POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL By Boudoir Queen

Austin Chronicle After A Fashion

Photography By Todd V. Wolfson Model Kelly Boudoir Queen Top Gold 695.00 Mauve top 495.00 Sequined and Jet Netted Cloche', Corsage Metallic lace Cuff,Headband, Jet necklace and re-worked Jet applique' Jeans all Boudoir Queen These photos were in the Stephen's After A Fashion Column in the Austin Chronicle. The gold metallic lace top sold to Tommy Lee Jones Wife Dawn. I love both of these photos and Stephen Moser did a great write up on Boudoir Queen.

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Fashionable Valentine's gifts 2/12/2004 11:04 AM By: Cheryl Bishop

Dawn Denton says she is a true romantic and not just around Valentine's Day.

You can see her girly personality in all of the lacy, feminine things in her accessory line.

The name of her company is even romantic: Boudoir Queen. The name stems from the 1920s Boudoir dolls, which were the inspiration for Denton's business.

"So, I decided to do a purse with a doll face on it which is what they used to do in the '20s, so I made the purse and I thought, 'OK I'm just going to wear it into Barney's and just see what people do,'" Denton said.

Despite the chaos the bag created and an onsite sale of $500, Denton knew she was on to a great idea.

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    Valentine fashion

Dawn Denton's accessories make great gifts for Valentine's Day.

Her line then grew into more romantic pieces like wristbands. The first ones she created ended up on the cover of Tribeza magazine.

Famous singing artists Patti Griffin and Emmy Lou Harris are also clients.

Denton describes one of her favorite pieces, "It's just a long glove but it's made from French 1920s lace which is really hard to find. I love it. If you went out and you just had on jeans and wore this with a pretty top, I think it makes the whole outfit."

For Valentine's Day, she has created a special neck piece made from 100 year old fabric with a special charm and heart buttons.

Her clothing line is growing too, her jeans are the newest addition.

You can send Dawn your favorite jeans and she'll also add the ruffles to your derriere. Your fashion conscious valentine will enjoy the romance of ruffles, lace and being a Boudoir Queen year round.

BOUDOIR QUEEN SHOOT TODD V. WOLFSON

There are too many fabulous photos to choose! I love this shoot. This dress sold for 450.00 in 2003 to an artist in New York. It is our CLASSIC IRIS dress. This purple one is one of my personal favs. Model Kelly for Boudoir Queen

2003 Time Capsule or Struck Gold?

This was an interesting find. Since my cats knocked my favorite laptop onto the floor and broke it I have been trying to upload all of my old photos into my new computer. I was going thru all of my shoots that were on a disc and stumbled across this one. It's dated Feb, 2003.I was celebrating my Cuff being on the cover of PASTE Magazine. We put Fabulous Britney in the window at pink and as you can see by the photos she was quite the attraction. This is when I had my studio at Pink Salon and Gallery on Congress in Austin. Looking at these photos I noticed that I have really stayed on track with my original concept of designing. Notice the metallic lace arm corset and the rhinestone straps and metal lace cap sleeves. Farrah who is now doing hair in New York is wearing my floral metallic lace headband with a giant velvet orange flower. Kelly my old assistant(now designing for Naeem Khan) has on the black lace widows cuff.Taylor is wearing one of my large Feather ostrich Feather hair plumes. I also love the photo of Kelly putting the Marie Antoinette Necklace on Model Britney. In one of Stephen's columns he wrote that Britney looks like a young Nancy Sinatra .I also came across a photo of a super young Miguel which I will be posting on my myspace. I love these photos and am happy I came across the lost disc. I had only had one photo in the computer from this shoot. Oh by the way this isn't all I found I'll post more photos later when I get a chance.

