Pygmania

Just watched a video interview with her saying (in castellano) that music was a very important aspect of her 2013 spring line because it was inspired by Beethoven's sonata for piano and violin. "It was part of the creation of the whole collection, which is a collection with a touch of the 1940s for 2013." Also... she is such a cute abuelita. Can you imagine if your abuelita were Carolina Herrera? Where do I sign up? PS: I'm at Lincoln Center every morning as the hungover models are arriving (sprinting) to start getting done up for 10 AM shows.  Swoon.

Appealing to our feline and classical sensibilities all at once. ¿¡¡¡¿¿¡¡¿ Mais comment s'appelle-t-il ?!??!?!!?  Voici une liste d'options: Catullus Cato Socates Euripicat Aristopheline Publius Catvideos Naso Senecat Dis-moi, quel nom préfères-tu? fuck i hope i got that spelling and punctuation right.  french is un-fun when you've forgotten most of it. ---------------- Now, I give you Ancient Greek Culture Cat, that is,  ελληνικά τ  

For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out trash at Columbia University. A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living working for the Ivy League school. But Sunday was payback time: The 52-year-old janitor donned a cap and gown to graduate with a bachelor's degree in classics. As a Columbia employee, he didn't have to pay for the classes he took. His favorite subject was the Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca, the janitor said during a break from his work at Lerner Hall, the student union building he cleans. "I love Seneca's letters because they're written in the spirit in which I was educated in my family — not to look for fame and fortune, but to have a simple, honest, honorable life," he said. His graduation with honors capped a dozen years of studies, including readings in ancient Latin and Greek. An ethnic Albanian and Roman Catholic, he left his family farm in the tiny village of Donja Klezna outside th...

"Girl from Ipati, Greece," by Elli Souyioultzoglou-Seraïdari, circa 1930 It reminds me of Pygmalion.  Just noticed the tznius headgear, sweet.  But gorgeous old picture, no?  "Gorgeous, form of"