Quentin Tarantino’s Muse Nichole Galicia wants Disney Plus’ She-Hulk role!

Written by Ty-Ron Mayes

Oscar Award Winning Quentin Tarantino with actress and muse Nichole Galicia

Nichole Galicia is best know for starring in Quentin Tarantino’s films “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” and the Oscar Award Winning, “D’Jango Unchained” where she played the sexy slave mistress, Leonardo Di Caprio kissing, plantation bombshell, Sheba.

Nichole Galicia In Quentin Tarantino’s “D’Jango Unchained”

Nichole Galicia played the sexy Sheba in Quentin Tarantino’s D’Jango Unchained

When Nichole Galicia is not on the big screen, she lights up the small screen with gutsy roles such as the fearless, purple people eating, alien warrior, “Kindzi” who devoured the entire cast of SYFY’s “Defiance”. As a series regular, the role challenged Galicia to speak in the fictitious alien language of the Omec race; making Galicia a heavy hitter in the science fiction genre.

Nichole Galicia as the fearless Kindzi from SYFY’s DEFIANCE

Galicia was also the female lead in, “And She Was My Eve”, a feature by Ron Howard directed by Jamie Foxx. Nichole played Eve… a living doll.

Nichole Galicia starting in “And She Was My Eve a feature by Ron Howard!

Nichole Galicia and Ron Howard And She Was My Eve a feature by Ron Howard.

Nichole Galicia and Director Jamie Foxx on the set of “And She Was My Eve”.

Nichole Galicia and Jamie Foxx, ” And She Was My Eve”. Directed by Jamie Fox!

Fresh off the heels of playing an alien super villain, the model-turned-actress wants to trade her full body purple make-up for Hulk green! Nichole Galicia who is a fitness enthusiast with a double stacked set of biceps wants to flex her guns and be the “Emerald Goddess” herself. “The Savage”… “The Sensational She-Hulk!”

Nichole Galicia as Kindzi Defiance on SYFY

The American stunner who has starred in countless films and has even worked with Marvel’s very own, Samuel L Jackson (Nick Fury), is ready to transform from a statuesque 5’8″ Bombshell into a CGI’ed morphed 6’7″ 600lbs Green Glamazon! And Shulkie fans are convinced that she not only has the acting chutzpah to carry the emotionally demanding role of playing the dual personality of the smart lawyer Jennifer Walters and the gamma radiated, wise cracking, overtly sexy, feminist, crime fighting female Hulk!

Created by Ty-Ron Mayes @stylisttyronmayes on Instagram. Nichole Galicia as The Sensational She-Hulk

Positioned to be the next leading lady in Hollywood, Galicia has had near misses with several leading roles. She-Hulk would place the in demand actress into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With that, Galicia who already has a built in sci-fi fan base, would be a perfect fit for the Disney Plus venture. Nichole joining the brand could seamlessly parlay Galicia’s She-Hulk into upcoming Phase 4 and Phase 5 MCU projects such as future Avengers movies, as well as, the anticipated A Force project (The All Female Avengers), where we could see Galicia’s She-Hulk stand in line with Mark Ruffalo’s Incredible Hulk, Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow and several beloved Marvel characters.

Artwork by Ty-Ron Mayes actress Nichole Galicia want to be The Sensational She-Hulk

Artwork by Ty-Ron Mayes (Instagram @stylisttyronmayes)

On a final note, Nichole Galicia has the physical features and attributes that would effortlessly translate through all of that green make-up. Several actresses have thrown their names into the hat but, they do not and will not look beautiful painted green. Let’s fully analyze the phenomenon of Marvel Studio’s She-Hulk. The beloved fictional character created by Stan Lee and John Buscema published in February, 1980 quickly gained popularity after her debut. So much so, “The Savage She-Hulk” was set to appear on the small scree with Lou Ferrigno’s Hulk in a made for TV movie in the 1980’s. A decade later, there was an attempt to bring the She-Hulk to the big screen with actress Brigitte Nielsen who was at the time married to Sylvester Stallone. The word on the street was that the movie was ranked because the studio did not want to layout the budget for She-Hulk’s flying space car.

Brigitte Nielsen attempts to play She-Hulk in the 90’s

Failed attempt to bring She-Hulk to the big screen with Brigitte Nielsen

Flying Space Car budget stopped 90’s She-Hulk!

