#july 1962

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[baseballbybsmile]

Today In 1962: 41-year-old St. Louis Cardinals legend Stan Musial slams 3 home runs in a 15-1 victory vs. the New York Mets at the Polo Grounds, NYC!

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US Vogue July 1962

Simone d'Aillencourt in a short red check mohair coat Shown here with an elegant high-crowned black leather cap from Christian Dior-New York. La Vigna coat. Black kid leather gloves, Van Raalte.

Simone d'Aillencourt dans un manteau court en mohair à carreaux rouges Montré ici avec une élégante casquette en cuir noir à haute couronne de Christian Dior-New York. Manteau de La Vigna. Gants en cuir de chevreau noir, Van Raalte.

Photo Karen Radkai vogue archive

[dear-missmonroe]

American actress Marilyn Monroe wearing a black wig, Beverly Hills, California, July 1962. The two sessions for the photoshoot took place in late June and early July, only weeks before her death on 5th August 1962. The images were published posthumously in Vogue magazine under the title 'The Last Sitting'.

[ripplefactor]

‘He also briefly encountered Marilyn Monroe. Peter Lawford had invited him out to his house in Malibu for a night of tacos and poker, and Monroe was there. “I hadn’t seen anything that beautiful,” Beatty recalls. She invited him to take a walk along the beach, which he did. “It was more soulful than romantic.” Back in the house, he played the piano. Marilyn sat on the edge of the piano in something so clingy that Beatty could tell she wasn’t wearing underwear. ‘“How old are you?” she asked. ‘“Twenty-five,” he answered. “And how old are you?” he asked cheekily. ‘“Three. Six,” she said, as if not wanting to bring the two numbers together. By then, the tacos had arrived, and no one really played poker that night. Warren noticed that Marilyn was already a bit tipsy from champagne, even before the sun had set. ‘The next day, the producer Walter Mirisch’s brother Harold called. “Did you hear?” he asked. “Marilyn Monroe is dead.” Warren was one of the last people to see Marilyn alive—a story that Beatty tells only reluctantly. He really is one of Hollywood’s most discreet people, in a town and an industry marinated in its own gossip.’ Six Decades In, Warren Beatty Is Still Seducing Hollywood

[weirdlandtv]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bert Stern in July 1962. The session became known as “The Last Sitting”.

I always find these photos uneasy to look at. The first ones look great, but as the boozy session progresses, you can see her unravel a bit before your eyes: her posing becomes sloppy, the clothes come off, she kind of zones out, with Stern snapping away. But that’s also what makes the photos interesting of course: they tell a story.

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