ICONS.

beauty over the years; a small collection of iconic women




cleopatra (queen of the nile)



queen elizabeth I (queen of england)

lady georgiana spencer, duchess of devonshire (big spender)

princess diana spencer (adored by the world, fashion inspiration)

isabella stewart gardner (philanthropist)

katharine hepburn (greatest female star in the history of American cinema)



marie antoinette (queen of france, started french revolution, was tried, convicted, and executed)




clara bow ("it" girl)



greta garbo (swedish actress dubbed "most beautiful woman who ever lived in 1954 by guinness book of world records)

josephine baker (satire performer, nicknamed "Bronze Venus", the "Black Pearl", and the "Créole Goddess")

marguerite "peggy" guggenheim (art collector, opened Guggenheim Museum in NYC)

betty grable (actress with insured legs)



gertrude stein (writer, poet, art collector, life partner of Alice B. Toklas)



norma jean dougherty (marilyn monroe) (THE icon)

madonna (singer/performer)

jackie O (kennedy onassis) (fashion icon, wife, editor)

audrey hepburn (one of America's most famous actresses)

sylvia plath (writer, poet, famously killed herself in the oven)

grace kelly (american actress turned princess of monaco)

barbra streisand (award winning performer)

lauren hutton (fashion model and actress)

patti smith (rocker) "my style says, 'look at me, don't look at me'"

kate moss (supermodel who popularized the "Heroin chic" look)

(c) allure magazine, may 2011
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lex