The She-Hulk needs an extraordinary beauty with classic features that would hold up to the not-so-beautiful green hue that the actress would have to don. When in Hulk form, She-Hulk is super strong, ultra feminine and she becomes more beautiful than her average Jennifer Walters form. When she transforms into “Shulkie”/ She-Hulk, Jennifer’s personality also transforms into that of an extreme narcissist. The She-Hulk understands that she is an extreme beauty and fully embraces her Hulk form. Jennifer Walters wardrobes her green powerhouse persona and becomes a glammed up, green, crime fighting /lawyer who feels that there is no need for her old, straight-laced Jennifer Walters’ persona. She-Hulk trades in her weaker human form for the gamma induced badass, “Jade Giantess” we all know and love! That means at some point in the series, we will get a lot of She-Hulk and a lot of green make-up. The She-Hulk needs an extremely beautiful woman. Nichole Galicia checksw all the boxes!

Nichole Galicia (Instagram @officialnicholegalicia)

Nichole Galicia (Instagram @officialnicholegalicia)

So, if Disney Plus and The Marvel Cinematic Universe wants a huge win with the Nielsen ratings and tons of streaming dollars in their pockets, nerds around the world need to fall in love with The She-Hulk. And the only actress who not only has the acting skill and a cosmetically perfect face that has proven to still radiate through special effects make-up is Nichole Galicia! After looking at her extensive movie, television rolls and high fashion layouts in Vogue, W, L’Oficial and Elle Magazines, as well as, Gap, Hanes and Mary Kay Cosmetics campaigns. Nichole’s exquisite features and statuesque body would shine through the green make-up which would result in a green sex symbol! Remember Yvonne Craig who played the green alien girl who kissed William Shatner’s Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek tv series? What about the gorgeously, spooky Yvonne de Carlo who played Lillian Munster? They were both really beautiful women that both these out of the world beauties to life. And even though she was not green, the world fell in love with the beautiful Lynda Carter as the original Wonder Woman. The live action She-Hulk not only needs an extremely good actress, it needs a great beauty and sex symbol for the fans to fall in love with. Nichole can be that, especially when Jennifer transforms into She-Hulk, tearing through her street clothes resulting in a nearly naked She-Hulk clad only in her Agent Provocatuer lingerie as she saves the world from peril! Marvel Studios and Disney Plus needs someone that is a great actress and an extraordinary beauty to play She-Hulk because when she is green the viewers have to fall in love with the live action She-Hulk or it will be a disaster. Nichole Galicia as She-Hulk is looking like a no-brainer!

Nichole Galicia Thanks She-Hulk super fan Ty-Ron Mayes for fan art and YouTube She-Hulk video

I used my graphic design skills and pulled images from various photo shoots I art directed and styled and reimagines images of Nichole Galicia as She-Hulk. I hope the imagery I created proves my theory. Nichole Galicia is The She-Hulk!

Artwork by Ty-Ron Mayes actress Nichole Galicia want to be The Sensational She-Hulk

In the words of the late Stan Lee… Excelsior! ~ Ty-Ron Mayes

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Celebrity Stylist Ty-Ron Mayes Style Tip For Crisp Fit

Looking like a million bucks can be as simple as snip and a stitch. Most clothing are cut to fit a large range of people. Which means, clothing will not fit you perfectly directly off the rack. Suit jackets have wider backs and roomier arms so it can fit a wider range of customers. The cheaper the brand, the boxier the cut.

In order for you to create the look of a custom fit, you should tailor your clothing to fit your body. This is the best way to ensure that your clothes all hit their proper points. With some strategically placed darts, hems and stitches, clothing will lay better on your body. When gaps under your arm lay closer to the body, breaks in a blazer are flattened out and darts are placed at the hips and bust line, clothing not only look and fit better, they also look more expensive.

Many fabrics are delicate and should not be ironed. The hot metal can alter the look and texture of certain fabrics. Steaming clothing instead of ironing will help preserve the life of your clothes throughout the course of time.  A professional Presser can remove wrinkles in a way that many an iron could not. Hems, collars, lapels, suits, dress shirts and wedding gowns should be pressed by a Presser in order to achieve a crisp look.

 

ZOMBIE BOY CREEPS IT REAL

Zombie Boy Creeps It Real

By Ty-Ron Mayes

Zombie Boy photographed by John Mayes at the Betsey Johnson fashion show for New York Fashion Week. Zombie Boy is wearing Gasoline Glamour.

Born Rick Genest of La Salle, Quebec and growing up in Chateauguay, “Rico” aka Zombie Boy first appeared on the world platform in the Lady Gaga’s video, Born This Way. No, that was not make-up in the video… at least not on Rico. Over 80 percent of his body is covered in tattoos, including his face. Rick’s tattoos are what he calls, his “project”. So, what does one do when one nearly escapes death, obsesses over horror films and lives for fashion? Cover nearly every inch of his body with tattoos of bones, rotting flesh, death symbols and bugs. The world’s most unusual Supermodel has been busy appearing in films like 47 Ronin, recording music and walking the runways from Paris to Prague.