A Little About Me

favorite muse of the late unsurpassed photographer saloniste' and arbiter of high decadence Steven Arnold. Dawn would be seen around Hollywood looking like a tall blonde Cocteau statue wearing the most incredibly put together looks we had ever seen. I'll never forget her dress composed of an Aleister Crowley collage and her bat-wing false eyelashes. Her collections have been inspired by such diverse unique souls of the past such as kiki de Montparnasse, Marchessa Casati and the great Erte' who was a friend. Her sense of style is also very reminiscent of the great Italian designer Donella Donati who did the costuming for Fellini's films. Dawn was doing Edie Sedgwick style and fashion shoots way before there was ever a movie.I introduced her to Bobby Neuwirth Edie"s long time boyfriend and close friend of Bob Dylan famous for writing "Oh lord wont you buy me a Mercedes Benz" Dawns instinct for the unique and the pleasing permeate her work and the atmosphere she invokes around herself. Written by Joanne Fradkin Pigments Cosmetics Beverly Hills" In the 60's Joanne also did the light shows for Jefferson Airplane at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

"Dawn's clothing and accessories have a lot of soul. That's getting harder and harder to find in the fashion world these days" Patty Griffin Singer/songwriter

Dawn Denton is as inspired as it gets in her view of clothing. Her eye for textiles and textures, design and shape..make all the difference for the wearer and the observer. Her creations are one-of-a-kind works of art...I wish i got to work and play with her more.... Written By Todd Wolfson Photographer
Photograph above of Dawn Taken By the Fabulous Steven Arnold

Walking In A Boudoir Wonderland

SOLD* WONDERLAND JACKET

We have so many new items at Boudoir Queen. We will try to list more as soon as possible online. Tons of clothes,corsets,headbands,cuffs jewels you name it we will be listing it. We have a lot going at the store so I'll try and post a few items everyday if I can. There are hundreds of photos to edit and we a are doing a few -professional shoots with some really fabulous photogs also! If there is something you want feel free to email me direct. It's easier for me that way. We have new stores we are selling to and a big event in Austin.Lots of fun stuff going on. More on that later. Thanks!

Belle of the Deep Collection New Snap Shots From Boudoir Queen

This item is sold but we are listing a similar one in teal and Black Pre-order Pretty Please! 375.00 All Vintage this is not a re-worked garment. It is made and patterned by us using all vintage 20's materials.

New at the Boudoir

"The Lucky Top" Deco Grecian Shamrock Top Sold 375.00 all Vintage Fabrics and Lace netting unique shamrocks from the 1920's.

ALL NEW AT BOUDOIR QUEEN

Check out our Etsy shop! I love our new Skelington Stitch!

YE OLE WEBCAM

Why are webcam pictures always so weird? The lighting is always bad. Oh well here I am I rarely post pics of myself so why not a bad one! Off to bed I have a crazy work week with all the girls starting bright and early tomorrow morning! We have some great new jewelry,head-bands all sorts of new things put online. ; )

What's Been Selling @ Boudoir Queen Teasers

Here are a few little tease photos of some gorgeous dresses and tops that are new @ BQ The following garments are sold but we are madly in the process of making new wonderful garments to put online. They go fast! Pre-order pretty please !!

Heather and Ellie Very Cool !!

http://www.heatherandellie.co.uk/

http://www.irregularchoice.co.uk/competition/

Fleur de Fabulous

Want to buy Italian and British Vogue??

We own all the magazines that we post "editorials" from so if you are looking to buy outdated issues email me! I'm selling some of my collection as I have mentioned in past blogs.I've collected since I was a make-up artist and I have an extensive collection. I'm all about buying my own magazines.

It's Only RoCk and RoLL

This is really old but I found it online and thought I would post. I have the mag and had this photo hanging in my studio forever. I loved these pants! The whole look actually.

LOU

Fairy Flair

A Day at the Circus

Les dames du dessous

Les dames du dessous Magazine : Elle - april 2008 Editorial : Les dames du dessous Photographer : Eric Traoré

IRINA

IRINA L'OVNI TENDER BY JAN WELTERS FOR ELLE

Magazine : ELLE - 24/05/08 Editorial : Irina L'Ovni tender Photographer: Jan Welters Model : Irina Lazareanu

BON VOYAGE WHITNEY

So it was everything I could do to stay up and go to a party that started at midnight. I love whitney and it was her going away party for the summer so I had to see my girl off. Whitney is going to Spain and living and working in London. At some point meeting up with Jenovia in Africa. Dagny might even go and they invited me but mark and I are going next year so I'll have to pass. Miguel our fab friend was nice enough to host a party for her across from the Beauty Bar (creekside) We saw a lot of friends including Dagny and of course whitney's entourage of photographers. I was able to line up a shoot for next week so thats great! We saw Mr. Hotchkiss and that is always a delight. It was a late night!!

