Comments on: CELEBRITY CRUSHES: IS ELEGANCE ELITIST? http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2009/02/22/my-celebrity-crushes-the-elegant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-celebrity-crushes-the-elegant Bettering the sad SAD bachelor. Sort of. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Johanna http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2009/02/22/my-celebrity-crushes-the-elegant/#comment-72 Johanna Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:25:21 +0000 http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/?p=336#comment-72 Bacall + Bogart, my favorite Hollywood romance... "If you want anything, just whistle." Bacall + Bogart, my favorite Hollywood romance…
“If you want anything, just whistle.”

]]> By: admin http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2009/02/22/my-celebrity-crushes-the-elegant/#comment-70 admin Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:37:55 +0000 http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/?p=336#comment-70 Jay, I just realized my Nicole Kidman appreciation has just been dormant. Goodness. Jay, I just realized my Nicole Kidman appreciation has just been dormant. Goodness.

]]> By: admin http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2009/02/22/my-celebrity-crushes-the-elegant/#comment-67 admin Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:53:58 +0000 http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/?p=336#comment-67 By the way, I just wanted to add that I don't have anything against female nudity. In fact I'm a big fan, for the record. By the way, I just wanted to add that I don’t have anything against female nudity. In fact I’m a big fan, for the record.

]]> By: admin http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2009/02/22/my-celebrity-crushes-the-elegant/#comment-66 admin Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:28:48 +0000 http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/?p=336#comment-66 Ohh! Audrey Hepburn! Good one, Josh. She's hot. Or was. Great example of Elegant. You're right about Kate Winslet and the whole skin thing. Not sure if I've ever thought of her as elegant. Now, the idea of Julie Andrews going topless is pretty weird and seems like a total shark-jumper or whatever for the wholesome elegant maternal type she seems to be. But a naked Kate Winslet seems normal. Ohh! Audrey Hepburn! Good one, Josh. She’s hot. Or was. Great example of Elegant.
You’re right about Kate Winslet and the whole skin thing. Not sure if I’ve ever thought of her as elegant. Now, the idea of Julie Andrews going topless is pretty weird and seems like a total shark-jumper or whatever for the wholesome elegant maternal type she seems to be. But a naked Kate Winslet seems normal.

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2009/02/22/my-celebrity-crushes-the-elegant/#comment-65 Jay Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:23:41 +0000 http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/?p=336#comment-65 @Josh Eno - Kate Winslet said last week that she will be doing no more nudity in movies. So that bumps her up one tick on my scale of elegance (although, to be fair, she said she wouldn't do any more nudity because her body isn't what it used to be). @Josh Eno – Kate Winslet said last week that she will be doing no more nudity in movies. So that bumps her up one tick on my scale of elegance (although, to be fair, she said she wouldn’t do any more nudity because her body isn’t what it used to be).

]]> By: Josh Eno http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2009/02/22/my-celebrity-crushes-the-elegant/#comment-64 Josh Eno Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:08:30 +0000 http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/?p=336#comment-64 I'm moderately surprised Audrey Hepburn didn't make the list. Too obvious, perhaps? Couldn't forgive her for bumping Julie Andrews from the roll, then having her vocals dubbed in My Fair Lady? She certainly qualifies on the elegant scale. Not many actresses get a separate line in the opening credits for their wardrobe, as she did in How to Steal a Million. You're right that it's hard to picture any current actresses fitting the elegant role. Maybe some as they get older, but I can't think of any young actresses that have managed to fit into the elegant mold as early in their careers as some of the 40s-70s examples. I wonder if it has anything to do with the amount of skin that must be shown nowadays? For instance, I might picture Kate Winslet as elegant, but her propensity to remove clothing in virtually every movie she makes just gets in the way of the elegant persona. I’m moderately surprised Audrey Hepburn didn’t make the list. Too obvious, perhaps? Couldn’t forgive her for bumping Julie Andrews from the roll, then having her vocals dubbed in My Fair Lady? She certainly qualifies on the elegant scale. Not many actresses get a separate line in the opening credits for their wardrobe, as she did in How to Steal a Million.

You’re right that it’s hard to picture any current actresses fitting the elegant role. Maybe some as they get older, but I can’t think of any young actresses that have managed to fit into the elegant mold as early in their careers as some of the 40s-70s examples. I wonder if it has anything to do with the amount of skin that must be shown nowadays? For instance, I might picture Kate Winslet as elegant, but her propensity to remove clothing in virtually every movie she makes just gets in the way of the elegant persona.

]]> By: admin http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2009/02/22/my-celebrity-crushes-the-elegant/#comment-63 admin Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:13:30 +0000 http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/?p=336#comment-63 Good job! I suppose most of them would work as modern Elegants in a pinch. I do like Anne Hathaway. The others I don't really have a thing for. Maybe Nicole. A little. I think of Angelina as Sexpot/Bad Girl. Maybe Zeta-Jones. Hmm. I'll have to mull it all over. Good job! I suppose most of them would work as modern Elegants in a pinch. I do like Anne Hathaway. The others I don’t really have a thing for. Maybe Nicole. A little. I think of Angelina as Sexpot/Bad Girl. Maybe Zeta-Jones. Hmm. I’ll have to mull it all over.

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2009/02/22/my-celebrity-crushes-the-elegant/#comment-62 Jay Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:00:26 +0000 http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/?p=336#comment-62 Let's all help the domesticated bachelor brainstorm some modern Elegants! - Nicole Kidman - Kate Winslet - Anne Hathaway - Angelina Jolie (at the behest of my wife. I think of her as sporty/sexpot) - Penelope Cruz - Catherine Zeta-Jones - Gwyneth Paltrow - Julianne Moore - Cate Blanchett Any others to add to the list? DB, do you think I'm off the mark on any of these? Let’s all help the domesticated bachelor brainstorm some modern Elegants!

– Nicole Kidman
– Kate Winslet
– Anne Hathaway
– Angelina Jolie (at the behest of my wife. I think of her as sporty/sexpot)
– Penelope Cruz
– Catherine Zeta-Jones
– Gwyneth Paltrow
– Julianne Moore
– Cate Blanchett

Any others to add to the list? DB, do you think I’m off the mark on any of these?

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