As a teenager, Rick Genest was diagnosed with a life-threatening benign brain tumor. At the age of 15, Rick underwent a surgery that many had not survived in the past. Because of the tumor’s position, his options were death or if lucky, blindness and/or to live as a vegetable. When he emerged from the surgery, he was none of the above. Rick was indeed alive and well. Defying the odds, he literally jumped off of the Grim Reaper’s deck of cards and began a new life. The runaway embraced the underground Punk scene and became obsessed with body modification. By age 21, the newly named Rico The Zombie or Zombie Boy… a name his friends call him; enlisted the help of tattoo artist, Frank Lewis. Together, Lewis and Zombie created a walking dead–like, skull-faced character, with Rick Genest’s body as the canvas. For several years, they painfully augmented the appearance of normal, healthy, human flesh into a frightening homage to horror films. Slowly and methodically Genest’s body was transformed from an average 5’9” man, into a decomposing, Zombie-like corpses, with exposed cadaver inspired parts revealing the skeletal, muscular and circulatory system teaming with crawling insects that devour the dead. The result led to two admissions into the Guinness Book of World Records: one for the most bones tattooed on the body (134) and one for the most insects tattooed on the body (176). “My tattoos symbolize life through death, or death through life.”

Zombie Boy wearing The Blonds backstage at The Blonds Fashion Show along with Mao and Amanda Lepore. Knives by Gasoline Glamour. Photo: Mao PR

Soon after his transformation, fashion called and Hollywood followed. His resume reads like a who’s who. Zombie Boy is the first man to sign a contract and became the first male spokesperson for L’Oreal. With a wildly successful viral video that shows how Dermablend can cover even a Zombie and look natural; 15 million viewers watched “Go Beyond The Cover” for Dermablend Professional. The video showed which appears to be a reverse transformation as Zombie Boy was covered with make-up to look like his original un-tattooed self. Currently, he is in talks with L’Oreal for future endorsements.

Zombie Boy served as the face of Thierry Mugler menswear collection and Jay-Z’ Rocawear label in Europe. Furthermore, just about every important photographer in the industry, as well as, magazines around the world has photographed Genest. As an actor, Zombie Boy had a cameo and served as the celebrity pitchman to Universal Studio’s 47 Ronin starring Keanu Reeves. He has also appeared in Aquario, Love at Last Sight and a major role in a film short – “In Faust” which will appear in the Fantasia Film Festival.

But, Zombie Boy’s success story doesn’t stop there. Zombie Boy has recorded 5 music tracks with KAV Blaggers of London including “Dirty Rejects” and “Monsters VS The World”. And while he appearing as a celebrity DJ in countries such as Germany, Austria, Belarus and Russia, he is pouring his soul into his upcoming EP with Riggs (Creative formally of Rob Zombie).

Celebrity Stylist Ty-Ron Mayes (Right) styles and escorts Zombie Boy to the Timo Weiland fashion show at Lincoln Center for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Photography: John Mayes

From runaway street urchin to entrepreneur, Zombie Boy has now launched his Zombie Boy merchandise; which includes cologne, apparel and home décor. Now Zombie Boy fans can buy into the world of Zombie Boy and look like, smell like and even sleep like a Zombie with his whimsical leather helmets, kick ass boots and belts, black candles, curtains and bath towels. Yes, you can even smell like a Zombie with his cologne and anyone who knows Rico The Zombie, knows he loves energy drinks, so it was only natural that he would create a drink to keep you bouncing off the walls when you are feeling dead on your feet.

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Zink Magazine Interviewed Stylist Ty-Ron Mayes About Innovation

Zink Magazine:   What innovation would change your life?

Ty-Ron Mayes:  I am a dreamer and such a futurist at heart. I grew up in a world full of X-Men, Star Wars and all sorts of fantastical scenarios of the future. It would be innovative if we could create a device that would unlock the dormant parts of the brain. At present, we only use 30% of our brain, leaving 70% of our brain as an untapped human resource. If the power of the brain could be augmented, we could possibly time travel, fold time and move forward so we can know all of the answers in life… move back in time to fix all of our mistakes. We could levitate and move through this existence without the need of fuel and read minds so that we could learn how to coexist in harmony without the limitations of language. Designing a device that would unleash the power of the brain would be the greatest invention ever known to man.

