caroline contillo

In his 1928 novel “Nadja,” André Breton cites an old French adage: “Tell me whom you haunt” - whom you befriend - “and I’ll tell you who you are.” Judged by this criterion, the English heiress Nancy Cunard, who “haunted” Breton’s Surrealists and countless other artists besides, is one of the biggest stars you’ve never [...]

in an effort to update more, i will be doing a Lady of the Day post.

Solita Solano was born in New England in 1888. Both in youth and maturity she was strong-willed, inquisitive, and independent. Expressing her dislike for educational systems and her love of travel early in life, she spent three years in the [...]