fashion clips

i lovvve any cosmetic ads from around this era. this is actually a detail of a much larger photo montage i found somewhere, i don't remember. but i love it. i love the aviator-style sunglasses worn here by 70's model, miss ingrid boulting. (she appeared opposite robert de niro in the 'ehhh' movie, 'the last tycoon.') i also love her overpowering aqua-marine creme eye shadow. you know, its a shame... i actually think i could 'rock' frames like that. like, i think i could actually pull off that look. yet, i realize they are very out-of-style. oh well.... dig on the shimmery 70's facial action. (... facial action...?? that sounds dirty.)

sexy miss boulting

miss ingrid boulting, ladies and gentlemen. hers was one of the most striking faces seen on the screen and on magazine covers through the 1970's. she had a considerable part in the 'ehhh' robert de niro movie 'the last tycoon.' but i first saw her on the cover of Seventeen magazine... back when Seventeen magazine was big and packed with groovy 70's styles and attitudes. i was lucky enough to run across this marvelous shot whilst pearldiving the other night. and hey, as luck would have it, its on the cover of 'penthouse!' now, its been well-established that i was an avid reader of Penthouse as a young girl, but i don't remember ever having this issue. its very possible that we did have this issue, but that the cover was missing. we had a lot of coverless issues back then. now, when i found it, (this shot) the color was all garish and over-exposed, and i did my best to trick it down to how i believe it orginally looked. i love everything about this shot. i love her doll-like expression, i love the flapperish makeup job, i love the fresh fruit, and you KNOW i love the silky nightie and flower-enhanced little bonnet. her vapid expression shows off her features strikingly. hey, miss boulting, wherever you are tonight... know that you have fans over here at 'planetcool.' (click to enlarge)

i is for ingrid boulting

yeah, i don't know all that much about her, except that she was a much-photographed model in the late 70's-early 80's. she was also in the 1976 elia kazan snooze-fest, 'the last tycoon.' but i remember her on the cover of 'Seventeen' magazine as well as countless perfume and make-up advertisements. those wide eyes, those slightly pouty lips... the exotic eastern european bone structure was obviously marketable. i think i've already posted her fabulous blue 'seventeen' magazine cover... with her mink-like slinky brown hair and smart navy blue lapels... i have to admit, part of me wishes i looked just like her.

(i'd even take the crimped hair for like, a weekend. she's so '1982,' i'll bet she's running out to see 'blade runner.')