GlamAmor Posted by on December 19, 2015

Happy holidays! It's hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner. The last six months have been an absolute whirlwind for me. My passion for protecting and preserving classic cinema took me in a new direction this year - becoming the Manager of Marketing for Sony's classic film...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on November 10, 2015

For those who live in Los Angeles and love the fashion and film of the Art Deco era, I hope you'll join me Saturday, November 21st at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. I'll be giving a talk on the influential costume design of the 1920s through 1930s, which will be...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on July 15, 2015

In the next of my STYLE STORIES series at the Annenberg Beach House, I'll be speaking about the career and style evolution of Audrey Hepburn! Tuesday, July 21st STYLE STORIES--EVOLUTION OF FILM ICONS THROUGH COSTUME DESIGN Audrey Hepburn Includes discussion of Sabrina (1954), Breakfast at Tiffan   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on June 3, 2015

One of my newest partnerships is with Discover Los Angeles, the tourism site for the city. They have invited me to write articles on historic locations for them, which will seem familiar to many of you who enjoy my Out & About series on GlamAmor. The first of my visits...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on May 11, 2015

In the next of my STYLE STORIES series at the Annenberg Beach House, I'll be speaking about the career and style evolution of Joan Crawford! Tuesday, May 12th STYLE STORIES--EVOLUTION OF FILM ICONS THROUGH COSTUME DESIGN Joan Crawford Featuring The Women (1939) + Mildred Pierce (1945)6:30 pm - 8   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on April 30, 2015

The 1930s are fascinating for all that happened in film during that decade. In the early part of the era, film was continuing to evolve into being an art form. And until 1934, when the Production Code was in full force, filmmakers had the freedom to be provocative and pretty...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on April 18, 2015

For those who live in Los Angeles and are going through a bit of withdrawal from our time at the recent TCM Classic Film Festival, I hope you'll join me next Saturday for a talk on the influential style of film noir at the historic Egyptian Theatre! Saturday, April 25th...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on April 6, 2015

How does one describe the TCM Classic Film Festival? That question has been posed to me over the years and it's surprisingly challenging to capture in words. I usually start with the facts and a really big number: 26,000. That's the number of classic film fans who largely take over...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on March 16, 2015

As the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) fast approaches--March 26th to 29th--my thoughts once again turn to the historic stretch of Hollywood Boulevard that 26,000 fans take over for nearly a week. It makes your mind spin to think of all the stars from the dawn of Hollywood who...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on February 16, 2015

The Academy Awards are almost upon us and and, as they do every year, my friends Aurora, Kellee, and Paula have been throwing their month-long 31 Days of Oscar blogathon. It is held in conjunction with the annual programming on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and celebrates all the winners, losers,...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on February 13, 2015

In the next of my STYLE STORIES series at the Annenberg Beach House, I'll be speaking about the career and style evolution of Gloria Swanson! Tuesday, December 9thSTYLE STORIES--EVOLUTION OF FILM ICONS THROUGH COSTUME DESIGN Gloria Swanson Why Change Your Wife? (1920) + Sunset Boulevard (1950)6   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on February 10, 2015

This week I celebrate the birthday of GlamAmor and, incredibly, it's just turned five! Though the company started late in 2009, the website went live February 8, 2010, and that is the milestone I mark each year. I'm proud to say that everything I do remains centered on classic cinema...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by Kimberly Truhler on January 7, 2015

Though much has been written about Katharine Hepburn's film career, surprisingly little has been dedicated to 1938's Holiday. It was directed by the great George Cukor, her longtime friend and the man behind 10 of her most memorable movies, including her debut in A Bill of Divorcement (1932). Holi   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on December 18, 2014

1942's The Man Who Came to Dinner has slowly become one of the classics I watch every year around the holidays. Though it's not necessarily a Christmas movie per se, it definitely has many of the elements that make for holiday fun, such as ice-skating on a frozen pond and...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on December 12, 2014

Today is what would have been Frank Sinatra's 99th birthday and it seems like the whole world will be celebrating. Sony's new classic film channel getTV is playing host with a #99ReasonsWeLoveSinatra party on social media. The fun started at 3 am ET--the exact time of Frank's birth--and goes throu   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on December 8, 2014

On the heels of yesterday's presentation at the Skirball Cultural Center on THE HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM NOIR, I'm speaking tomorrow about the style evolution of Marlene Dietrich at the Annenberg Beach House! Tuesday, December 9thSTYLE STORIES--EVOLUTION OF FILM ICONS THROUGH COSTUME DESIGN Ma   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on December 2, 2014

Sunday, December 7th THE HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM NOIR 1:00 pm - 2:30 pmGuest speakerSkirball Cultural CenterLos Angeles, CAWartime America bore witness to shortages of common fashion materials ranging from silk to rubber. Even with rationing and restrictions imposed on the entire country, film   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on November 21, 2014

As many know, I have been celebrating film noir this Fall due to my December talk at the Skirball Cultural Center in L.A. on THE HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM NOIR. One of the icons I will be discussing is Veronica Lake, and I recently wrote about the November birthday...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on November 4, 2014

As most know, I am an enormous fan of film noir, particularly those that premiered in the 1940s, and have written about many of them on GlamAmor. It seems appropriate, then, that I have been asked to speak on this very subject at the Skirball Cultural Center on December 7th...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on October 28, 2014

People frequently ask me for a list of the most influential costume design of all time, whether it's questions I get online, in interviews, or when I give presentations. Of course this is some of why I created The Style Essentials in the first place. But that is a list...   read more