Monday, March 29, 2010

Not Sweating the Small Stuff

Barcelona born, Carolina Otéro worked her way through cafes, bordellos and music halls to become employed at the Folies Bèrgere in Paris in 1889, creating the gypsy character 'La Belle Otéro'. Not unlike Louise Weber had done had done with ... However something of the allure of this actress/dancer/Folies Bèrgere star/courtesan lingers on today ... ... as legend has it that her breasts were the inspiration in 1912 for the cupolas of the Carlton Hotel in Cannes , France . ...

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