types of girls, old hollywood actresses edition
carole lombard: no filter whatsoever, salty language, childhood pictures of your boyfriend in a heart-shaped frame on your nightstand, eating fairy floss and popcorn and riding the bumper cars at the amusement park, laughing till it hurts, becoming overly attached to your dog, drawers full of lacy lingerie, dancing in central park at 3 in the morning
audrey hepburn: getting noticed in chorus lines, fudgey chocolate eclairs, dressing your dog in diamond collars, dropping everything for your family, pink ballet slippers, having a perfume made just for you, carrying boxes of pasta and oil with you wherever you go
ginger rogers: hot fudge sundaes, tap shoes, pink silk lounging pajamas, charleston dancing your way to the top, kissing in taxi cabs, twirly dresses, backstage gossip, soda fountains, dressing tables covered in frilly bows
gene tierney: chewing jellybeans during dress fittings, orchid pink pajamas embroidered with sequins, winking at your fiance as you elope, beribboned lingerie, getting a screen test without even trying, dating JFK
katharine hepburn: chocolate chip brownies, walking around the set in your lingerie instead of wearing a dress, mink coats and blue jeans, old money, witty banter, feminist to the core, using the staff entrance at claridge’s because you’re wearing pants, movie magazines, ice cream sundaes with chocolate sauce from the drugstore
natalie wood: flawless eye makeup with lashes a mile long, making dates on your pink rhinestone phone, breakfast in bed, pampering yourself with fragrant baths and colorful tubes of lipstick, giant chocolate bars from the ice cream parlor, more stuffed animals than anyone could possibly want, terrible taste in men, grabbing a hamburger at the drive-in
lana turner: skipping school to have a milkshake, hair ribbons, a pink silk boudoir, ill-advised romances, dripping in fur coats and diamonds, new year’s eve celebrations with the love of your life, tight cashmere sweaters in candy colors, splashing in bubble baths, roller skating
veronica lake: best resting bitch face in hollywood, wearing your hair in loose waves, becoming such a fashion icon that the government has to intervene, having to be pinned into your evening gowns because you’re a tiny pixie princess, cooking while drunk, alienating your co-stars, not getting enough credit for your wit, sparkly dresses
vivien leigh: boxes of chocolates from charbonnel et walker, the theater scene in london, reading shakespeare with your husband, dark chestnut hair and porcelain skin, sending sexually explicit love letters that should never be read by anyone, being the only girl at boarding school who’s allowed to play with fancy dolls, 100% a cat person, high tea with scones and jam
grace kelly: enjoying a chocolate malted at the diner with your girlfriends, long white gloves, dancing in the hallway in your ruffled lingerie until the elevator bell dings, drama school, training to be a princess, older men, elaborate wedding gowns, going to the midnight movie in your pajamas, surviving solely on strawberry milkshakes and pound cake
