why don't you? ii & a Birthday

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 from yesterday's post- why don't you?, I received this comment- from the ever tuned in, turned on the HOUSE OF BEAUTY & CULTURE-

"all that is missing is Truman Capote circa 1977."

image from here by Arnold Newman 

TRUMAN sprawling 1977

Yes, Truman did have a thing for Victoriana- the furniture that is- 

So what about a Truman Victoriana Redux?

well-not to disturb any literary spirits-

& in that spirit-

Prints, Pattern-that Truman would approve of-all from QUADRILLE.

He decorated with damasks, Japanese obi textiles, quilts, florals, batiks- So yeah, He went for it all 

Here- Truman -as a younger Victorian.

photograph by Slim Aarons

So-why don't you?

photograph available from Wessel+O'Connor Fine Art

so tell me what you think?

why don't you?

& DO wish TRU a Happy Birthday- born September 30th 1924.  

Now playing for HOBAC- did you hear this in '77?

Capote's mean reds

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Truman Capote's novella, Breakfast at Tiffany's , was adapted by screenwriter George Axelrod for the movie version - Breakfast at Tiffany's. The many quotable quotes from this memorable book, and of course the movie are numerous. On any given day, for any mood- just Pick One.

Capote mastered the story, and perhaps-director Blake Edwards and star Audrey Hepburn immortalized it-But  somewhere within the jaunty movie, a more complex novel still stands the test of time. Huge fans of this movie-and I am one- should read the book, and if you have it is time to read it again.

 Capote

Capote's characters speak:

Holly Golightly: You know those days when you get the mean reds?

Paul Varjak: The mean reds. You mean like the blues?

 Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn, Truman Capote

Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you're getting fat, and maybe it's been raining too long. You're just sad, that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid, and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?
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Devastating Beauty XV

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 Marella Agnelli

photographed by Richard Avedon

of Marella Agnelli-Truman Capote said  

"One first thinks: My God, what a beauty she is and Him.*"

photograph by Clifford Coffin

Vogue profiled Roman society figures, including Mrs. Edward Behn and Donna Marella Caracciolo di Castegneto, both in Gabriellesport, in the March 1, 1949, issue (from style.com)

View of Agnelli's NYC apartment with portrait of young
Donna Maria Beatrice Olga Alberta Caracciolo (later de Meyer)

Recently on a post at the Aesthete's Lament, the Aesthete confirmed the link between these two Devastating Beauties. Both Beauties are descended from the Neapolitan Caracciolo family- exactly the connections-I can not say.

Jacques-Emile Blanche

Portrait Of Donna Olga Caracciolo Dei Duchi Di Castelluccio

Portrait of Baroness Olga de Meyer

photographed by her husband Baron de Meyer

* Capote refers Gianni Agnelli- MA's late husband
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if this table could talk

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Photograph of Truman Capote and Andy Warhol
Amongst Brigid Berlin's porcelain collection

elle decor Dec/Jan 2000 photographed by Fernando Bengoechea