Eve Babitz - wild child – The Vampire's Wife

Eve Babitz

I’ve spent the morning dipping in and out of the books of original 60s and 70s Hollywood wild child, Eve Babitz – so fiercely honest and completely unapologetic. Eve’s Hollywood and Slow Days, Fast Company.

The photo below is a twenty-year-old Eve, naked and playing chess with Marcel Duchamp. It says a great deal about the extent of her mischief making. It was taken as an act of revenge against her married lover, who hadn’t invited her to Duchamp’s retrospective at the museum, since his wife was attending. That’s one way to do it! Love, Susie x

I COME FROM THERE

I love this poem, Tropical Town, by Salomón de la Selva. The poet was born in 1893, in León, Nicaragua, writing in both Spanish and English. He was active throughout his life in numerous labour and political movements He died on February 5, 1959. I love the line ‘I come from there…’, suggesting that the poet is an immigrant, far from home, dreaming of the repose of the cemetery, ‘where the green trees are.’ So very beautiful.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL LOVE

Someone called Vivienne from Auckland sent this beautiful poem/piece of philosophy from Pádraig Ó Tuama to my husband’s Red Hand Files this week. Such a wondrous thing as it falls to its very most simple and touching conclusion. Thank you, Vivienne, for enriching our little corners!

GRETA BELLAMACINA IN VENICE

Actress, poet, filmmaker, style icon and dear friend, Greta Bellamacina prepares to take on Venice Film Festival in her bespoke Raspberry Vampire’s Wife Dress and Cape. ‘There's such a magic to the shape of the dress–and the colour. It felt very special. There's also this timelessness to it. A lot of pieces from The Vampire’s Wife transcend the decades,' Greta says of the dresses. We adore Greta here at The Vampire’s Wife. Love Susie. x Black Under Heaven everything lives unnerved tiny cups and scissors hungover lilies in heaven marching in glass on the table our child arranging the sky,...

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