Meanwhile, Back in the 1970s

With love, always

The first love of Cookie's life, Leatrice, who was hired to care for me a couple days a week after I was born.  She stayed for the next nine years, surrounding me with love, structure, expectations, and confidence.  And when she was done for the day with us, she went to her own family and did even more for them.   Both of her children excelled in the world far greater than Cookie.

This isn't how I remember her best.  In this image, she is all glammed up.  But her hair was always impeccable, and the creation of her stylists at Andre Duval Salon at Severance Center.

She died when I was nine. Unexpectedly. It was my first real loss that hurt my heart, my life, and future.

So this Mother's Day, Cookie acknowledges the first love of my life, my true north, Leatrice Thomas.

If you still can - hug your mother, real or chosen. Remember that feeling.  It can be taken in an instant.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Maggie Smith...

Back in the day that Miss Jean Brody was in her prime.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

Never let your husband choose a tuxedo jacket that blends with your hair.

This has been a public service announcement.

You're Putting Me On

Afro hair put-ons. "This is where it's at today."

Pump up the Volume!

A perm and pick can do a lot for the right man.

Males With Long Hair Will Be Attended to Last

In the early 1970s, the Singapore government clamped down on men with long hair because it spelt gangsterism.

Story here.

Lady Braun Astronette Hair Dryer

Packing Heat

Photo by David Alan Harvey, Yorktown, Virginia, 1974.

Connect the Facial Hair

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Millie Owens Wigs and Things

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Storefronts on 7th Street near Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis in the 1970s.
Photo by Mike Evangelist.

Sofa, So Good

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This Halloween, are you a Contessa, an Empress...

...or a fungus?

Choose carefully.

BTW, the Contessa is available in our gift shop as the "Susan St. James", The Empress is available as the Morgan Fairchild, and the Candida is available at the "Pat Crowley".

Sven and Charlotte

Svenne & Lotta, (aka Sven & Charlotte)


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Their hit single Bang-A-Boomerang was written by ABBA members Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson.

The pop duo met in 1967, remaining active on the pop scene and releasing records in Swedish, English, and Danish until their divorce in 2014.

According to Wikipedia, Svenne was last known to be living as a recluse in the backwoods of the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

Crushed Velvet with Afro

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Seventies Students

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We Call Him Grandma

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The Farrah.

And here you thought it was all curling irons and Aqua Net.

Date Night

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Superbowl Sunday...

no need for a helmet