Jazzi McG » diana ross http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog A twenty-something freelance creative type, Jazzi is making a path via hard work, big heels, & bigger dreams — and a résumé worth bragging rights. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:10:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Inspiration: Vintage Look Mags, Diana Ross, Mia Farrow http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/inspiration/vintage-look-mag-diana-ross-mia-farrow/ http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/inspiration/vintage-look-mag-diana-ross-mia-farrow/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 21:30:17 +0000 Jazzi http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/?p=2473 diana ross look mag cover 1969diana ross look magazine 1969

Diana Ross re-enacts Aquarius for LOOK magazine, 1969. Scanned & restored a bit by me.

Diana Ross. I’ve written about her here before, but that could never satiate the obsession. From karaoke nights at Shakey’s pizza singing “Stop In The Name Of Love” long before I knew what a broken heart was, to continually being stopped by old men in the street who point out the resemblance – Diana Ross has been a huge influence on my life & style. I connected with her story long before I realized we looked alike and strive to break the kinds of social, racial and fashion boundaries that Diana did.

Anyway… these scans. I haven’t been finding as much of my usual inspiration in current glossies, but found myself ordering some vintage mags on ebay. These are from 1969 issues of the long defunct LOOK magazine. It’s not really a fashion mag, but as you can see there are some beautiful visuals (and the stories are great, too). I’d never seen these images of Diana Ross, so I’m living for them right now.

There were also great shots of Mia Farrow (or Tavi, you be the judge), hilarious vintage cigarette ads and a story about (gasp!) co-ed dorms. See below.

mia farrow look magazine covermia farrow aka tavi

Elijah Wood called it too, but seeing this confirms: Tavi most definitely has a Mia Farrow thing going on!

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Co-ed dorm story image and a 1969 Salem cigarette ad

I would appreciate a credit should you re-blog any of these, thank you!

]]> http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/inspiration/vintage-look-mag-diana-ross-mia-farrow/feed/ 12 Inspiration: Diana Ross backstage at the Apollo http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/inspiration/inspiration-diana-ross-backstage-at-the-apollo/ http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/inspiration/inspiration-diana-ross-backstage-at-the-apollo/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:40:25 +0000 Jazzi http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/?p=868 Diana Ross Backstage Apollo Diana Ross backstage by Bruce Davidson. Apollo Theater, NYC, 1965.

Always a favorite.

]]> http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/inspiration/inspiration-diana-ross-backstage-at-the-apollo/feed/ 3 Diana finds her way to Zink http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/inspiration/diana-finds-her-way-to-zink/ http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/inspiration/diana-finds-her-way-to-zink/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:25:00 +0000 Jazzi http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/?p=236 She is my style idol, so of course I noticed this when I saw it in Zink:
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[Diana Ross, Zink magazine]

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