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Lindsey Lohan as Marilyn Monroe
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Lindsey Lohan made headlines Monday for recreating the last sittings of Marilyn Monroe on the cover of New York magazine.
Bert Stern photographed Monroe at California’s Hotel Bel-Air in 1962 just a few weeks before she died. The sessions were nude, featuring Monroe posed with scarves, jewelry and champagne as accessories.
What’s the tenuous Atlanta connection to all this?
Monroe wore scarves by The Vera Company in some of her last photos with Stern. The Vera Company, a popular brand in the 60s, is being resurrected by Atlanta based owner Susan Seid.
Sadly, Seid said she didn’t know about Stern’s shoot with Lohan or she would have offered up some Vera scarves. Grrr….(The AJC used the Marilyn shoot with the Vera scarf as inspiration for the image below).
In the essay accompanying the NY mag story, Lohan offered up some comments on Monroe’s death calling it “tragic’ and saying it was an example of what the industry can do to someone.
What’s your opinion of Lohan, who’s had her own share of troubles, posing as Monroe?
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By Plainly Spoken
February 20, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
Another vacuous harlot … er … starlet struggling for relevancy. We see the same pattern from everyone from Meg Ryan to Lohan — hit it big and become popular early on through wholesome, appealing roles. Then, have your personal life turn into an utter debacle, so that your public appeal wanes. Then, to stay in the news, try a comeback of sorts by taking “bad girl” roles and making a big splash by taking off your clothes. Didn’t work for Ryan (is she relevant to ANYTHING any more?) … and a shame that Lohan has started this downward spiral even earlier and so much younger.