Camel’s Back: Linda Evangelista Shot by Peter Lindbergh for Vogue US, September 1989

Peter Lindbergh photographed Linda Evangelista for a feature editorial titled “Camel’s Back” in the September 1989 issue of Vogue US, but she was not on the cover. The cover of that issue featured Naomi Campbell, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier.

Styled by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, this shoot redefined fashion’s palette, elevating camel from a background shade into the new symbol of understated luxury. Once a tone reserved for casual daywear, camel suddenly replaced navy and black, appearing in everything from fluid evening gowns to sharply tailored suits and accessories.

Linda, who by then was already on her way to becoming one of the original supermodels (and famously the woman who “wouldn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day”), embodied this shift perfectly. With Lindbergh’s cinematic lens, her cool sophistication turned minimalism into a statement of power and timeless elegance.

This editorial didn’t just forecast a trend, it cemented camel as the modern neutral, forever linked with late-80s refinement and Evangelista’s unforgettable allure.

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The Amazing Story of the Family Journey From Sydney to Paris on a Scooter in 1956

In 1956, the Montin family of four made an extraordinary 12,000-mile (over 19,000 km) journey from Sydney to Paris on a single Lambretta Lambro 150 FD three-wheeled scooter. The family consisted of French father Guy Montin, his British wife Beryl, and their two young children, Charles (4) and Yvonne (2).

A Lambretta Lambro 150 FD, a three-wheeled light commercial vehicle, not a typical two-wheeled scooter. Guy custom-built a small cabin of marine plywood and canvas on the back to accommodate his family and their luggage, which could also be used for sleeping. The vehicle had a top speed of just 25 mph (around 40 km/h). Beryl referred to the modified scooter as “the contraption.” The total journey took several months, with the main Sydney to Paris leg taking over two months of actual travel, plus extended stops due to weather and hospitality.

The family first drove 3,000 miles across the Australian outback from Sydney to Perth, where they boarded a ship to Colombo, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). From there, they sailed to Bombay (Mumbai), India, where the main overland journey began. Their route then took them through: India, Pakistan, Persia (modern-day Iran), Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia (former), Italy, and France.

The Montins had initially planned to spend six weeks in India. Guy had carefully studied the seasonal movement of the monsoon rain and come up with a way of avoiding it. Nonetheless, it was the monsoon which eventually brought their travels to a stop, at which point Guy, Beryl and the children had to rely on the hospitality of the Indian people to offer them shelter. Their stay ended up lasting more than four months. An Indian newspaper focused on the family’s daily baths in the Ganges River and their strict adherence to vegetarian food as the main reason for their good health.

Later, Guy Montin wrote a letter to the Lambretta company. He explained that he has constantly been told that he’s insane, and that no one has at any point believed that they would reach their goal. In Sydney, no one thought they would even reach Perth. In Colombo, people swore that they could not reach Lahore through the monsoon. In Lahore, that it would be impossible to reach Quetta. In Quetta, they were perceived as mad if they really thought that they would be able to drive through Persia.

In the letter, Guy wrote – triumphantly and with great pleasure: “Eppoi si muove we are in Teheran...” Eppoi si muove translates to something along the lines of: Yet, we’re still moving... He continued the letter: “We have passed the worst. We now know for certain a family of four can eat, sleep and travel fifteen thousand kilometers on a Lambretta Furgoncino. We are not mad. In fact we are, the four of us, in splendid mental and physical shape. Just wait until you see us.

“Meanwhile we must stress an important fact: it is through no fault on the part of our machine that we have taken over six months to cover this part of our trip. It is the people who will not let us go. The engine purrs like a cheetah in the crisp morning air, the children have been fed, clothed and ‘potted.’ Mama has just retrieved Papa’s lost goggles. We are ready for the days three hundred kilometers...”

