American socialite Edith Beale (1917 - 2002) models a dress outdoors during a fashion show at the East Hampton Fair, East Hampton, Long Island, New York, c. 1938. (Photo by Morgan Collection/Getty Images). For information about licensing this image, visit: Getty Images
From the movie That Summer: Littl
If you are a fan of the original or the HBO tribute/remake of the documentary Grey Gardens, there is a beautiful book out. East Hampton's Little Edie Bouvier Beale is an inspiration to most of the free-spirited creative women I...
Little Edie: “There are some nice people in the world, you know, I just don’t happen to be related to any of them.” Big Edie: “The cat’s going to the bathroom right in back …
If you are a fan of the original or the HBO tribute/remake of the documentary Grey Gardens, there is a beautiful book out. East Hampton's Little Edie Bouvier Beale is an inspiration to most of the free-spirited creative women I...
Grey Gardens in East Hampton, N.Y. | 1920s.
EDIE BEALE & GREY GARDENS [The Secret Of Grey Gardens] New York 1|10||1972 EDIE BEALE & GREY GARDENS [Jackie...
Edie Beale in the studio, New York, 1948.
Edith Bouvier Beale aka "Little Edie" of the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens died in 2002, but she continues to inspire everyone from Broadway producers and Drew Barrymore to Rufus Wainwright. Little Edie would have been 96 this year, so let's celebrate with a few gorgeous pictures, courtesy of Grey Gardens Collections.
14 rooms, 52 cats and a collapsing roof, the mansion known as Grey Gardens is as much a character as either of the Beales. ...
From the movie That Summer: Littl
14 rooms, 52 cats and a collapsing roof, the mansion known as Grey Gardens is as much a character as either of the Beales. ...
I sent Lois Wright a few questions that some of my readers were curious about. I was surprised when she decided to answer a few of the questions on her television program, “The Lois Wright Show,” which airs weekly in the Hamptons. I transcribed the answers from the DVD of the program that she sent…
The Age, a Melbourne newspaper, recently published their fashion predictions for 2008. Their list of “must haves” are in bold, & my thoughts, suggestions & tips are underneath. Body con By this, they mean “body contouring garments” — anything which clings tightly to the body or is form-fitting. Of course, the very notion of this …
You must see this collection of Photos in the New York Times showing the real life makeover of the Grey Gardens property (former East Hampton home of Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Little Edie and currently owned by Sally Quinn and Bejnamin C. Bradlee of the Washington Post.) The Garden was recreated by Victoria […]
All of our backgrounds used the month of December for our "Home" theme.
In the photo, wearing a dazzling smile and her signature head scarf, "Little Edie"...
Decades before reality TV shows made celebrities out of the unknowns who appeared on them, a riveting documentary entitled Grey Gardens transformed two reclusive eccentrics into enduring cult figur…
Costume Design
Muffie Meyer submitted these great photos from her wedding. Little Edie attended and even sang a song! Thank you so much for sharing your special day with us, Muffie!
My recent introduction to the documentary Grey Gardens, the story of Jacqueline Kennedy's aunt and cousin who lived in dilapidated splendor in East Hampton, resulted in a bit of an obsession. I'm in good company as some close friends actually named their new kitten after Little Edie Beale. I also took the DVD on vacation to New Orleans where I played it any time we were in our rooms. Two friends that were along repeatedly said "Are you watching that again?" then promptly sat down mesmerized each time, while the fourth in our party simply gazed in wide-eyed, undisguised fascination at the scenes playing out on the screen. I wrapped scarves around my head and tried to speak like the younger Edie. Dressing for Halloween isn't top of my list, but I'd been looking for an excuse to remake myself into Little Edie wearing her "best costume for the day". When told of my plan most people asked "Will anyone know who you are?" It didn't matter because anyone that did know would get such a kick out of it that it would make up for the blank looks of everyone else. It's a simple costume, so I had much of what I needed already. The wrap for my head and the sweater are items I owned, along with the shoes. I found a pin similar to hers at a 2nd hand store and the skirt is one of those 1970s wool wrap things, which I thought kind of looked like a salvaged slipcover from an old couch or chair. The shorts underneath are grey workout shorts. I did not, as she described, pull the panty hose up over the shorts but wore them underneath since that didn't sound comfortable. The following year I wore the same costume but took along an old ripped mink since it was cold. After seeing the documentary film Edie declared it a classic. As delusional as she must have seemed at the time, having a Broadway musical and an Emmy Award winning HBO Movie created about her and her mother certainly gives proof to her point. After hours of walking and talking like Edie, something clicked and I didn't want to stop. She was indeed fabulous and I hope she would have been delighted by my emulation of her in the revolutionary costume.
