June 1st is what would have been Marilyn Monroe's 80th Birthday on August 5th she will have been dead 45 years. In that 45 years she's become a juggernaut of a legend, so appealing, so out of our reach, Marilyn is sex and because she died so young, she will always be beautiful always be sexy.

I've had a girl crush on Marilyn since I was 9 years old, totally fascinated by her as I'm sure most people are. Anyway I say that to say this, two weeks before she died Marilyn did a nude photo shoot with photographer Bert Stern. He shot some iconic photos of her including this one.





His book Marilyn Monroe: The last sitting is truly gorgeous. It is a beautiful look at the last moments of her life. Included in the book are photographs that Marilyn had vetoed, she marked the negatives with an orange X or scratched them out. Part of me believes it's disrespectful to print this against Marilyn's wishes, but the other part sees them for the stunning pictures they are.



One photograph in particular I have always loved, In my mind it would be Perfect blown up and as a centerpiece in an all white bedroom, unfortunately for me the photo is several thousand dollars and it just goes up up up the bigger it is.


So I bought another copy of The Last Sitting and cut out the print I wanted, I do feel very guilty for cutting up a book but I do have another copy and I believe I will be using some more photos from it.


So here's what I did, I put the picture in a great brushed silver frame and hung it above my nightstand, over sized it's not but it still remains very sexy and very graphic.





Low and behold I saw this image on a blog.


I'm such a trendsetter (kidding)! Sometimes I swear my apartment is bugged.