tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post3264123407805231447..comments2024-03-24T12:54:29.192-04:00Comments on P i g t o w n * D e s i g n: Wallis, Edward + Madonna… It’s Not Good!Pigtown*Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-37057533581773050832011-09-19T12:34:11.807-04:002011-09-19T12:34:11.807-04:00I'm not one to let this woman have an out. But...I'm not one to let this woman have an out. But the one thing that strikes me in all that is mentioned is the intoxicated dance with the tribesman. If it is true that he was controlled by Wallis and felt completely helpless then the fantasy would be accurate. To make someone whom you feel has humiliated you experience that same humiliation is every beings most natural instinct for revenge. Andsherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664231178384208560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-79260189242753097302011-09-06T20:10:11.270-04:002011-09-06T20:10:11.270-04:00I have read that Madonna now owns a number of piec...I have read that Madonna now owns a number of pieces of Wallis' jewelry. Any Pigtown readers have details?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-35499459592802949362011-09-05T20:48:28.874-04:002011-09-05T20:48:28.874-04:00Pas de probleme. I'll watch it on mute.<i>Pas de probleme</i>. I'll watch it on mute.mamacitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12201474702664482175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-3987377585855645062011-09-05T19:06:30.595-04:002011-09-05T19:06:30.595-04:00The program Edward and Mrs Simpson was on Masterpi...The program Edward and Mrs Simpson was on Masterpiece theatre in the 80s. Well done. Doesn't sound like Madonna's production will come close to accurately representing Wallis and Edward. Such a shame.<br /><br />~SuzyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-69635970033811478342011-09-05T13:38:12.443-04:002011-09-05T13:38:12.443-04:00Madonna, don't I just love to hate her! Ditto ...Madonna, don't I just love to hate her! Ditto Mrs. Boo-kay, except replace the tribesmen/sex pistols with gay designers and Stevie Nicks...oh my.Linda @ a design snackhttp://accessdesigngroup.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-42839145075109907402011-09-05T12:15:10.447-04:002011-09-05T12:15:10.447-04:00Getting wasted and dirty dancing with Maasai tribe...Getting wasted and dirty dancing with Maasai tribesmen to the Sex Pistols. Man have I been there.Hyacinth Buckethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195191134660378483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-28118201708916953992011-09-05T11:15:32.993-04:002011-09-05T11:15:32.993-04:00It's so perfect that Madonna would create a pi...It's so perfect that Madonna would create a piece of visually great crap! Totally appropriate for the two Windsors were purely style over substance, both prior to and following the Abdication. When Madonna bought the home Cecil Beaton had lived in I should have seen this W.E. As a logical next step...it just figures she would find an affinity for such a brittle, vain, selfish woman. Ugh.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01924951632694536923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-17584587942405014312011-09-05T10:42:06.639-04:002011-09-05T10:42:06.639-04:00Madge should have done this as a fashion shoot (yo...Madge should have done this as a fashion shoot (you know all the major mags would want it,) and people would be raving about it, not against it. I am sure she hates the defeat she reaps every time she goes near film.Washington Cubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892459114050731786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-12348505322021275572011-09-05T09:44:06.765-04:002011-09-05T09:44:06.765-04:00The Anne Sebba biography apparently includes numer...The Anne Sebba biography apparently includes numerous letters written to Ernest Simpson by the Duchess, after the abdication, apparently most apologetic and regretful in tone. Must have come from ES's daughter from his first marriage (still living) or his son by his third (still living). If so, Sebba has managed to get a new angle no one else has.An Aesthete's Lamenthttp://www.aestheteslament.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-4493135128937579572011-09-05T09:38:32.987-04:002011-09-05T09:38:32.987-04:00Ouch! Sounds painfull to watch. The images look g...Ouch! Sounds painfull to watch. The images look great though...Modonna did remember to include the Dogs, right?<br /><br />It sounds like WE could be playing on he TV shortly where I can hit the mute button, play my own sound track and sit back to enjoy the set designs, fashions and pack of Pugs.<br /><br />Hmmmm, all style and little substance. Where'd that idea come from? ;)Cynthia at Interior Design Houndhttp://www.interiordesignhound.com/2011/08/02/royal-hounds-the-duke-duchess-of-windsor-pack-of-dogs-a-pug-story/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-41656811500967177622011-09-05T09:19:43.065-04:002011-09-05T09:19:43.065-04:00I'm just glad she didn't poise on the patt...I'm just glad she didn't poise on the patterned sofa with her patterned dress.Tradition Mattershttp://www.baldaquin.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-86314756884743715812011-09-05T08:17:19.109-04:002011-09-05T08:17:19.109-04:00Oh my! Sounds painful to watch. I think I'll s...Oh my! Sounds painful to watch. I think I'll skip this one.Kerry Steele- Design du Mondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13066816712379181399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-41317093583759494922011-09-05T05:34:49.661-04:002011-09-05T05:34:49.661-04:00I recently watched a new documentary on her life a...I recently watched a new documentary on her life as new documents, her letters have been released showing a completely different side to Wallis. She did not want to marry him, she even wrote to the Government urging them to not allow him to abdicate. Her letters to her husband at the time showed a woman trapped in a situation she had no control over. She was desperate to escape but he was YONKShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659751063643621817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-45820074718366991282011-09-05T02:05:34.109-04:002011-09-05T02:05:34.109-04:00The story has been told to death. Just my opinion...The story has been told to death. Just my opinion. Very shallow people. A very , very weak and pathetic man.<br />Completely dominated and then humiliated by a woman without a soul.<br />She was astonished that he was forced to abdicate....and "kept up appearances" sort of.....during their life together. They "visited" all sorts of people...who would " host" them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-79427271789247229372011-09-05T00:23:09.853-04:002011-09-05T00:23:09.853-04:00I am so sorry to learn about the negative reviews....I am so sorry to learn about the negative reviews. I had high hopes for this film. I wish someone would come along and do the story justice. Perhaps it will be worth watching for the art direction.Jane Kilpatrick Schotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13180782161704403156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-88641039326867278982011-09-04T23:11:49.212-04:002011-09-04T23:11:49.212-04:00I recall that the reviews of "Evita" wer...I recall that the reviews of "Evita" were less than favorable but the costumes won an award. That said, "Evita" is one my favorite movies and I can't tell you how many times I have watched it!ilovelimegreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704346108310846391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-13843151053810042682011-09-04T22:58:34.583-04:002011-09-04T22:58:34.583-04:00I've read worse critques than the Guardian'...I've read worse critques than the Guardian's. But oh dear, why does she bother? Making a film about beautiful clothes does seem to sum it up. Perhaps that's a good metaphor for the couple - completely shallow and pointless.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-30369675375375747212011-09-04T22:53:47.108-04:002011-09-04T22:53:47.108-04:00Yikes! In that swimsuit still, the positions shou...Yikes! In that swimsuit still, the positions should have been reversed, from what I have read. I am looking forward to Anne Sebba's new book "That Woman" which promises to be the mist accurate portrayal of Wallis Simpson to date.The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-54149302230654483232011-09-04T22:48:26.772-04:002011-09-04T22:48:26.772-04:00Poor Madge.Poor Madge.HOBAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354831628721898035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-40570290214729934492011-09-04T22:17:20.713-04:002011-09-04T22:17:20.713-04:00Oh no, it does sound rather ghastly. Will still ha...Oh no, it does sound rather ghastly. Will still have to see it, though - as one would rubberneck a train wreck... if only to swoon over the costumes. Great posting! xxxxThe Caledonian Mining Expedition Companyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845145417650877690noreply@blogger.com