Lightning Strikes: the inspiration behind Channeling Marilyn (Guest Post by Mima Tipper)
I remember the moment like it was yesterday. There I was sitting at the kitchen island with my then teenaged daughter Marley, looking through a copy of Teen Vogue. Marley was in middle school, and was very interested in fashion, so I thought it would be fun to look at the mag together. We were leafing through the pages when an ad popped out at me. It was maybe for a perfume or a clothing brand, and there was the model all done up like Marilyn Monroe, pin-up style. My thought was: damn, the woman’s been dead for over fifty years, and these vultures just won’t leave her alone. We kept looking at the mag and, bang, there was a young pop singer all done up like Marilyn. Well, that made me think: what would Marilyn think of this? You know, like if her spirit was up there on a cloud looking down. What would she think of all these models and singers and others copy-catting her look, trading on her image? After that, Marilyn was everywhere for me, as if my asking that “what if” question h...
