#edith bouvier beale

[bitter69uk]

Born on this day: old money American socialite (first cousin of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and Princess Lee Radziwill), bold fashion risk-taker, raccoon and feral cat enthusiast, devoted daughter, frustrated cabaret chanteuse and genuine eccentric Edith Bouvier Beale (aka “Little Edie”, 7 November 1917 - 14 January 2002). This woman, her equally idiosyncratic mother Edith Ewing Bouvier (“Big Edie”) and the documentary Grey Gardens (1975) are an endless source of inspiration. Pictured: Polaroid portrait of Edie by Andy Warhol, 1976.

[oceancentury]

“Its very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present... do you know what I mean? Awfully difficult.” - Edith Bouvier Beale.

[numnum-num]

Edith Bouvier Beale, "Grey Gardens", 1975. A documentary by Albert and David Maysles

[midnightcowb0ys]

STAUNCH

[larosebisou]

[hunniebbie]

Grey Gardens

[grey-gardens]

[lefaundemarbre]

My idol, my queen, my soul sister, my guardian angel: Edith Bouvier Beale Jr. (Little Edie)

[wreith]

grey gardens

[schlock-luster-video]

Remembering socialite, fashion model, and the subject of the classic documentary Grey Gardens, Edith Bouvier Beale on the anniversary of her birth.

R.I.P. (1917 - 2002)

[oceancentury]

“My body is a very precious place. It's concentrated ground.” - Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale

[thetasteofsaccharine]

[johnthestitcher]

Must have been taken on a good day ....

Little Edie

[larosebisou]

[bitter69uk]

Embrace summer - Little Edie-style. 

Grey Gardens, The Criterion Collection

[grey-gardens]