Friday, August 20, 2010

From '66 to 44



According to Wikipedia, there is nothing special about the duplicate-digit alignment of the numbers in my birthday this year.

I guess the big celebration should have been the August 23rd when I turned 23 — "A person's Golden or Grand Birthday, also referred to as their Champagne Birthday or Star Birthday, occurs when they turn the age of their birth day." Maybe when I turn 66 I'll have big party anyway.


I've always thought my birth year was pretty cool. I like double digits, it's just one 6 shy of being Satanic, and there's even a song about the route. What's more, it was the Year of the Fire Horse, and that only comes along once every 60 years. I also like the number 23 — there's a whole enigma about it, including a birthday paradox, and even a movie starring Jim Carrey.






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This year, I will be spending the actual day with my mom — for the first time since I was a teenager! Looking forward to that has led me to thinking back…



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Here are my mom and my dad's publicity photos from 1966.




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Here's one of my early cheesecake shots.


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Not much changed over the years…


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1966 swimwear from Fredrick's of Hollywood


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I was a fashionable little girl, thanks to my mom. I look like I'm straight out of the Sears catalogue!


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Ponies, 1976 and 1996


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Same dress, at 43 and 23


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This is what I looked like when disco was all the rage. I'm not exactly in style... I was into hippie music then (and hey, whaddya know? I still am.)


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2000 and 2010 - two side by side comparisons, 10 years apart - one glamorous and one NOT!


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Back in 1966….




Brigitte Bardot looked like this, and Jim Morrison was the sexiest man alive.


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Walt Disney died, and apparently so did Paul McCartney!


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Liz and Dick were still a couple


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LBJ was in office


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Richard Avedon was photographing Lauren Hutton


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These babies were born


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In 1966, this was what people were reading


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These were the popular records (Herb Alpert had the bestselling single of the year)


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And this was entertainment


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The cars and guitars of '66 (and it just so happens my favorite color combo was very popular in that year)


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Me and the hotrod are the same age (and wearing the same colors!)



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I saved the best for last… the funky, freaky, fab fashions and photography and art





The miniskirt was in style!


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…Or was it on its way out?


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Avedon


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Halston


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Johnson


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Givenchy


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St. Laurent


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These boots were made for walking (and gawking)


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Guy Bourdin was developing his style


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Diane Arbus took this


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Leonor Fini painted this


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And BLOW-UP captured the zeitgeist: film, fashion, rock & roll, psychology and sex. (and I *love* that Jimmy Page made the trailer!)


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