Crystal Renn, Plus Size Eyebrows

Model (and now author) Crystal Renn is in the news because of her book, Hungry, about being a plus-size model, and because she discusses the pressure on women in the modeling profession to get small by any (unhealthy) means possible.

We actually don't care too much about that...we just think she has some crazy-ass eyebrows.

Out on a Lim

Who's the most shagadelic photog you've never heard of?

S. H. Lim.

This dude rocked the '60s, as you can see from these photos of, first, Phusadee Anukkhamontri:


And next, Christin Liang:


Scroll-down trivia that doesn't help you: Lim's real name was Vivat Pitayaviriyakul. More info here: S.H. Lim in Bangkok.

RIP Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor
1932 – 2011

Are Nuns Sexy? This One May Be

Check out Lara Stone as captured by Cedric Duchet in Vogue Paris (January 2010).

We think the whole "sexy nun" thing is a bit done, but we certainly want anyone who's game to give it a shot if they can make it work somehow. The eyebrows contrast nicely here with the white coif (look it up) and Lara's fair skin.

And middle finger.

If you're into the whole sexy nun thing, check out our other blog Hot or Dumb. We'll be posting a sexy nun photo there very soon, but there are a few other themes up there already, which you may enjoy...

Did You Remember?

She did.

Brows by Kunis. Dress by Owens.

We haven't seen The Black Swan, not that we're prejudiced. Some of our best friends are black [swans].

Anyway, Mila Kunis popped up in the Los Angeles Times Magazine in February (cover shot is above), and she is rocking a Rick Owens dress in this second photo.

The brow is the reason she's here with us today – but that leg is killing us too.

Of Elephants and Eyebrows: Dovima

The superbly elegant fashion model known as Dovima represents the person who would appear perfectly at ease with the concept of opera gloves - in the supermarket, or on the playground.

Who was Dovima?

DOrothy VIrginia MArgaret Juba. Photographer Richard Avedon called her the last of the "great elegant, aristocratic beauties," and he may have been right. Here she is with our poster child extraordinaire, Audrey Hepburn, on the set of Funny Face:


The arched brown and self-confident glance in this photo (likely by Avedon, though we can't verify it) tell you what you need to know about her:


And this one you may well have seen - definitely by Avedon, and published in Harper's Bazaar (not bizarre...)....Dress by Dior:

Triple Penetration

Tip o' the Tweezers to reader Jonathan who sent us this gem!


She horrifies and delights, at the same time...Sasha Grey.

Variations by Chris Triance-Martin

Good news if you enjoy photography books in good old-fashioned print format.

Canadia's Chris Triance-Martin has a new volume, Variations. You can buy it online, or you can check out his web site first, to convince yourself you want to buy it.

We plugged his book Nudes in 2009, by the way.

Oh, and in 2008 he cropped up as a collaborator with model Engel Schrei!


Happy Valentine's Day.