I love you Whitney you are probably in the air right now!! We miss you already!!

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Yesterday at Boudoir Queen

Christine seriously working on a new garment

More little EDIE Styles

Little Edie

I thought I would post this for my girls at work. We have been watching Grey Gardens at the shop while working. It's great background crazy noise. It looks like John Galliano also likes little Edie!

On Tuesday afternoon I will have some interesting updates on what's happening with Boudoir Queen.

GLORIA SWANSON AND HER LOOK ALIKE BOUDOIR DOLL

I own this magazine and have the original photo if any boudoir doll collectors are interested.

Nazimova Boudoir Doll

This is the one and only Allah Nazimova doll that I know about. It was featured in the Magic and Romance of Art Dolls written by my friend Stephanie Farago. I bought the doll from her and sold it a few years ago. It's very rare!

Anita Boudoir Doll

The Anita doll is the doll face that I use for all my purses,pillows and boxes.

Thinking of Cats

Come visit us at our store in Austin!!

Cali and Dagny Modeling for Boudoir Queen

Photo by Todd V. Wolfson

STOP BY BOUDOIR QUEEN IN AUSTIN

5453 Burnet Road in the Court Yard Shops

hmmm

This model looks just like one of my old assistants. For those of you who know me well........can you guess who?

Just A Couple of Witches

Billie Hayes played the funniest

pain-in-the-ass witch

that ever lived.

Over the years, Billie Hayes has delighted audiences the world over with her many characters portrayed in film, television, and stage. She is best known for her legendary role as Witchiepoo on the popular classic TV series H.R. Pufnstuf, and for her portrayal of Mammy Yokum in the hit musical Li'l Abner.

Wicked Witch of the West

INTRODUCING ... MISS MARGARET HAMILTON, OR, AS SHE LIKED TO BE CALLED BY HER FRIENDS ... MAGGIE:

Margaret Hamilton Meserve was born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 9, 1902, the youngest of four children.

Margaret Hamilton obtained her teaching certificate in 1923 from the Wheelock Kindergarten Training School in Boston.

On June 13, 1931, Margaret Hamilton married Paul Boynton Meserve, a landscape architect. Together they had one son, Hamilton Wadsworth Meserve. The marriage ended in divorce in 1938 and Margaret raised her son alone in California.

For nearly fifteen years, Margaret Hamilton lived in Los Angeles, California before establishing permanent residence in New York City in 1951. Wherever her home was, she regularly traveled back and forth between coasts to perform in both movies and the theatre and later in television.

Among her other accomplishments, Margaret Hamilton was an honorary trustee of the Cleveland Play House and was the recipient in 1977 of the Governor's Award of the State of Ohio. She was also a member of the Veterans Hospital Radio and TV Guild. She would visit hospitals to work with disabled veterans interested in the theatre and broadcasting.

Margaret Hamilton's performances included some seventy-five movies, at least as many stage plays, countless radio and television dramas, and even television commercials. Her most famous roles were as Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West in MGM's 1939 classic film, The Wizard of Oz and as television's Cora, the New England storekeeper who sold Maxwell House coffee.

Margaret Hamilton had already played in some twenty-five films before she accepted the role of Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz.

Margaret Hamilton once said this about her role as the Wicked Witch, "I don't look on it as any great shakes of acting," she explained to Al Cohn in an interview for Newsday (March 19, 1978). "It's not subtle or restrained. It isn't any of the things you like to think might apply to your acting."

Some other memorable films that Margaret Hamilton appeared in after The Wizard of Oz included: My Little Chickadee, The Oxbow Incident, Guest in the House, George White's Scandals, State of the Union, The Red Pony, The Beautiful Blonde, Bashful Bend, 13 Ghosts, and Brewster McCloud.