Celebrity Stylist Ty-Ron Mayes Chats Resource Magazine & Tyra 15

Celebrity Stylist Ty-Ron Mayes discusses Styling and Art Directing Tyra 15 photo exhibit by Udo Spreitzenbarth

Ty-Ron Mayes – Styling and Creative Direction

Tyra Banks embraces Celebrity Stylist Ty-Ron Mayes on the set of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 20 as The Fashion Consultant To Tyra Banks for ANTM Cycle 20 and the Stylist / Art Director of 15 the photography exhibit of Udo Spreitzenbarth featuring Tyra Banks.

Resource Magazine: The Three Rules to Working With Tyra?

Ty-Ron Mayes: When it comes to working with Tyra Banks, you have got to be on top of your game. She has specific needs, wants and she has her finger on the pulse of what is going on in society at all times. She is “The Queen of Social Media” and is directly tapped into the youth culture. As her stylist, it is so important that I listen to what Tyra has to say. She has great ideas and she is a real artist. She is so beyond just wearing clothing and just looking pretty. She is an incredible artist and Tyra is a very sharp businesswoman. She has an uncanny ability to not only be creative but to communicate that creativity to the people who work for her. So, you are never in the dark when it comes to what she wants and what she likes or dislikes. As the creator of America’s Next Top Model, Tyra comes to the table with great ideas and gives fantastic directions. Unlike many celebrities, she knows what she wants and what she can do. She knows how to delegate power and with that ability, Tyra allows you to interpret her directions into your vision. Fashion is constantly changing and if you can fit fashion within the perimeters in which she is comfortable and executes the project at hand, then bingo… you hit the bull’s eye. And, if she gives you the fierce stamp of approval… then you better rock it because she has done everything… worn the most expensive clothing in the world, seen the finest things life has to offer and traveled nearly every corner of the world. For the record… Tyra thinks I’m FIERCE! Always bring her options and new things. I like presenting new ideas, new concepts, new designers and just keeping everything fresh. When we shot this cover, some of the designers we used were new and that’s what makes Tyra’ s imagery so fresh. We could have easily used designers that the industry loves to patronize over and over again but she likes new people that are doing new things. On the cover, the dress was custom made for Banks by a designer named Nada Abuzaid from Venom Couture. Nada is the creator of the “Gleeve”… which is a glove and sleeve all in one. For the cover, I asked Nada to create a double Gleeve dress. There is only one and it hangs in my closet. Over the dress I layered the Minnie-Mouse skirt from Chromat, had milliner Arturo Rios create a cat-eye fascinator and accessorized the look with a necklace from Giorgio Armani. I am obsessed with new artists and I am always interested in looking for the next hot artist. What I like most about Tyra is she is willing to take risks, work outside of the box and push her brand beyond what people expect from her. This is why 15 is such a compelling project. You are seeing her totally vulnerable, unretouched and stepping outside of her comfort zone.

Resource Magazine: Styling 15: Tell us a little bit about what Tyra is wearing in the series, like as Iman, Grace Jones, Twiggy and Lauren Hutton, for instance.

Ty-Ron Mayes: The wardrobe involved in Tyra 15 was as eclectic as the women she embodied. I took it from couture to the street and from downtown avant-garde to uptown elegance. The essence of each character had to be spot on because I knew we were going to be scrutinized by the media and the general public so I actually had to reschedule Tyra’s “Iman”. This one was the trickiest character because Iman is one of Tyra’s mentors and she had to be done right. In order to capture the Studio 54 era of Iman it was so important to dress her in a piece that would give you the feeling that we were looking at a young Iman in the 80’s. I could not find the wardrobe that would transform Tyra into an 80’s Iman. I kept envisioning a young Iman in 1980’s wearing a “Solid Gold” lame jumper with “Dynasty” shoulder pads. I called my good friend Connie Flemming for help. Connie modeled in the 90’s under the name “Connie Girl” and starred in the George Michael’s “Too Funky” music video alongside Tyra. She wore the iconic red cowboy outfit in the video. Connie who now works for David Dalrymple the designer for House of Field offered to make the jumpsuit for the shoot. David draped it and two days later, Connie delivered it to the set and with the aid of a pair of brown contact lenses, we were able to shoot the Iman image. Grace Jones was a total fluke. I was actually looking for a decadent jumpsuit for Iman. Of course I went to Patricia Field’s looking for the “Iman look” and behold… I looked up to see several breastplates suspended from the ceiling as if the Fashion gods sent them to me. I mean… they were screaming STRANGE’! I quickly took some digitals and sent them to Tyra. She agreed… total Strange’! It was so ironic that Grace Jones played Strange’ in Eddie Murphy’s movie “Boomerang”, which is Tyra’s and my favorite movie. I hope Grace feels like we did her justice. Other personalities such as Carmen Dell’Orefice wore Jean-Paul Gaultier and it really helped us embody the elegance of Carmen. Lauren Hutton was a look I was really proud of. I think I nailed that one with the fedora and white pantsuit. People have no idea how dedicated Tyra was to 15. She lost 10 pounds and was swimsuit ready for her Kate Upton tribute. She “T’werked” and “Cat Daddyed” in the skimpiest swimsuit form La Perla and rolled around in a makeshift bed as Cindy Crawford in a Moschino swimwear. Remember… there was absolutely no retouching. For the new girls on the block, I layered several bridge wear designers to create the young edgy looks that were Karlie Kloss and Cara Delevingne. And, I made sure Tyra was reppin’ LA with a baller cap from Harlem and she rocked a Vivienne Westwood t-shirt so “Cara” could rep London, England. Then we had Jerry Hall who just… “luv mah dahmonds sugah.” For the record, Tyra’s “Jerry Hall” was dripping in thousands of dollars in Damiani diamonds set in white gold. For one year Tyra 15 was like a fashion decathlon.

