Videography: Madonna

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Remember when Madonna was the coolest bitch on the face of the planet? It was some time around 1983 through 1990. During that time Madonna revolutionized the music video and set the bar for the modern pop diva. Through a series of reinventions, Madge inspired and disseminated trends, influenced a generation of women and put out some seriously great music. That’s not to say she stopped doing that after 1990, but that was by far her greatest artistic and stylistic period. Of course, being the cultural force she is, Madonna kept going and kept pushing boundaries — all the while blurring the lines between fashion and music so that today it’s unimaginable conceiving one without the other. So while it’s great to go googoo over Gaga, here’s what made (and still — when she feels like it) makes Madonna the coolest bitch on the face of the planet.

Suzie Kennedy Poses as Marilyn Monroe for USED Magazine

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

LOOKBOOKS.com contributor Kenberly Paul highlights an editorial for USED Magazine, featuring a British Marilyn Monroe impersonator. See the gallery after the jump.

For their S/S 2012 issue, USED Magazine called upon British impersonator Suzie Kennedy in their fashion editorial ” Marilyn Moment.” Styled in retro looks by Prada, Commes des Garçons and Dries van Noten‘s spring collections by stylist Katy Lassen, Kennedy gives 100% Monroe with playful smiles and pin-up girl poses, captured by photographer Nik Hartley.

Tits Ahoy!: Celebrating National Cleavage Day

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The Twitterverse is abuzz over National Cleavage Day, which it turns out, is actually a thing. A thing sponsored by Wonderbra. The boob-supporter conducted a survey of a thousand women to find out who had the best cleavage with the winner having the prestigious honor of being inducted into the Wonderbra Cleavage Hall of Fame — also a thing. So who did women choose as the rack of ages?

Nars & Andy Warhol Make Makeup Pop in New Collaboration

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

While M.A.C. already nailed Marilyn Monroe, Nars is giving us a more saturated Marilyn for Fall. Nars is heading to Andy Warhol‘s factory to concoct a collection that Pops. Come October, we’ll see the super saturation that defines the pop art movement. They’re creating all new packaging for the collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation. So, eyeshadow in a can of Campbells? Lipstick in a banana?

Some Like It MAC: Marilyn Monroe Gets New Cosmetics Line

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

It seems that these days Marilyn Monroe is more popular than ever. Books, movies, gorgeous editorials — everywhere one looks, there’s Marilyn…rolling over in her grave. Eh, who am I kidding, she probably loves the attention. And she would definitely love this latest development: MAC is launching a line of cosmetics dedicated to the icon.

THE DAILY GASP: Gentlemen Prefer Big Ang

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Perhaps taking a note from our 12 Classic Films to Channel Your Inner Bombshell, Angela “Big Ang” Raiola of Mob Wives infamy has gotten in touch with her inner Marilyn Monroe for a brilliant spread in free weekly fag mag, Next Magazine. Three words: Best. Editorial. Ever. 

12 Classic Films to Channel Your Inner Bombshell

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

The bombshell is a creature at one with her sexuality — a lady, never  a tramp, who uses her feminine wiles to seduce, control and if she so chooses, destroy. She’ll easily walk the fine line between good girl and trashbag and openly flirt with the dichotomy of Madonna and whore — and I’m not talking about that whore, Madonna. The bomnbshell is not merely a pretty face or a rockin’ bod — she’s a force to be reckoned with. It takes a little work, but anyone can learn the art of bombshelling. Just take a tip or three from the  iconic bombshells of yore in these twelve classics films.

QUEL SCANDALE! Presents The Greatest Presidential Sex Scandals…of All Time

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

In honor of President’s Day and on theme with our February month of love/sex/relationships, we dug through the sordid and seedy history of America’s Executive Branch and pulled together a list of the greatest presidential sex scandals of all time. And while Barack knows better than to cross Michelle — three words: White House fire — these former commanders-in-chief had no problem putting the O in Oval Office. 

Nicole Richie for QVC, Ambassador Alexa Chung and Marilyn Monroe’s Bikini Body Is Still Rockin’

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

- Nicole Richie is the latest celeb — we’re still calling her that, right? — to jump on the home shopping network bandwagon with a line for QVC. [WWD, sub req'd]

- Going through Karlie Kloss withdrawal? Take a hit of this video for Topshop starring the elusive super. [Fashionista]

- Riding that “It” girl wagon till the wheels fall off, Alexa Chung‘s been named the official Young Style Ambassador by the British Fashion Council. [Elle UK]

James Franco Directed 7 for All Mankind’s Spring Campaign

Edited by Lester Brathwaite

Renaissance man — the 21st century Renaissance has decidedly lower standards — James Franco stepped behind the camera to film 10 vignettes for Seven for All Mankind‘s spring campaign, starring Lily Donaldson and a host of other dubiously multi-hyphenated artist-actor-models.