![]() ![]() In 1964, deciding that Cambridge was too small, she went off to New York with vague ambitions of a modeling career. She sadly developed anorexia and bulimia, and at 17 was institutionalized first at Silver Hill, then the Westchester division of New York Presbyterian hospital. The seventh of eight children, she had an isolated childhood overshadowed by her father’s mental illness and extramarital dalliances. ![]() She still lights up photographs with her energetic, haunted elegance, providing excellent fodder for Tumblr fandom.Įdie was born Edith Minturn Sedgwick on Apon her family’s ranch in Santa Barbara, California. Yet she is beloved as a nonconformist, fashion-forward, artistic, tragic symbol of a time when art and pop converged. Even though she hung around with Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan and Lou Reed, she was perceived at the time as ornamental. ![]() ![]() In fact, Edie never did much of anything, except serve as a muse to many. Though often idolized in the same way as Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe, she wasn’t a successful or talented actress, and she did no humanitarian works. In fact, her legacy is an empty vessel - all silver hair and eyeliner and black tights and Germaine Monteil skin creams. ![]()
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