ladyposts:

Edna Ferber, one of the brightest lights in the New York ‘Bloomsbury Group’ of the twenties and thirties had a penchant for wearing elegantly tailored suits, trousers and all. Noel Coward met her one day in New York when he was wearing a suit very similar to the one Miss Ferber was sporting.

‘Edna, you look almost like a man,’ he told her. ‘So do you,’ she answered.

readerposts:

George Bernard Shaw telegrammed Winston Churchill just prior to the opening of Major Barbara: “Have reserved two tickets for first night. Come and bring a friend if you have one.”

Churchill wired back, “Impossible to come to first night. Will come to second night, if you have one.”

Lady…

vintageblackglamour:

Nancy Wilson in a 1970s Fashion Fair Cosmetics advertisement.

China Iced Melon with Roberto Cavalli Vokda, melone fresco, lime

China Frizz Red with Roberto Cavalli Vodka, lime juice, ginger ale and ciliegina maraschino