011, $39.95) ©Traverso / courtesy Cahiers du cinema In honor of the Cannes film festival which starts today, we bring you this snap of the great Michael Caine from the cinematic happening in … Continue reading →
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Tagged books, Cahiers du cinema, Cannes, Gilt MANual, Hollywood, Michael Caine, smoking, style
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The Art of the Bowtie: Bogie by Avedon
Courtesy of Bonhams Lot 110: Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004) Humphrey Bogart, Actor, New York, 1953 Gelatin silver print, printed 1970, from Minneapolis Portfolio (New York: self-published, 1970), signed and numbered 8/35 in pencil in the margin; signed in ink and … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1950s, auctions, Bonhams, bowties, Hollywood, Humphrey Bogart, photographers, photography, Richard Avedon
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A Tale of Two Warhols
Christie’s Images Ltd. A lot of fuss is being made over a blood red 1986 Andy Warhol self-portrait expected to fetch up to $40 million at Christie’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1960s, Andy Warhol, art, auctions, Christie's, contemporary art, sunglasses
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Beard & Blixen at Sotheby’s
Courtesy Sotheby’s This oversized, embellished Polaroid of swashbuckling photographer Peter Beard holding one of his iconic portraits of Out of Africa author Karen Blixen is expected to fetch up to $14,000 at Sotheby’s Photographies sale in Paris on May 10. … Continue reading →
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Tagged auctions, authors, Karen Blixen, Out of Africa, Peter Beard, photographers, photography, Sotheby's
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Remembering Cary Gant
Courtesy of DRIVEN Cary Grant’s daughter Jennifer is publishing a new memoir of her father this week entitled Good Stuff (Knopf). In celebration DRIVEN takes a look at the book and offers this classic snap of the iconic actor perusing … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1950s, Alfred Hitchcock, books, Cary Grant, Driven, Hollywood, khakis, UrbanDaddy's DRIVEN
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Jockey Full of Bourbon
In honor of his recent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, we present the only man alive who should ever sport a soul patch.
Hockney at Bonhams
Courtesy Bonhams UK auction house Bonhams is staging a sale in London on April 20 dedicated solely to the work of David Hockney, including several important paintings. To our way of thinking however of equal appeal are the many portraits … Continue reading →
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Tagged artists, Bonhams, Cecil Beaton, David Hockney, London, photographers
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Drinking & Driving with Hunter S. Thompson
Courtesy of DRIVEN A brisk wind is blustering down from the snow-capped Rockies as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, clutching a Bloody Mary, shifts his red Chevrolet Caprice Classic convertible into high gear…. Thus begins our reminiscence of the good doctor … Continue reading →