Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Curio: Iconic Eyes

Alexa here. I was so sad to hear of Lena Horne's passing on Sunday. She defined iconic, with her distinctive voice and beauty ("seen in doe-like eyes set against perfectly chiseled cheekbones"). Heck, I was proud to name my daughter Lena. Maybe it was the combined influence of Nathaniel's great eulogy and his eyeball first and last that made me snap up this little pouch at Brooklyn Quilting Exchange yesterday, featuring Lena's unmistakable eyes:


Lori of the shop has made many more pouches featuring iconic eyes, and I'm loving them all. Can you identify these other stares? (You can find them all here, but no cheating!)

11 comments:

Philip said...

The last pair belongs to Twiggy, no?

NATHANIEL R said...

i'm guessing LIZ, JOAN, and SOPHIA LOREN... but i'm stumped on the others other than possible TWIGGY.

Christine said...

I'll guess:
1) Elizabeth Taylor
2) Angela Lansbury
3) Sophia Loren
4) Audrey Hepburn
5) no idea
6) Twiggy

Christine said...

Okay, it has to be Joan for two. Is Natalie Wood in here somewhere?

The Pretentious Know it All said...

1. Elizabeth Taylor
2. Bette Davis
3. Joan Crawford
4. Ingrid Bergman
5. Dude...search me.
6. Nicole Kidman(?)

Andrew R. said...

The only one I got was Elizabeth Taylor, whose eyes are famous anyway.

adri said...

1) Elizabeth Taylor
2) Joan Crawford
3) Sophia Loren
4) Grace Kelly
5) ? Catherine Zeta-Jones? Ava Gardner?
6) Twiggy

adri said...

Hey, no! #5 is Billie Holliday.

NATHANIEL R said...

well... checked the answers. at least i got three right. but the others. damn. totally threw me.

Chris Na Taraja said...

Here's my first guesses...

1. Liz Taylor
2. Angla Lansbury
3. Gloria Swanson
4. Audrey Hepburn
5. totally stumped
6. Betty Davis

Chris Na Taraja said...

Damn, got only one right!!!