• Fashion Friday: The Costumes of Anna Karenina

    For this week’s Fashion Friday post, I’ll be taking a look at several of the costumes that Vivien Leigh wore in Anna Karenina. Based on Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel, Vivien filmed Anna Karenina at Shepperton Studios in 1947; the film…

  • Fashion Friday: Laurence Olivier’s Knighthood

    In 1947, while Laurence Olivier was filming Hamlet, he received a letter asking him if he’d be interested in a knighthood. Even though he wasn’t suppose to mention the letter to anyone, he couldn’t resist and called his wife, Vivien.…