Timeless Trendsetters

#1 Marilyn Monroe

A brunette Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926 and spent most of her childhood in foster homes and orphanages. A reader and lover of the classics, she took literature courses at UCLA. When her merchant marine husband, whom she married at 16, was sent to the South Pacific, she worked in a munitions factory in Southern California. A photographer, David Conover, working on a story for Yank magazine on women helping the war effort, photographed the curly-haired brunette assembling an airplane. He referred her to Bill Carroll, who was seeking a "good looking plain jane" for his portfolio. Post that, her modelling career was launched. She then signed a contract with Twentieth Century Fox and divorced her husband and Marilyn Monroe, the blonde haired bombshell was born. Monroe had the ability to combine an intense sensuality with a genuine innocence. An image from the movie, The Seven Year Itch, wherein the Hollywood sex symbol is seen in her iconic white halter dress standing over a New York subway grate and sporting the striking bright red pout has been imitated by young girls in Halloween or Theme parties even today and for years to come. Her siren red lips have been the beauty trend of all time and we all have if not many but one signature red lipstick in our case.