American culture has always harbored a fascination with women who live on the edges of society’s expectations. Few embody this fascination more vividly than Edith Bouvier Beale — “Little Edie” — the reclusive socialite turned cult icon immortalized in Albert and David Maysles’ 1975 documentary Grey Gardens. Draped in improvised turbans, brooches, and scarves, sheContinue reading “Little Edie Beale: The Cult of Grey Gardens”
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Grey Gardens at 50: The Eccentric American Dream
Today marks fifty years since the premiere of Grey Gardens on September 27, 1975 — the Maysles brothers’ documentary that unveiled the eccentric, crumbling world of Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter “Little Edie.” Half a century later, the film remains as haunting and magnetic as ever: a portrait of decline and resilience that hasContinue reading “Grey Gardens at 50: The Eccentric American Dream”
My World of Interiors 