Eventually, they finally reached Paris and spent the night camping in their trusty Lambretta within the Bois de Boulogne park in the outskirts of the city. They have traveled through 11 different countries and have encountered everything from meter-high snow to heatwaves and monsoon rain. They’ve met primitive tribes, thick jungle and relentless desert. They’ve been plagued by dysentery and not least by the serious accident in the Australian outback. They sum up their spendings during their epic roadtrip: A total of 350 pounds – 80 for petrol, 200 for food and 5 for goatskin jackets and gloves. The rest was spent on repairs, visas and ferry tickets.

Back in England, The Sunday Express focused more on a couple of remarks made by Beryl. Under the headline: “One lipstick – on a trip half around the world” Beryl confessed that it wasn’t even the lack of daily baths which bothered her the most. It was the long and tiring route from Quetta in Pakistan to Mashed in Persia. This stretch was almost 3,000 km long and took them several weeks to put behind them, during which they lived solely off dried goat cheese and fruit. Still, Beryl did admit that not having a warm bath since leaving Sydney did eventually affect her mood, and it brought great joy when they finally had warm baths again in Persia.

Guy got to visit his family in Cahors in south-western France, and Beryl received a very warm welcome from her family in her hometown of Margate in the UK.

It had been a true adventure for the Montin family and a colossal, life-defining experience for the children Charles and Yvonne. Guy took a few notes during their trip, but mostly about the conversations they had, and seemingly mostly for personal use. Short episodes were captured by newspaper articles published as the family made their way through the many countries. In a time devoid of social media and before the need for self-promotion, tales from their travels are sparse. Even so, it’s food for thought and will surely energize most people’s fantasies. Just imagine all the adventures and experiences encompassed by a family roadtrip around half the globe on a three-wheeled scooter with 2hp and a total load of maximum 500 kg.

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40 Vintage Photos Capture Everyday Life in Hungary From the 1960s

Everyday life in Hungary during the 1960s was marked by the cautious reforms of “Goulash Communism” under János Kádár. Compared to the repression of the previous decade, the period offered a degree of stability and improved material conditions. Families found increasing access to basic consumer goods, such as affordable, though often unreliable, East German Trabant or Soviet-made Moskvich cars, marking a slow shift toward individual mobility.

While political expression remained controlled, the New Economic Mechanism (NEM) introduced in 1968 allowed for small private businesses and a greater variety of food and goods in shops, significantly reducing the chronic shortages common in other Eastern Bloc countries. Culturally, Western influences, particularly in pop music and film, were cautiously tolerated (“Tűrt”), offering citizens more entertainment choices than before.

Despite the relaxed atmosphere, life was still governed by the single-party bureaucracy, where political loyalty remained essential for career advancement, but citizens generally enjoyed more freedom to pursue private interests and travel (within the Bloc) than their neighbors.

Two young women sunbathing on a beach, 1960s Hungary

Woman tuning a portable radio on a picnic blanket in grassy field, Hungary, 1960s

A baby in a bath basin, assisted by a caring mother in a cozy home setting, Hungary, 1960s

A family enjoying time in a shallow pool, Hungary, 1960s

A family gathering in Győr, Hungary, showing adults around a table with drinks in the 1960s

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Portraits of a Young Anni-Frid Lyngstad Featured on Her Early Work From the Late 1960s

Before joining ABBA, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (also known simply as Frida) had a decade-long career in Sweden and Norway, performing with various jazz and dance bands, winning a national talent competition, and releasing several solo singles and two solo albums.

At age 11, Lyngstad first performed publicly at a Red Cross charity event. By 13, she was a paid vocalist for a local dance band and continued singing with various acts for the next eight years, initially lying about her age to meet performance requirements. She primarily worked in jazz and cabaret music, influenced by singers like Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee.

In 1963, she was the vocalist with the Gunnar Sandevarn Trio before forming her own band, the Anni-Frid Four. These groups all contained her husband, Ragnar Fredriksson. Her major breakthrough came on September 3, 1967, when she won the national talent competition “New Faces” (Nya Ansikten) with the song “En ledig dag” (“A Day Off”). The first prize was a recording contract with EMI Sweden and a live television performance on the popular show Hylands Hörna, which brought her national recognition.

