Zelda Fitzgerald is one of America's favorite tragic heroines. "Zelda: A Biography" by Nancy Milford really does a great job of explaining why. Zelda was charismatic and beautiful, full of her life. She and F. Scott Fitzgerald were the Jazz Age personified. Zelda was also mentally unbalanced, and she spent her whole life searching for her art and being in the shadow of her husband.
Her style is undeniable -- a true-blue flapper with plenty of money to spend. Apparently, photos don't do her beauty justice, but she still looks lovely and alive and fun, doesn't she? An American style icon, for sure.
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Beautiful & creative--no wonder Fitzgerald fell so hard for her...
Love this tribute to her. Zelda was indeed very special and all who knew her said that she quite simply 'glowed'.
Definitely a style icon :)
I'm kind of obsessed with Zelda. Don't you wish there were more photos of her? I sure do.
That book sounds interesting!
What a nice post! I did not know much about Zelda before! Thanks for sharing this!
Lots of love!
xx
Poor little rich girl. Joan Mitchell the painter had the same thing, very wealthy family, trying hard to hide the fact, but it certainly got her ahead professionally. Personally, she had a few smash-ups. Wealth does not buy contentment.
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