i just wanted to say a big thank you to all the edie lovers out there (mostly my sisters & besties) because we are only 200 clicks away from breaking the 10,000 hits threshold, so as we make our way to the big time i thought i'd share with you why this blog is dedicated to my girl edie:
edie sedgwick was an exquisitely eccentric, society darling who rocked any room she entered with
her vivacious, youthful spirit. one of andy warhol's
superstars in the 1960s, she was the first ever 'it girl' with vogue
magazine calling her a 'youthquaker' (a term coined by editor-in-chief Diana
Vreeland
to describe the fashion, musical and cultural movement at the time that was
heavily influenced by youth).
an
artist herself edie studied sculpture before taking on manhattan and becoming
one of the inaugural celebrity socialites. edie inspired and influenced the world
around her. cementing herself as a muse not only for warhol and the fashion
world but also her
rocker lover, mr bob dylan, who she supposedly inspired to write the songs 'just like a
woman' 'like a rolling stone' and 'leopard-skin pill-box
hat'.
however
fashion can be fickle and stars can fall. edie struggled with drug addiction and
was plagued by mental health issues. at a party one night, a palm reader looked at her hand and was shocked by her very short life line... edie replied sweetly, "It's okay... I know".
sadly edie's fortune came to fruition, with the it girl only making it to the tender age of 28, hr time my have been short but it's her spark and sass that has
kept her influence alive for generations to come...
"New
York, 1965: a gamine bottle blonde walks through the crowd of hip young things.
With her thick, black kohl eyeliner, bouffant hair and antique chandelier
earrings dripping priceless jewels, she emanates style. No-one has ever seen
anything quite like this young woman, who wears nothing more than a leotard,
opaque tights and a sweater.
Men
and women stare at her with open admiration - the women making mental notes to
try out her look at home. She is the epitome of the swinging '60s scene and one
of the architects of the beatnik style. Part muse, part model, sometime actress
and wild society girl, she is Edie Sedgwick - and in her short life, she will
become a legend ..." (marie claire 2007)
white tees, leggings, leopard, decadent earrings, layers of necklaces, stripes, fur, gold sequins, lashings of liquid liner... no wonder i lOve her!
