OPEN POST: For the Love of Boa

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Aretha Franklin

Today's post is a love letter to a beloved, timeless accessory: the boa. Dating back to at least the early 1800s, this fashion favorite was named after the snake of which it resembles. My current regret in life is having never experienced the eleganza of wearing one of these beauties, so on the bucket list this year it goes. If you happen to see me strolling down the avenue and the fashion is just too much for you, you'll just have to excuse my beauty!

Joan Collins at the film premier of The Man with the Golden Gun

At the Ascot Races - Lady Congleton and companion, 1926

The Supremes

Janis Joplin, 1970

Berlin Street Scene, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1913)

Patti Boulaye - Feb 13, 1983

Elton John

Elsa Schiaparelli

Feeding the Doves, Edmond Alphonse (1862)

Silent Film Still: Couples

Leslie Jordan

Happy Friday, Peckers!

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