Pulp International - 1970 Sophia Loren promo image

Dec 12 2015

Some accessories—and some people—never go out of style.

This extremely rare Sophia Loren item comes from Japan and appeared in magazines and promo pamphlets, but the actual photo was originally shot in Italy in 1970 by Tazio Secchiaroli for Vogue. Ironically, Loren is known today for wearing wigs, but not in a good way—the now eighty-one-year-old star usually sports big red hair in public but vicious internet snarks joke that it isn't real. Perhaps not, but were any of her detractors ever this perfect? We doubt it. We think Loren should turn the jokes around and make her next appearance in one of the wigs above.

Japan Italy Vogue Sophia Loren Tazio Secchiaroli

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2003—Hope Dies

Film legend Bob Hope dies of pneumonia two months after celebrating his 100th birthday.

1945—Churchill Given the Sack

In spite of admiring Winston Churchill as a great wartime leader, Britons elect Clement Attlee the nation's new prime minister in a sweeping victory for the Labour Party over the Conservatives.

1952—Evita Peron Dies

Eva Duarte de Peron, aka Evita, wife of the president of the Argentine Republic, dies from cancer at age 33. Evita had brought the working classes into a position of political power never witnessed before, but was hated by the nation's powerful military class. She is lain to rest in Milan, Italy in a secret grave under a nun's name, but is eventually returned to Argentina for reburial beside her husband in 1974.

1943—Mussolini Calls It Quits

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini steps down as head of the armed forces and the government. It soon becomes clear that Il Duce did not relinquish power voluntarily, but was forced to resign after former Fascist colleagues turned against him. He is later installed by Germany as leader of the Italian Social Republic in the north of the country, but is killed by partisans in 1945.

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