https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:57:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053720 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 09:10:42 +0000 Style Fan 2053720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great pic!&nbsp; How wonderful to have seen him live! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053597 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:30:24 +0000 kkards 2053597@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another fan...Duke Ellington is one of my moms favorites and she passed that love on to me. And I love that his closet looks like mine lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053565 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:49:32 +0000 Anonymous 2053565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love Duke Ellington Jealous that you got to see him! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053493 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:39:42 +0000 Chris987 2053493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks <b>Runcarla, Ginger, Jules! </b></p> <p>Wow <b>vintagedawn, </b>knowing someone who worked for the band must have been awesome!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053488 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:25:36 +0000 Jules 2053488@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great ‘slice of life’ picture! And I love hearing about people’s passions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053483 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:07:09 +0000 VintageDawn 2053483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great in the moment picture, and I love the piano in the dressing room!&nbsp; &nbsp;I'm also a huge fan of his music Chris. We had a friend (she's since passed) who worked as Ellington's secretary when she was a young woman fresh out of college and eager to be on the jazz scene in NY in the early 40's. Can you imagine what she must have gotten to see? It was always fun to hear her recollections about the band and the various musicians.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />A nice way to start the morning </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053470 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:16:24 +0000 Ginger 2053470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an awesome picture! That's a real slice of life, not posed at all! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053469 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:15:30 +0000 Carla 2053469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the piano! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053459 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:37:56 +0000 Chris987 2053459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks <b>Bijou!</b> Yes, hearing him perform was one of the high points of my life. I had already heard his music when I was in high school so when he showed up at my college i grabbed tix immediately!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053457 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:32:52 +0000 Bijou 2053457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chris, what a great tribute to such a talented man. He did need Angie’s super powers to help get organised. So glad you got to see him perform. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duke-ellingtons-dressing-room-closet#post-2053453 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:19:31 +0000 Chris987 2053453@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This photo came across my FB feed and I just had to share. </p> <p>The caption is "Duke Ellington caught in his dressing room at the Paramount Theater in New York, 1946, by photographer Willliam Gottlieb."</p> <p>A brief intro to the Duke in case you are not familiar with him: He was arguably the greatest of the American composers and band leaders of the jazz/swing era, and also wrote pieces for orchestra.&nbsp; There's a great article about him on Wikipedia. He was also known for his elegance both in personality and wardrobe. He is my personal favorite of all American composers, and I feel truly privileged to have seen him and his band live when I was in college in the '70's, when the popularity of big bands had waned and they were performing at universities just to make ends meet. I also have been lucky enough to perform his music a number of times in the concert band I'm in.&nbsp; His music is so full of feeling yet also musically complex and compelling.</p> <p>Anyway, this photo of his dressing room and closet is a hoot. Note that there is a piano very close to his dressing table. Check out all his skin/hair products, scarves tossed on lamps, hat askew on the closet shelf. There is also something odd about the lighting - note all the shadows especially in the closet area. I think this was a candid shot.&nbsp;<b>Angie</b> could have whipped his closet into shape in no time! </p>