Vintage

Miss Hendryx

Vintage

Miss Jones

November came early

 Almodovar's  The Skin I Live In is in the cinemas.

Part of the Almodovar magic has always been his choice of extraordinary singers.
And Concha Buika is no exception.

Here she performs Oro Santo with her artistic producer Javier Limón.

... un lamento como preludio de las horas muertas
horas que pasan con la agonía de una muerte lenta
vuelve el silencio a vestirme de oro mi santo...

Corey TuT - Hangman

Back to black

Amy Winehouse 

1983 - 2011

Vintage

Miss Lennox

Vintage

Miss Warwick

Et tu, Loleatta?

 Mummy, is reincarnation real?

Why?

If it is, I want to come back as a big black lady that can sing.

My poor mother.

Miss Loleatta Holloway (1946-2011)

Shout To The Top

 Fire Island  ft  Loleatta Holloway

Impetus, Chateau Thombeau

Vox

This Is Not The End

Clare Maguire

Vintage

Miss Streisand

T O M

Mermaid Blues

Ghost Of A Shark

McRae

Iron butterfly

Portrait by Richard Avedon

Kimono style evening dress

Hanae Mori, doyenne of Japanese fashion.

And master of the print.

But to be a woman? It seemed to mean being a woman at the beginning and being a woman forever.

— Yukio Mishima

Boys and ballerinas

Wonderful Life 





Better Than Love


Hurts

VD

The Divine One  performing My Funny Valentine

Egyptian revival

Sophia Loren as Aida

The Sophia Loren Archive

Aida, the 1953 Italian film adaptation of Verdi's opera directed by Clemente Fracassi starred Sophia Loren in the title role. Her vocals were provided by the great lyric soprano Renata Tebaldi. Lois Maxwell (later known for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the Bond films) appeared opposite Loren in the role of Amneris, with her vocals provided by mezzo-soprano Ebe Stignani. 

Aida opening sequence

O patria mia aria from Act III

Aida is torn between her loyalty to her country and her love for Radames, longing for her homeland and afraid that she may never see it again.

Aida, closing sequence

Sentenced to death for treason,  Radames (played by Luciano Della Marra and sung by Giuseppe Campora) has been entombed alive in the Temple of Vulcan's vault. Thinking that he is alone, he hears a sigh and then he sees her. Aida has hidden herself in the vault to die with him. They accept their fate and bid farewell to earthly sorrows. Above, in the Temple of Vulcan, Amneris prays to the goddess Ftha. Below, in the vault, Aida dies in Radames' arms.

Xanadu

 

Scissor Sisters - Invisible Light

Deep

 

From within the vault of things we hold dear,

Le Petit Train by Les Rita Mitsouko

Why?

Pink Cadillac by Natalie Cole

Mrs Blandings and Easy and Elegant Life can tell you.