beauty over the years; a small collection of iconic women
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| cleopatra (queen of the nile) |
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| queen elizabeth I (queen of england) |
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| lady georgiana spencer, duchess of devonshire (big spender) |
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| princess diana spencer (adored by the world, fashion inspiration) |
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| isabella stewart gardner (philanthropist) |
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| katharine hepburn (greatest female star in the history of American cinema) |
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| marie antoinette (queen of france, started french revolution, was tried, convicted, and executed) |
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clara bow ("it" girl)
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| greta garbo (swedish actress dubbed "most beautiful woman who ever lived in 1954 by guinness book of world records) |
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| josephine baker (satire performer, nicknamed "Bronze Venus", the "Black Pearl", and the "Créole Goddess") |
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| marguerite "peggy" guggenheim (art collector, opened Guggenheim Museum in NYC) |
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betty grable (actress with insured legs)
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| gertrude stein (writer, poet, art collector, life partner of Alice B. Toklas) |
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| norma jean dougherty (marilyn monroe) (THE icon) |
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| madonna (singer/performer) |
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| jackie O (kennedy onassis) (fashion icon, wife, editor) |
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| audrey hepburn (one of America's most famous actresses) |
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| sylvia plath (writer, poet, famously killed herself in the oven) |
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| grace kelly (american actress turned princess of monaco) |
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| barbra streisand (award winning performer) |
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| lauren hutton (fashion model and actress) |
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| patti smith (rocker) "my style says, 'look at me, don't look at me'" |
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| kate moss (supermodel who popularized the "Heroin chic" look) |
(c) allure magazine, may 2011
xoxo,
lex
