Saturday 16 July 2011

Marilyn Monroe in Chicago: Twenty-Six Feet of Statuesque Beauty

Jai singh | 08:15 | | | | | |
Heh. This will make the 'upskirt'-haters cry, won't it?

This iconic pose, never yet duplicated to my satisfaction (I'll give Kate Middleton's yellow dress blowup some credit for trying) might be the most famous upskirt shot in the short history of photography.



(Note: these two images are not the same images you'll find at this linky; they've been enhanced by me using my own post-production techniques, methods that bring out colors and enhance features as to my liking. If you're interested in exactly what I've done here, drop an email.)

Newly-wed bride Anya Nguyen and her bridesmaids look at "Forever Marilyn", a sculpture by Seward Johnson, on July 15, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. The stainless steel and aluminum sculpture, which stands 26 feet tall and weighs 34,000 pounds, will be on display in Chicago through the spring of 2012. The sculpture was inspired by Marilyn Monroe iconic scene in the 1955 movie "Seven Year Itch". (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Recalls that Marilyn Monroe 'sand sculpture' from about a year ago...

A girl poses for a photo near a statue of Marilyn Monroe at a sand sculpture festival in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

I've had trolls complain about my Rule 5 posts, pointing out that invariably these women might well be much younger than me (Kate Upton, below the fold), or that they might be married to other men (Kate Middleton). One frequent troll even said that he didn't like women in dresses; that he didn't know any women who owned dresses; that he preferred women to wear pants. The little guy is insane, really, and likely has never known a woman (literally or biblically).

A woman who wears a dress immediately becomes classier in my never-to-be humble opinion. If yours doesn't have a dress, buy her one! (Hint: Wal-Mart is not where you want to shop for dresses! Or for women, for that matter!)

h/t The Daily Edit (and for that previously-mentioned troll who hated women in dresses ).

Kate Middleton, below the fold...





Model Kate Upton (L) poses with designer Angela Chittenden backstage at the Beach Bunny Swimwear show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2012 at The Raleigh on July 15, 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Beach Bunny)

UPDATE
Linked by The Other McCain for Rule 5 Sunday! Thanks, Wombat-socho!

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