One of Margaret Hamilton's assets as a character actress has been her distinctive nose, whose bump she inherited from her father.

Margaret Hamilton once told Robert C. Roman in an interview for After Dark Magazine that the The Wizard of Oz keeps coming back every year "because it's such a beautiful film. I don't think any of us knew how lovely it was at first. But, after a while, we all began to feel it coming together--and knew we had something. I can watch it again and again and remember wonderful Judy, Bert, Ray, Jack, Billie, Frank and how wonderful they all were. The scene that always gets to me, though, and I think it's one of the most appealing scenes I've ever seen, is the one where the Wizard gives the gifts to them at the end. Frank [Morgan] was just like that as a person. And every time I see him do it, the tears come to my eyes. I listen to the words. I think of Frank, and I know how much he meant what he said, and how much the words themselves mean."

Margaret Hamilton's role as the Wicked Witch of the West is loved by many Oz fans. As a result, she was frequently called upon to reflect on her experiences in MGM's classic film. Two such examples are introductions that Margaret wrote for the following books: The Wizard of Oz by L.Frank Baum, beautifully illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt, published by The Unicorn Publishing House in 1985 just before her death. And, the 1977 edition of The Making of The Wizard of Oz by Aljean Harmetz.

Margaret Hamilton's enormous stage and screen presence far outweighed her physical stature as she stood only five feet tall and weighed only 115 pounds.

Margaret Hamilton died May 16, 1985 from a heart attack in a nursing home in Salisbury, Connecticut.

LADY SINGS THE BLUES

I love Billie Holiday. My husband bought me the film Lady Sings The Blues I hadn't watched it in a few years. Diana Ross was great in it. I met Miss Ross a few times when I worked at Bruno and Soonie in Beverly Hills. Her daughter Tracey bought my Poor Little Rich Girl Line in the 90's. Tracey now has a fabulous boutique on Sunset Blvd.

Lady Sings the Blues is a 1972 film about jazz singer Billie Holiday based on her 1956 autobiography of the same name. It was produced by Motown Productions for Paramount Pictures. Diana Ross portrayed Holiday, alongside a cast including Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan and Scatman Crothers.
The movie was adapted by Chris Clark, Suzanne De Passe and Terence McCloy from the book by William Dufty and Billie Holiday. It was directed by Sidney J. Furie.
It was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning none. The nominations were for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Diana Ross), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Music, Original Song Score and Adaptation (Gil Askey) and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced.[1]
The same year, Motown released a successful soundtrack double-album of Ross' recordings of Billie Holiday songs from the film, also titled Lady Sings the Blues. The album became one of the Number-one albums of 1973 (U.S.) in the Billboard Hot 200 Album Charts,[2] in the weeks of April 7 and 14, 1973.

This and that

This week we sold some amazing dresses. This is a tease of one of the dresses that was my favorite.

Now off to my Fashion Show meeting.

It's Turban Time again!

I love the look of this turban it's very Magical Mystery Tour!

Chromium Dumb Belle Why you gotta be so Cool!

New at Chromium Dumb Belle-Pierrot Cuffs and Collar

New and Blue....to keep from sniveling....

The new 'body' peices are inspired by old weepy tales....miserable stuff! Escamille the heartbroken bullfighter... scowling aged ladies...misshapen pierrots....jealous teary theatricals and other secret sobbing frowning fancies...

Boo Hoo....

Something for Me

I'm always buying for my store and clients but this time I bought something for me. We have been working so hard at work filling orders and making new goodies that I decided I needed a small gift for myself.

I collect vintage lingerie and this with a Huge Art Deco "Bathers on a Tropic Shore" Design on the Front Panel,& delicate silk Embroidered Rose Medallion topped with matching Silk Lace was not to be missed. I love wearing these camisoles with jeans. This one is rare with the scene on it. Sometimes just a little piece of lace makes me happy.

I did just buy an amazing lot of 2die for 20's lingerie that a friend brought back from New Orleans. It's in my shop now so make an appointment!

Me sometime in the late 90's

I look like I'm mad in this photo ; /