Resource Magazine: The Prepwork: What kinda “homework” goes into styling and concepting a series such as 15? Could you walk us through some of the concepts?

Ty-Ron Mayes: As the Creative Director and Stylist for Tyra 15, conceptualizing the unique project was a lot of fun to execute. On the surface, it appeared that I was styling Tyra Banks for 15, but in essence I was really styling 15 different people, with 15 different personalities and styles. On top of that, we had to bounce from one era to another era. When Tyra, Udo and I decided that we were going to tribute models for the exhibition, I had to not think of “Tyra Banks” as the brand that I am accustomed to dressing. For me Tyra had to become a blank canvas in which I would dress this living art instillation. As a Stylist, my philosophy is to not dress the person, but to dress the character that the subject will become. It’s a technique I have used throughout my career in every editorial. When you dress the character, you can really transform people into just about anyone and really tell your story. Of course, I was working with an incredible frame that could support drastic transformations. Tyra is a model, an actress and a larger than life personality so I knew that she could really do this project and the end result would be powerful. Watching Tyra manipulate every muscle in her face creating the pouty-lipped Kate Moss or the scowling beauty of Grace Jones was awe-inspiring. She really did her homework and came to the set with tons of images of each woman in her own personal iPad. I knew I had a lot of responsibility on my shoulders. My homework was extensive. I worked directly with Tyra in helping select the look and the era of each of these incredible women. So, when it came to Iman, which Iman would we tribute? Will it be the Iman of today or 80’s Iman? Which Linda Evangelista were we going to document? Will we do blonde Linda, redhead Linda or brunette Linda? Will it be a 90’s Cindy? We were constantly passing the baton to the other members of Team Tyra who were also doing their homework. Valente was shopping for make-up and studying their specific make-up style so when he had to do Cindy, he would sculpt eyebrows and create her iconic mole. Sher Rae prepared lace-front wigs with Cindy’s blonde streaks. Sher Rae was constantly grabbing, dying and cutting wigs around the clock. And, she along with Anthony Palermo bought several options so we were able to shoot Linda with flaming red hair and Linda as a cool blonde. Because we respected each other’s craft and we communicated so well, when we came together for the shoot days which were spread out over a year, we really flowed and worked like a well oiled engine. Everyone involved is a true master in their perspective fields but without Udo Spreitzenbarth’s photography, none of the Tyra 15 images would have been as accurate. This project was demanding on all of us, but it was extremely demanding on Udo. I have worked with many top photographers for over 20 years and often photographers have one specific photographic style they feel comfortable shooting. Often it is a style that they spent years developing and refuse to deviate from their singular vision. But, this was a task that needed Udo to step out of his comfort zone and shoot different styles from different photographers. And, to add to the difficulty, there was absolutely no retouching. Once Tyra and I figured out what era and look each model was going to be shot in and I sorted out all of the wardrobe, I had to then get Udo on board so that he could execute the proper photographic style. When shooting Iman, Udo nailed that 80’s Skrebneski lighting. He documented our Kate Moss’ heroin chic images as if it was shot through the lens of Mario Sorrenti. He effortlessly captured Patrick Demarchelier’s Linda Evangelista, as well as, Richard Avedon’s Lauren Hutton. I know for a fact that I could have not done this project if not for the flexible genius of Udo Spreitzenbarth’s photography, the incredible artistry of Emmy- Award Winning Make-up Artist Valente Frazier, the super talented Hair Stylist Sher Rae Tucker and of course the multi-faceted Tyra Banks whose incredible beauty is rivaled only by her limitless talent.

