icon - margaux hemingway

"beauty that's good for you" photographed by francesco scavullo for vogue us, april 1975

photographed by helmut newton, place vendome, paris

"beauty that's good for you" photographed by francesco scavullo for vogue us, april 1975

photographed by elliott erwitt, 1975

cosmopolitan, 1975

for babe, 1977

vogue brasil, 1970s

with cary grant at studio 54

"beauty that's good for you" photographed by francesco scavullo for vogue us, april 1975

1976

with sister mariel

at her wedding to errol wetson, june 21, 1975

photographed by barry lategan for vogue, 1976

1976

margaux hemingway was such a huge model when i was a girl - she was in the same category as kim alexis & brooke shields - that all american beauty with full brows & a strong face. certain products take me back immediately - bonne bell, charlie, love's baby soft and of course, babe.  my mom didn't wear it but i remember seeing it at my aunts house on the dresser.  hemingway was the face for babe & received a million dollar contract from it's maker fabergé - the first model to do so.

her famous quote, told to a hollywood producer, was that she was 5 foot 12 inches - men are 6 feet, women are 5 feet 12 inches.  after many years of battling depression, she sadly committed suicide one day before her famous grandfather,  on july 1, 1996 at the age of 41.

r.i.p. bert stern

self-portrait with marilyn monroe, the last sitting, 1962

sue lyon as lolita for look magazine, 1960

twiggy

jane birkin & serge gainsbourg,  ca. 1970

elizabeth taylor as cleopatra, 1962

cary grant as charlie chaplin for life magazine, december 1963

jean shrimpton for vogue, 1965

iconic photographer bert stern died wednesday at the age of 83.  known for his intimate & raw portraits of marilyn monroe, stern was a pioneer of advertising photography as well as photographing fashion & celebrity. in 1959 stern told a panel of commercial artists that "i like to put my feelings into my photographs." a statement that was considered provocative in its day.  a legendary photographer.

the story-tellers, part 34

woody allen photographed by irving penn, 1972

gloria swanson on the carole burnett show, 1973

michael jackson

lucille ball

brigitte bardot in viva maria, 1965

cary grant photographed by bert stern for LIFE magazine, december 1963.