Beyond the Sheltering Sky : Minimalists in Metal from the Hotel De Ville Vintage Collection

Vintage Neostyle

Antique P3 Gold Wire Sunglasses

Vintage Christian Dior Sunglasses

Vintage Christian Dior Sunglasses

Art Director:  Hassan Rahim
Photographer:  John Michael Fulton
Model:  Blair Bradford (Whitehouse Models)
Stylist: Jessica Willis
Hair: Ryan Richman
Make Up: Amy Strozzi
First Assistant: Moriah Zagalia

Master Blaster | Stevie Wonder in '75

Musician Stevie Wonder with music executive Ewart Abner in Los Angeles, 1975.

Her Serene Highness | Grace Kelly, 1956

Grace Kelly's departure from Hollywood, photographed by Allan Grant. Kelly became a famous actress in the 1950s, starring in such memorable films as Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, High Society, and The Country Girl, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She retired from acting at age 26.

Kelly became 'Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco' upon marrying Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956. Princess Grace gave birth to the couple's first child, Princess Caroline nine months and four days after the wedding. 21 guns announced the event, a national holiday was called, gambling ceased, and free champagne flowed throughout the principality. A little over a year later, 101 guns announced the birth of their second child, Prince Albert.

Bogart & Bacall vs. HUAC | Washington DC, 1947

Actors Humphrey Bogart and wife number 4, Lauren Bacall and Richard Conte during a hearing charging H.U.A.C. with violating civil rights. In 1947, the committee held nine days of hearings into alleged communist propaganda and influence in the Hollywood motion picture industry. After conviction on contempt of Congress charges for refusal to answer some questions posed by committee members, the "Hollywood Ten" were blacklisted by the industry.

Eventually, more than 300 artists—including directors, radio commentators, actors and particularly screenwriters—were boycotted by the studios. Some, like Charlie Chaplin, left the U.S. to find work. Others wrote under pseudonyms or the names of colleagues. Only about ten percent succeeded in rebuilding careers within the entertainment industry.

In 1947, Bogart & Bacall also starred in Dark Passage, where Bogart plays a man convicted of murdering his wife who escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence. Bogart finds that his features are too well known, and is forced to seek illicit plastic surgery. The entire pre-knife part of the film is shot from a Bogart's-eye-view, with us seeing the fugitive for the first time as he starts to recuperate from the operation in the apartment of a sympathetic young artist (played by Bacall) for whom he soon finds affection. But what he's really after is revenge.

Otto Preminger | Hollywood, 1959

Director Otto Preminger on the set of the motion picture Porgy and Bess.

Pleased to Meet Me | L.A. Library Friends, 1930

Gotta Have It | Dizzy Gillespie & Ava Gardner, Hollywood 1948

Actress Ava Gardner in Hollywood nightclub, wearing beret, horn-rimmed spectacles, and simulating a goatee, to signify admiration of Dizzy Gillespie, bebop King.

Teen-age girls in blue jeans affected by Gillespie stand to have his autograph.

Say it Together, Naturally | More Lionel Richie + Tina Turner

Singers Tina Turner and Lionel Richie posing with their Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California.

Is It Me You're Looking For? | Lionel Richie at Film Premiere, 1984

Lionel Richie, Apollonia Kotero, and Eddie Murphy at premiere of motion picture "Purple Rain" in Los Angeles, California, 1984.

Wigmaker at Max Factor | Los Angeles, 1954

An industrious wigmaker at Max Factor Studios in Los Angeles dons a delicate pair of cat eye glasses and a lovely gingham skirt.

New Wave Los Angeles | 1980

Fashion show at California Mart, Los Angeles, 1980.

Out of Character | Irving Lazar in Gold-Rimmed Rounds

Agent Irving Lazar and Polly Bergen were among guests who "decorated" party for Earl Blackwell at Bistro in Los Angeles, CA, 1975.

Talent agent Irving "Swifty" Lazar was notorious for his oversized black opthalmic frames, but here we see another side of him in round gold-rimmed sunglasses. After putting together three major deals for Humphrey Bogart in a single day, he was dubbed "Swifty" by Bogart.

Earl Blackwell was a society impresario who made his fortune keeping track of celebrities and Miss Bergen appeared in many film roles, most notably in the original Cape Fear (1962) opposite Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum.

Turtlenecks and Sunshine | Black Panthers in L.A.

Black Panther leader, Eldridge Cleaver and Jack Weinberg holding press conference in Los Angeles, California, 1968. See the Black Panthers Exhibit on view at CAAM in LA.

My Blue Heaven | Sinatra at the Dodgers Game

Frank Sinatra at the Dodgers Game, 1978.

Coin-Op and Cocktails | Jack Benny at L.A. Laundry Party

Mrs. Sammy Cahn (L), comedian George Jessel (C) and comedian Jack Benny (R) at a star-studded opening of a new coin-operated dry cleaners in Los Angeles, California. HDV pays the greatest respect to this party; a beautiful blend of cocktails, burlesque, live music, and washing machines.

"I am not a myth" | Marlene Dietrich, 1938

Actress Marlene Dietrich eating at the Paramount commissary, wearing sunglasses. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt.

More Geeks | CalTech Outta Control, 1972

Dr. Harry B. Gray, professor of chemistry at Caltech and a nationally recognized scientist and teacher, spices lectures with occasional appearance in horse costume. HDV counts 6 pairs of vintage glasses here, plus an astonishing pair of high heeled sneakers featured at bottom center of this pic.

The Martian Chronicler: Ray Bradbury in 1975

Books spill from closets and shelves in the Cheviot Hills home of prolific science fiction author Ray Bradbury and his wife, Maggie.

Poet's Corner | Librarian, Huntington Library 1975

Librarian Daniel Woodward seated in office at Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., 1975. He examines some of materials acquired, including manuscripts and letters, of 20th-century U.S. poet Wallace Stevens.

DIVORCED! Elvis & Priscilla | Santa Monica, 1973

DISSOLVED--Elvis and Priscilla Presley leaving courtroom after divorce hearing in Santa Monica, California, 1973. Dissolution of marriage was granted to Presley by Superior Judge Laurence J. Rittenbrand.