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BABY CAKESCUPCAKES FOR JEAN HARLOW(1911 – 1937)When Jean Harlow died at the age of twenty-six, she had already starred in over thirtyfeature films. Her death sent shockwaves through Hollywood but her young legacy wasalready assured as the actress for whom the term ‘platinum blonde’ was first coined.``````BEGINNERCake LaceCupcakes``````http://www.cakedecorationmagazine.co.uk September 2018 | 63``````As Hollywood blondes go,Jean Harlow was sweeter thanMae West but sharper thanMarilyn Monroe, who looked upto Harlow as a child and openlyacknowledged her influence uponher screen persona. Harlow's ability toportray the 'blonde bombshell'(another term invented to describe her)made her an icon though her abilitywas felt to be far greater than the roles``````she played. Never critically acclaimed,always written off as a disposablevamp in her lifetime, the cinema-goingpublic adored her and madeJean Harlow one of the biggest starsof the day. You may not know her,you may not know her films, but shewas the original and you have seenJean Harlow's influence in moreactresses than you think.Some of the most iconic photographs``````of Jean Harlow involve loungewear- 1930's Hollywood loungewearof silken dressing gowns, trimmedwith marabou feathers. These fluffyfeathered marabou cupcakes aremy bite-sized tributes to the first ofher kind; the beautiful and ultimatelytragic, Hollywood blonde, known to allthose who loved her as 'Baby'.p63-65_Charlotte White.indd 63 09/08/2018 18:02