LITTLE EDIE BEAL ~ by definition a true Chicaboom!

Inspired by the documentary, film and Broadway show, GREY GARDENS; model Alana Zimmer posing as Little Edie Beal is photographed by Mark Seliger for Vogue Spain.




Edie Beal's life went from riches to squalor but she never lost her strong sense of self or her devotion to her idea of fashion

Through her life she remained fabulous, wrapping her head with anything from a scarf to a sweater always topped off with a large broach.

She saw herself as a starlet/fashion designer who seemed to be unaware that she lived in a condemned old house in the Hamptons with her aging mother and 50 plus cats.

She was an extraordinary creature who lived a very unconventional life.

She has been muse to many a designer.

And is without doubt,

one of my favorite Chic-a-booms!

Beauty amongst the ruins.....

"BEFORE THE TIDE COMES"

Photographer Zhang Jingna shoots

Denise as a dark maiden of the sea

in her latest work.

With the help of talented stylist

Mildred von Hildegard creates

a story of haunting beauty....

Thick loops of leather create a dominant shoulder hovering over long, pleated sheer gloves tied at the top by leather cuffs.

Studded leather and a voluminous

and billowing skirt

dance about in the sand....

BLACK MERMAID ~

VOGUE - Into the woods

Autumn in the woods. The leaves are changing colors and

Little Red Riding Hood is changing outfits....

Yummy hooded capes, jackets, long coats perfect for fall...

Accented by thigh-high

shiny, black boots...

All in power red...
which gives a girl an edge when she finds a wolf in Grandma's bed