Simply Iconic: Edie Sedgwick.

This month is the birthday of one of my all time influences.....Edie Sedgwick. 

THE muse of the sixties and to Andy Warhol. Behind that extraordinary beauty and waif figure, she was damaged.

Yet her films and style went a long way and still are a focus point of that decade. Most notably films like 'Poor Little Rich Girl' and 'Ciao Manhattan!'

The makeup and clothes made her an icon.

One of the most famous photos of Edie on her hippo Wallow dancing to the Kinks.

Ciao Manhattan! is completely bizzare but at the same time fascinating. As we see the true Edie around the infamous Factory and the life that she led. 

This is also depicted through the 2006 film 'Factory Girl' with Sienna Miller.

With members of the Fcatory including The Velvet Underground & Gerard Malanga

The set for Ciao Manhattan! in an old swimming pool.

Cover for Ciao Manhattan!

'I'd like to turn the whole world on just for a moment.....just for a moment'.

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The Genius of Warhol.

For years he has been one of my ultimate icons. And this week it is the anniversary of his death. He has shot people from John Lennon to Elizabeth Taylor and helping Bowie and created 'Interview'. He has influenced everything from Pop Art to Album Covers, Music, Magazines and Films through the 60's to now.

Andy Warhol

The life he led was far from normal.....The Factory, Drag Queens, Socialites and underground controversial films were just a few factors that Andy surrounded himself with. One of the most important aspects that he has influenced is the use of polaroids to aid his vision and art and the unusual use of his filming techniques.

Still Fashion & Art tends to celebrate him today and there is an exhibition in New York dedicated to his works. 

Warhol is a religion.

Marilyn Monroe Screen Silk Print

The Factory

Andy's band, The Velvet Underground

Polaroid of Liza Minelli

Socialite & icon Edie Sedgwick with Andy Warhol

The Velvet Underground

Andy with his famous Big Shot Camera.

"I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning".

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