30 December 2011

29 December 2011

Rodenstock-Sonnenbrille 1957

Carl Möhner in Rodenstock Sunglasses for the German film Weisser Holunder/White Elder (1957).

28 December 2011

27 December 2011

Dolly Dolly

Sex-Happy / Hash-Hippy / Ultra Cool

26 December 2011

Style is Confidence



Men in eye patches, no questions asked.

23 December 2011

Burn It Slow : Hotel De Ville Eyewear


Introducing the Hotel De Ville Eyewear Collection...

22 December 2011

She's Got Potential : Peter Fonda and Jean Seberg in Lilith








Lilith (1964) Dir. by Robert Rossen

21 December 2011

Dissolution of Form : Early Works of Mark Rothko

The Secret Rites of Lilith

Self Portrait

Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea


Untitled (Portrait)

20 December 2011

Skulls Don't Have Eyeballs

And yet ...they look so cool in sunglasses!

15 December 2011

Crossfire

14 December 2011

13 December 2011

12 December 2011

From Here to Alternity : John C. Lilly






In the province of the mind what one believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits. These limits are to be found experimentally and experientially. When so found these limits turn out to be further beliefs to be transcended. In the province of the mind there are no limits.

Full interview transcript here

09 December 2011

Fleetwood Mack

Photograph courtesy of aroid family photos

Here's a great kodachrome shot of a 1950s car kid standing at the rear of a Cadillac Fleetwood.

08 December 2011

07 December 2011

06 December 2011

Rude Boys

Ska Twins, London, 1981

05 December 2011

02 December 2011

It Had to be Her : Betty Hutton Sings Tomorrow's Hits of Yesterday

As we've been listening to Betty Hutton songs for the past few months at our Los Feliz shop, we thought this vintage Photoplay cover from 1944 featuring her and a white pair of cat-eyes was a fantastic find!

Here's Betty singing one of her hits of that same year, It Had To Be You, direct from the Hollywood dream factory...

01 December 2011