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Creative Streaks

This season, show your creativity as you become the curator of your own wardrobe. Champion your individuality with options such as off kilter prints, unusual textures and metallic embellishments, all while blending your own style medley. Collect unexpected ensembles, show off new embellishments and relish in lavish colors that reflect your artistic way of living as you surround yourself with artsy collectibles and rare finds.       – Ty-Ron Mayes

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The Words “Blond” and “Blonde” are Not Wholly Synonymous

The Words “Blond” and “Blonde” are Not Wholly Synonymous

DAVEN HISKEY MAY 11, 2011 15

Today I found out the words “blond” and “blonde” are not wholly synonymous.  So what’s the difference between the words “blond” and “blonde”? (besides the obvious extra ‘e’) 

The difference is simply in what gender the word is referring.  When referring to a woman with yellow hair, you should use the feminine spelling “blonde”.  When referring to a male with yellow hair, you should use the spelling “blond”.

This then is one of the few cases of an adjective in English that uses distinct masculine and feminine forms.

Bonus Facts:

• The word blond derives from the Old French word “blund”, meaning literally “a color midway between golden and light chestnut”.  “Blund” then is typically thought to have come from the Latin word “blundus”, which was a vulgar pronunciation of the Latin “flavus”, which means “yellow”.  The French origin of the word “blond” is how we get the added “e” on the end when using the feminine form.
• Another oft’ misused spelling of a word is fiancé vs. fiancée.  The former is a male engaged to be married; the latter, with the extra ‘e’, is a woman engaged to be married.
• “Blond” first appeared in English around 1481 and was later reintroduced in the 17th century; and has since gradually replaced the term “fair”, in English, to describe yellow hair.
• “Blond” isn’t the only hair color that has alternate spellings based on whether it refers to male or female hair.  The word “brunet” also shares that distinction.  The spelling is “brunet” when referring to a man’s hair and “brunette” when referring to a woman’s hair.
• Alfred Hitchcock liked to cast blonde women for main characters in his films as he believed people would suspect them least, hence the term “Hitchcock blonde”.
• A person with a typical full blond head of hair will have about 120,000 hairs on their head; brunets average about 100,000 hairs on their heads while red heads generally only average around 80,000 hairs.
• Hair does not grow faster or longer the more you cut it.
• While the previous “old wives’ tale”, that hair grows faster/longer the more it is cut, has been proven false; another such long held adage, that stress contributes in making your hair go gray faster, has been proven true.  This is because the same effects of stress in your body that do damage to DNA also deplete the melanocyte stem cells in hair follicles.  These MSCs are responsible for making pigment producing cells.

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Marilyn Monroe was Not Even Close to a Size 12-16

Marilyn Monroe was Not Even Close to a Size 12-16

DAVEN HISKEY APRIL 17, 2012 84

Myth: Marilyn Monroe was a size 12-16.

From Roseanne Barr stating, “I’m more sexy than Pamela Lee or whoever else they’ve got out there these days. Marilyn Monroe was a size 16. That says it all”, to Elizabeth Hurley stating,  “I’ve always thought Marilyn Monroe looked fabulous, but I’d kill myself if I was that fat…I went to see her clothes in the exhibition, and I wanted to take a tape measure and measure what her hips were. She was very big”, you’ll often hear people saying Marilyn Monroe was around the same size as the average American woman today (12-16).  In fact, nothing could be further from the truth, at least by today’s sizing systems.

How this myth got started isn’t exactly known.  One possible contributing factor to this myth was Marilyn Monroe’s atypical extreme hour glass shape.  More directly, it probably partially stems from the fact that women’s sizes today are not at all equivalent to women’s sizes in the 1950s. In the 1980s, in order to accommodate people’s vanity and ever expanding girth, the U.S. Department of Commerce got rid of the uniform sizing system and instead allowed for more ego stroking sizes.  As a result of this, today, a size 8 would have been roughly equivalent to a size 16-18 in the 1950s, obviously though this varies a shocking amount from brand to brand.

So what size was Marilyn Monroe actually?  Luckily, many of her dresses, carefully preserved, are still around to measure off of.  Further, one of her dress makers also chimed in with exact measurements he took.  Those measurements were 5 ft. 5.5 inches tall; 35 inch bust; 22 inch waist (approximately 2-3 inches less than the average American woman in the 1950s and 12 inches less than average today); and 35 inch hips, with a bra size of 36D.  Her weight fluctuated a bit through her career, usually rising in times of depression and falling back to her normal thereafter, but her dressmaker listed her as 118 pounds and the Hollywood studios tended to list her between 115-120 lbs.

