This post wants to be about the lack of recognition and due respect paid to black style icons throughout history. It wants to be about that struggle being the least of their worries in their own time. It wants to be about a great many things: feminism and how it’s different when you’re black, beauty and how it’s viewed differently when you’re black, style and how often it’s copied without credit when you’re black.
BUT
That shit brings me down! Sometimes, even in my own heart and mind, I just want it to be simple! A simple post, conversation, thought, feeling about this person of color and how looking at them
MAKES ME FEEL GOOD!!!
Let’s look at Eartha.
LOOK AT HER!!
She is fucking stunning!
And she knows it.
Look at that rare, girlish smile!!
And look, LOOOOOOK at her MOOOOOVE!!
Look at the POWER!!
There are millions of images like these from old Hollywood, but not so many of its African American stars.
Being fitted.
Getting pretty.
Embracing style and motherhood, with equal aplomb.
She appeared to be so unapologetic about being her full self! So proud and regal (which some might feel she shouldn’t have because of her very humble beginnings, and that is a massive understatement, but this post is not about that)!! So, SO talented and passionate!
And beautiful!!
Especially as she aged.
I hope to see her name and likeness in more vintage style reports around the blogisphere.
Sown Brooklyn 
She was absolutely stunning!
Sometimes I don’t want to live in that poc/other space either and that’s why I love your Black & Vintage board. Ms. Kitt gives me life! Her grace, sensuality and power are evident in every picture or movie I’ve ever seen w/ her in it. And let’s not forget about that voice!
What an incredibly beautiful woman. Just stunning.
Classic. I love her name.
xoxo
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful lady – and thank you for creating a section like this in your blog, full of elsewhere unrepresentative beautiful stylish black women that I can show my little girl and make her feel proud. Nnen x
I love when you write these posts because these were my icons growing up…Eartha Kitt, Sarah Vaughn, Diahann Carroll, Dorothy Dandrige, Lena Horne, Della Reese, Ella Fitzgerald…these were the people who looked like me and were beautiful! Thank goodness for Ebony and Jet magazine because that’s how those images entered my home as a young girl. Keep writing these posts because it’s wonderful celebrating the glorious past of our people!
Thank you for the uplifting positivity!!! Eartha Kitt has always be a favourite style icon of mine. Keep posting these beautiful and inspiring images. They are so needed.
I loved the last two lines of this post! 🙂 And yep, she did. What a stunningly beautiful woman…
I love her. Thank you for this post :).
This is a great post. I completely understand, it can also be exhausting too. I think that is why I never really got into the vintage looks myself. The lack of what looks close to me.
Eartha Kitt is mad stunning, even getting older she stunning. Amazing.
My husband was the one that introduced me to Eartha Kitt because he fucking LOVES HER. But possibly because of Cat Woman first, then the rest of it. 🙂
Yes, yes! Also these pictures convinced me that if anyone makes a biopic of her, Naomie Harris of Skyfall and the Idris Elba Mandela film would be perfect to play her!
YES!! She she is so beautiful and talented!!
What a babe! She seemed like such a cool lady, and she had a really incredible and unique career. She’s a killer style icon as well as a killer, well, icon icon!
Earth Kitt was definitely one of the most beautiful women ever! I’ve always loved her songs.
Those pictures are AWESOME. God, she is gorgeous.
Ditto! My favorite song round Xmas, “Santa Baby”
StunNing!!
Great pictures and they really do revel in her beauty and grace. Plus her voice= awesome
Thanks for writing this post !
I understand….GREAT post! 😉
Simply. Stunning.
great pictures! definitely a stunning lady, thanks for sharing.
I love when you do these posts, Nette! Eartha Kitt was definitely a total babe. I love those images of her caught in motion – so much incredibly raw beauty and power that very few icons from today possess!
I loooooove Eartha. I know the word is played-out, but the best adjective for her is “fierce”. Those eyes, that attitude. And omg, those legs!
Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures!
Wow, she’s truly beautiful. And how very very sad that she should have been disregarded because of her skin colour. Having grown up in Europe I really know nothing about the black struggle (I wonder if that is even a word – see, I did say I know nothing about it), but it strikes me as very odd.
Totally true! Thank you for this reminder to look for style and beauty out of the ordinary. I think I’m going to use that somehow…
=D She looks even lovelier now.
One fabulous woman, indeed!
gorgeous…those eyebrows…those legs! love it. just found your blog this is the first post i’ve read! you’re on my list now…
great post! she is indeed a rare beauty. hooray for celebrating her! totally sharing this.
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She was just so adorable. Thank you for sharing all those pics!