Eartha Kitt: The Ultimate Sex Kitten

Another one of my idols, Eartha Kitt, has died at the age of 81 on Christmas Day. Since I did a tribute post to the late great Bettie Page, I would be remiss if I didn't do one about the quintessential sex-kitten as well.

To me, Eartha wasn't one of those traditionally "beautiful" women, but it was all about the pure, raw, organic sex appeal that she put forth. How many guys out there really weren't mad at Eddie Murphy in Boomerang when he responded to the calls of "Maaaarcus, daaaahhhling....."?



Eartha was a woman who just oozed sex appeal..... the ultimate sex kitten. As my friend would say, Eartha had some serious mojo going on..... at EVERY age.

Eartha had such a distinctive sound and look that I just loved. You can instantly recogize her voice.......even watching cartoons with the kids, I recognized her as the voice in "The Emperor's New School" as the voice of the villaness Izma. And I'm sorry, but Michelle Phifer had NOTHING on Eartha's Catwoman.

Meow!

I'll leave you with one of my favorite Eartha Kitt songs (I think her rendition of Santa Baby is still my favorite) that sums up that demure naughtiness that appealed to me so:

RIP, Eartha.

The Notorious Bettie Page

Pin-up legend Bettie Page died today at the age of 85.... I'm so sad. Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE BETTIE PAGE!!! She's my idol. My fetish for hosiery, garters, corsets, bondage, spanking, and anything pin-up comes directly from this woman.

(check out those cuban heel back seam thigh high stockings....oooooooooh, makes me feel all tingly)


The first time I saw a picture of Bettie Page I had to have been 12 or 13.... it was in a store that's no longer around, Artsy Phartzy, and there was a Bettie Page t-shirt displayed on the wall. I didn't know who or what the heck she was, but I knew right then and there that I liked it. It's odd that I remember such a thing, because I have the memory of a goldfish.... that shows you how much of an impression this woman made on me. Needless to say, she has had influence in my life for some time now.


I just love Bettie's combination of naughty and nice.... in some of her photos she looks sweet and innocent, and in others she looks like she'll make you sorry you didn't finish all your brussel sprouts (or perhaps glad that you didn't).





















To me, Bettie represents the freedom of the inner self..... that bad girl in all of us. Bettie was the epitome of sexy, the embodiment of fantasy..... the quintessential pin-up.

RIP, Bettie.

Sock Dreams

Main Entry: fe·tish
Function: noun
Etymology: French & Portuguese; French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from feitiço artificial, false, from Latin facticius factitious

1. an object of irrational reverence or obsessive devotion : prepossession
2. an object or bodily part whose real or fantasied presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression.

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I have, in the truest sense of the word, a hosiery fetish. I. Love. Socks. And thigh highs. And tights. And garters. (not so much pantyhose) Fishnets, argyle, striped, patterned, crazy opaque colors..... I love 'em all. This goes for both men's and women's hosiery. With fall just around the corner, I admittedly tortured myself and went to Target today to peep the new hosiery that they have in stock (and that a fellow sock-phile texted me about the other morning). I was in luuuuuuv!! I hope nobody saw me gently caressing the thigh high socks that they have new this year (before they just had over the knee) and that I must have. Never mind that I have no clue what to wear with these beauties..... but hell, I'll build my outfits around them.

Anyway, here's a taste of what tickles my fancy from Sockdreams.com........

And of course, you MUST have garters to keep these bad boys up..... I have a regular lace garter (which I will not display here) but I am in need of one of these:


That's right..... an industrial strength elastic garter to hold up those thigh high socks, one that can adequately withstand the power of my derriere (which is much rounder than that of the woman in the picture).

But alas, funding my fetish is not in the budget right now..... so for now, a girl will just have to dream.