As to what size Marilyn Monroe would be in women’s sizes today, that’s not an easy thing to answer due to the differing sizes from brand to brand, country to country, and the fact that her extreme hour glass shape would have made it difficult for her to find the perfect size while clothes shopping.  Lucky for her, she could afford to have her clothing custom made, which she usually did.

As a direct example of her size, the white dress she wore in The Seven Year Itch was recently auctioned off and was put on a mannequin that was a size 2, but they were still unable to zip up the dress as the mannequin was too big.  Many of her other dresses that exist from throughout her career match up to about the same, give or take an inch or two.  That being said, Marilyn Monroe at times would have her dresses so tight they’d have to be sown onto her, so something more comfortable in a size 4-ish (American) and something like an 8 in the U.K. is probably more accurate with most brands, though it should be noted that a 22 inch waist in many popular American jean sizes today would be below a 0.  So, again, the exact size is difficult to nail down thanks to the non-standardized sizing system we have today.

If you’re curious as to how that compares to modern contemporary fashion models, according to BluFire Model Registry, models are generally in the vicinity of a 34 bust; 24 waist; and 34 hips, which is very close to Monroe’s measurements of 35-22-35.  They list the average model  today at 5 ft. 8 inches, to Monroe’s 5 ft 5.5 inches.   Elizabeth Hurley, who in the above quote called Marilyn Monroe “fat”, actually has around the same dimensions: 34-24-34, though is about 5 inches taller than Monroe was.

So while it’s often lamented (rightly so) that female models and actresses today set a standard that no normal woman can realistically live up to, the same was true in the Marilyn Monroe era, minus Photoshop, even though she’s often used today as an example of how things were different “back in the day”. Probably the perception of the difference between then and now lies more in the fact that the average American is a lot bigger today.  To this point, the average American woman in the 1950s had a 25 inch waist compared to Monroe’s 22 inches.  Whereas today, the average American woman has a waist size of 34 inches, so the gap between the models and “average” was much less pronounced then.  And, of course, today we have more advanced means of photo and video editing to make the gap seem even larger, with the edited results being truly unattainable. At least a 22-24 inch waist is do-able for some with a significant amount of work via a great fitness routine and healthy diet.  A 22 inch waist that is then Photoshopped to look smaller, on the other hand, just isn’t healthily attainable, not to mention that any blemishes are also removed from pictures and film quite easily today via these modern editing techniques.

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How World War I Helped Popularize the Bra

How World War I Helped Popularize the Bra

TERYNN BOULTON MAY 25, 2013 3

Corsets dominated the undergarments of wealthier women in the Western world for centuries, until WWI. So how did the war help popularize the bra?  In a word, or two words in this case: metal shortage. The making of corsets required quite a bit of metal.  Thus, in 1917, the U.S. War Industries Board asked American women to help their “men win the war” by not wearing or buying corsets.

This may seem like it would only make a small difference; but, in fact, during the war it is estimated that they freed up around 28,000 tons of steel by this change.  (Similar reasoning later led to the banning of pre-sliced bread in the U.S. during WWII, with much less success.)

Besides conserving resources, other aspects of the war also contributed to the demise of the corset and the rise of the bra.  For instance, during the war, American women found themselves working in factories, places where it simply wasn’t possible to function properly wearing an ultra-tight, ultra-restrictive corset.  Still needing some support in these active jobs, the bra became the most used alternative.

By the end of the war, fashion-conscious women in North America and Europe were now mostly wearing brassieres and soon mass-production of bras ramped up, despite their no longer being metal shortages nor were as many women still working factories and the like. Women in Asia, Africa, and Latin America  followed the trend. The reason the switch was more or less made permanent was that corsets were designed to accentuate the curvy Victorian ideal of beauty by cinching the waist and boosting the breasts. In the process, this made it very difficult to breathe and squeezed women’s waists so much that it could even displace organs and cause certain internal problems, along with symptoms such as fainting, gynecological issues, flushing, and nausea, among others. With corsets out, women could move and breathe again.

So who invented the first bra?  Wearing a specialized garment to support a woman’s breasts dates as far back as at least the 14th century BC in Greece where women wore a band of wool or linen that was wrapped across the breasts and tied or pinned in the back.  Depictions of these first bras can be seen in wall drawing in Crete, worn by female athletes during athletic events. The women in this civilization also seem to have often worn bra-like clothing items that were actually designed to expose the breasts, while also pushing them up and making them more prominent.

