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![Last Days](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pompeii-1.png)
Last Days
If I had a movie theater I’d happily go broke showing films like “The Last Days of Pompeii” ( or “Gli Ultimi Giorni Di Pompei”) a 1926 silent movie with hand colored frames that recently had its first US showing…
![Wingwalkers](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/gladys-400x276.png)
Wingwalkers
All things ariel seem to attract my attention these days. But how could you not get excited about wingwalker Gladys Ingle? A friend just sent me this amazing video. Riding on the top wing of a plane, early stunt woman Gladys…
![Kiki in Motion](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Picture-1-400x300.png)
Kiki in Motion
Kiki de Montparnasse, Man Ray‘s famously saucy lady muse, plays a big role in Encyclopedia of the Exquisite. I was thinking of her today and came across this great, short compilation of archival black and white film footage of Kiki—shot…
![Fashion Rules](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/poiret-308x300.png)
Fashion Rules
This post will serve a dual purpose: first, it’s to let you know that I have been swallowed up by the fashion machine, and will spend the next month covering the fashion shows here. (And my updates on this site…
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