Glamour - Then and Now

Yes. Grace Kelly was amazing. As far as the notion of screen glamour/icon goes, I will have to
admit that the list of choices is quite deep. As mentioned, this question pops up on occassion and guys usually go directly toward the Jolie et al direction. Women's choices, on the other hand, are as varied as their moods. There is no consensus here (in my very own unscientific resource).

I noticed that my selections tend to come from earlier incarnations of screen beauty (with few exceptions). One of the top contenders, for me, is Myrna Loy. She forever changed the screen notion of the wife as cufflink to the more important dominant partner. Her intelligent sass on screen showed men why they needed to go home after work - Dessert was waiting.

No list is complete without Audrey Hepburn. Her simply stated natural elegance was matched only by the way in which she lived - beautifully. Every time I watch her on screen, I fall in love all over again.

On the more contemporary front. I need to include two Indian actresses - one, Rani Mukerjee, is from the Bollywood camp. Her eyes to look at, her voice (oh my lord, that voice)...sheerly delightful to watch. Her recent performance in "Black" is not to be missed.

The other Indian actress is of the American flavor - Native American actress Irene Bedard gains my nod for one of, if not the most beautiful actress on the American screen today. It is a shame we do not see more of her.

Any questions? That why God invented the Google search.

What all of these women share goes beyond mere beauty. They possess an understated luxury in their performances. They all do with a glance what others work very hard at emoting. If this were merely about beauty, the list would be endless as women across the world grace us poor voyeuristic testerone-laden slobs with their presence and inherant charms. This juvenile list is about the celebration of the feminine, the distaff propensity for elegance. Like silk across bare flesh, these women remind men, on a daily basis, why we love being men.