As to the modern bra, it isn’t clear who was the first to invent it as numerous patents in various nations were filed in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries concerning bras.  Along with the official patent records, an early 19th century push-up bra was recently discovered in the London Science Museum storage rooms; so even before they were being patented, at least some intrepid women seem to have been wearing something like a modern bra design.

The apparent “first” modern bra design patented in the U.S. was made by Caresse Crosby, born Mary Phelps Jacob, who invented her design in 1910. She got the idea for her bra when she was just 19 years old and heading to a ball.  Her dress for the evening was a sheer gown.  Owing to her large breast size, the dress and a corset didn’t work- the whale bone in the corset stuck out of her dress at the top.  She then, with the help of her maid, took two handkerchiefs and some ribbon and sewed them together to make something like a modern day bra, so she would still have support but not need to wear the corset.

After her bra being the talk of the party, with several women requesting she make bras for them, she decided to make a business out of it and patented her “backless brassiere”, with the patent being approved on November 3, 1914.  She initially didn’t have much luck selling her bra and decided to close down the business, selling the patent rights to Warners Brothers Corset Company of Connecticut.  From the sale she profited $1,500, which is approximately $30,000 today.  Not bad, until you consider that Warners Brothers Co. managed to do quite a bit better with the patent, ultimately earning an estimated $15 million, $200-$300 million today, from it in the following three decades.

Various advancements were made on these early bras, reflecting the shifting fashion trends.  In the 1920s, the flat chested, flapper look was queen, and bra styles reflected this.  Soon a full chested look, not unlike what was produced by corsets, became popular again. In 1947, Frederick Mellinger, founder of Frederick’s of Hollywood, introduced his design for the padded bra; a year later, his design for the modern push up bra came out which was called “Rising Star”. Before 1950, Mellinger would also introduce us to the front hook bra and more colorful brassieres.

In 1977, Lisa Lindahl and her childhood friend, Polly Smith, fashioned the modern day sports bra out of two jock straps (seriously). They teamed up with clothing designer Hinda Miller and soon the “Jogbra” was available to the general public. That same year Victoria’s Secret was founded by Stanford MBA, Roy Raymond.

How we size bras wasn’t invented until the late 1920s or 1930s, with some contention over who actually invented the modern sizing system. Some historians credit William Rosenthal and his wife Ida.  Others claim it was S.H. Camp and Company who introduced the A, B, C, D letter sizing, with documented evidence of Camp and Co.’s claim appearing in early 1930s ad campaigns showing such sizing. Whoever was really first, the brassiere sizing system, at least as far as the terminology went, soon caught on with other bra manufactures. Before this, bras tended to come in a mostly one size fits all variety, using stretchable material in the cup to accommodate women of varying sizes.

The sizing method that was come up with, which by the way is not standard from nation to nation, and can even vary somewhat from manufacturer to manufacturer, consists of two measurements – a linear measurement measuring underneath the breasts and around the ribcage, and then a second measurement, measuring the bra cup size itself, which is measured in volume. In this system, an A cup generally can hold around 8 fluid ounces; a B cup around 13 fluid ounces; a C cup around 21 fluid ounces; and a D cup around 27 fluid ounces.

 

TWA Flight 800 Crashed due to surface to air missile killing Fashion Legend!

TWA Flight 800 crash not due to gas tank explosion, former investigators say | The Lookout – Yahoo! News.

 

I lost a great mentor in the Crash of TWA Flight 800. The Late, Great Rico Puhlmann was an incredible photographer and a very gentle man. I worked with him when I was hired by Amica Magazine for 2 year as their Junior Stylist. It was the late 90’s and the crew was on their way to Paris to shoot a story when the plane crashed. The photo assistant was a new Father. So much was lost and to think we were all lied to by the government. 

I lived in Queens near JFK at the time and everyone reported to the news that they witnessed a surface to air missile originate from the ground, streak through the sky, explode on impact at the exterior of the plane and then burst into flames from the inside out. Thousands of witnesses all told the same story. Eventually, the new reports were altered to keep the public calm and TWA unnecessarily went out of business. (TWA was sacrificed!) 

We have been under war longer than you know. People… please wake up and open your eyes! 

 

 

Fist fighting Housewives, Big Butt Fashionistas, rose giving lunatics and crazy ex-child stars are all distraction mechanisms pumped into your homes that keep our youth uninformed, under educated and docile.  All for the sole purpose that the government can control the thoughts of the masses…. SHEEPLE (Sheep People)!