Gone fishin’! As I mentioned in the last post, this March I will take time off from writing posts, and will come back hopefully refreshed in April. Feel free to read my previous posts – there are 340 of them!
Meanwhile, I leave you with this awesome portrait of the late Cicely Tyson, photographed in 1972 by Lord Snowden. Here’s Ms Tyson’s interview in InStyle magazine printed just before her death. Take a close look at her dress which she wore to the premiere of her movie Sounder; it’s designed by Bill Whitten, who was unknown to me until now. Notice anything? The entire gown seems to be made up of old linens and textiles (in 1972!) — that’s just my observation. I’ll try to rustle up some more information about this dress, if I can.
So, see you guys in a month! Be good and stay healthy. Love, Samina
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hey Samina! thanks for the pic. she talks about it in her autobio, “Just as I Am” (C. Tyson)
she had just been nominated for a golden globe for her portrayal of a 1930s sharecropper in “Sounder” (movie). For awards ceremonies she asked Whitten to design the dress her character, a 1930s sharecropper, would have worn if she had the money to ask a designer to make something really fancy out of the remnant materials that were available to her
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Thanks for that bit of amazing info. Will now go and get her book.
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