The Birth and Death of Edie Sedgwick

Many people are intrigued by this beautiful flower who passed way too young (before she was 30). Privileged, yet not the best childhood: two of her brothers committed suicide(also before they were 30), she and Andy Warhol supercharged eachother in the New York art scene and night life of the mid-60's. The rest of her history is on wikipedia if you are not familiar.

Much to my surprise, I recently found out that I own a piece of Edie nostalgia (of sorts). As I was pulling out one of the many vintage pieces in my wardrobe, I looked closer at a snap-in-the-back femme cut hospital gown from none other than the place Ms. Sedgwick was born, and had her last stint in the mental ward. "Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital." How could this go unnoticed in my closet after so many years of owning it? Blind am I.

So tartlettes, here it is. Go check out the other pictures in the iUnisex gallery for a full shot.  And say a small prayer for Edie as fashion goddess, a true original.