She released several schlager-style singles with EMI, though with mixed commercial success initially. Her musical taste began shifting toward a more contemporary pop-rock sound after meeting Benny Andersson, who produced her recordings starting in 1971.

Before ABBA became a global phenomenon, the four members collaborated on a cabaret act called Festfolket in 1970 (later known as Festfolk in a 1971 revue). This project was a critical and commercial failure at the time. Despite this, the individual members were already known to the Swedish public, setting the stage for their collective international success after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with “Waterloo.”

Stunning Portraits of Marilyn Monroe During the Filming of ‘All About Eve’ (1950)

During the filming of All About Eve in 1950, Marilyn Monroe was still at the beginning of her rise, appearing in a small but memorable role as Miss Casswell. Though she shared only a handful of scenes, the production captured a series of striking portraits that reveal a young actress on the verge of stardom.

These images show Monroe as both poised and vulnerable, her now-iconic beauty softened by the uncertainty of a newcomer navigating Hollywood’s demanding spotlight. Even in these early photographs, it is clear that Marilyn Monroe possessed a magnetism the camera could not ignore, the quiet beginning of a legend in the making.

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54 Amazing Photographs From the Doors’ Album “Waiting for the Sun” Session in February 1968

The Doors started recording Waiting for the Sun in late 1967 at Sunset Sound Studios, with early versions of “The Unknown Soldier” and “Spanish Caravan.” The group soon moved to TTG Studios in Hollywood, California, where the majority of the album’s recording took place.

The band had used up most of frontman Jim Morrison's original songbook, a collection of lyrics and ideas, for their first two records. Consequently, following months of touring, interviews and television appearances, they had little new material. The band attempted to record a lengthy suite titled “Celebration of the Lizard,” which was planned to occupy the second side of the album, but the concept was shelved. However, a recording of the “Not to Touch the Earth” segment was included and the full lyrics to “Celebration of the Lizard” were printed inside the album's gatefold sleeve.

The removal of “Celebration of the Lizard” compelled the band to compose new songs in the studio. They also reconsidered older songs they had previously decided against recording, such as “Hello, I Love You.” The growing perfectionism of producer Paul A. Rothchild led to innumerable studio re-takes, which became an issue for the group. Morrison’s increasing alcohol consumption also caused tension and difficulties, and at one point drummer John Densmore walked out of a session frustrated at Morrison’s behavior.

Waiting for the Sun became the band’s only number one album, topping the Billboard 200 for four weeks, while also including their second US number one single, “Hello, I Love You.” The first single released off the record was “The Unknown Soldier,” which peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became the band’s first hit album in the UK, where it reached number 16.

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25 Wonderful Color Portraits of a Young Veronica Lake in the 1940s and 1950s

Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973), known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. In the 1940s, she was a major Hollywood star. Lake was best known for her “femme fatale” roles in a series of successful film noirs, often starring opposite actor Alan Ladd, forming one of Hollywood’s most memorable on-screen duos. Notable films include Sullivan’s Travels (1941), I Married a Witch (1942), This Gun for Hire (1942), and The Blue Dahlia (1946).

Her signature long, wavy blonde hair that covered one eye became an incredibly popular style, widely imitated by women across the United States. During wartime, she even pinned her hair up to encourage women in factories to adopt safer, less hazardous hairstyles.

Lake received both popular and critical acclaim, becoming a top box-office draw and a major pin-up girl for WWII GIs. Despite her success, she gained a reputation for being difficult to work with, which contributed to later career problems.

Personal issues, financial troubles (including filing for bankruptcy in 1951), mental health struggles, and heavy drinking took a significant toll on her career. Paramount discharged her after 1948, and she struggled to find substantial work. Lake made only one film in the entire decade of the 1950s (Stronghold, 1951), though she did make several guest appearances on television programs.

After her film career ended, she moved to New York City, drifted between cheap hotels, and was arrested multiple times for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. She even worked as a barmaid under an assumed name. 

Veronica Lake never regained her 1940s popularity and died in 1973 at the age of 50 from complications related to hepatitis and kidney injury caused by years of alcoholism. 

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