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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">As a makeup artist you spend an enormous amount of time researching everything under the sun.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">You have to know where it's been to know where it's going.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">You have to have a vast knowledge encompassing every iconic moment.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">It's fabulous.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbdZXbdom797652ljokcnXqtgE2vzYiO1a0gha28U-m0mJtLjRnyM_v_psREMnTGprFFYsov9ejIVWnXg2-E8ONu7q5Kil7P2A6xyn6tBUx_-7MD7Y2Jppmdu1Ft1WVlDz2uZw7GpKKA/s640/blogger-image--2102186041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-Jpeg-02" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbdZXbdom797652ljokcnXqtgE2vzYiO1a0gha28U-m0mJtLjRnyM_v_psREMnTGprFFYsov9ejIVWnXg2-E8ONu7q5Kil7P2A6xyn6tBUx_-7MD7Y2Jppmdu1Ft1WVlDz2uZw7GpKKA/s640/blogger-image--2102186041.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-Jpeg-02" width="430" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iconic Nico</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Tonight I have been compiling iconic images of German singer, songwriter, model, actress, heroin addict, Nico.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9IWYgbTn_fpA1cs39esaWK0zwJnwZHvwpcEOGV-dhAIFdOi2Jy-81BtJ4dWDtvHb14eHcQDXNvUdyFgB_3LZz7hQcc_vJgO5lzUgDlQAu1vNd_cu6obmawgkWHFt2ct4Om1iX8jaV9s/s640/blogger-image--1479156513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-01" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9IWYgbTn_fpA1cs39esaWK0zwJnwZHvwpcEOGV-dhAIFdOi2Jy-81BtJ4dWDtvHb14eHcQDXNvUdyFgB_3LZz7hQcc_vJgO5lzUgDlQAu1vNd_cu6obmawgkWHFt2ct4Om1iX8jaV9s/s640/blogger-image--1479156513.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-01" width="468" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Born  Christi Paffgen in Cologne in 1938, Nico is perhaps mostly remembered for being a Warhol girl and singing with <b>The</b> <b>Velvet</b> <b>Underground</b>. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Her story (like all the iconics) is fascinating. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">She was discovered selling lingerie at Berlin's<i><b> KaDeWe</b></i> at 16, her 5'10" frame and chiseled features paved her way into modeling for prominent magazines including Vogue, Elle, and Tempo.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">TV commercials morphed into movies, including small roles in 1958's <b>La Tempesta</b> and <b>For The First Time</b> (starringMario Lanza )</span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;">In 1959 Fellini cast her as herself in <b><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Dolce_Vita" target="_blank">La Dolce Vita.</a></i></b></span><br /><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0avByL5qDaEKVStfTQowbtd_qSMp90jm4Ozicv6OoyKPg1RytyjE3hiMrVT_GEG95ApHOaJX76AUuJS13b0HyFgEvc4XLcF5KjQqDeKCcN3dJ9zxDCCoPl4Ccv3lBtoKH_KwYI8Jnz0/s640/blogger-image--663308966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-La-Dolce-Vita" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0avByL5qDaEKVStfTQowbtd_qSMp90jm4Ozicv6OoyKPg1RytyjE3hiMrVT_GEG95ApHOaJX76AUuJS13b0HyFgEvc4XLcF5KjQqDeKCcN3dJ9zxDCCoPl4Ccv3lBtoKH_KwYI8Jnz0/s640/blogger-image--663308966.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-La-Dolce-Vita" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nico playing herself in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vta</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Living in NYC Nico began her music career in 1963, became friends with the Rolling Stones, who introduced her to Andy Warhol. Warhol used her in his movies and made the Velvet Underground use her as a "chanteuse". She became an iconic figure in music throughout the remainder of her life, moving from New York to France to England, finally dying of a heart attack in Ibiza in 1988.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Nico was only 50 when she died.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLESd0-wjkPLRH2oakK69vhZbt-YfDuyvcH541L3vzpbBU8RlNUyVCqR4nJ2yzcVwyTb2Wg74JM-sT16k7QE97Jt05dSWmghdLR_vgOIX26FuvFDmkayOkIpxuywsk7w0stCzm4mmiPc/s640/blogger-image--1044067552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-03" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLESd0-wjkPLRH2oakK69vhZbt-YfDuyvcH541L3vzpbBU8RlNUyVCqR4nJ2yzcVwyTb2Wg74JM-sT16k7QE97Jt05dSWmghdLR_vgOIX26FuvFDmkayOkIpxuywsk7w0stCzm4mmiPc/s640/blogger-image--1044067552.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-03" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMMp6yNMnLwi-fSU61FUJD6eZWHWZ2OiODwtmzyYdhKC9FS5ouFT0BR7ozmovhAjYZpP6ZekIIZPVQKvgjBWDRMvT0tWpNER8cnNxvLRxVOWSBk_nMd5eJpME0gdKhis5zUtNUXZbOes/s640/blogger-image--1536924045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-04" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMMp6yNMnLwi-fSU61FUJD6eZWHWZ2OiODwtmzyYdhKC9FS5ouFT0BR7ozmovhAjYZpP6ZekIIZPVQKvgjBWDRMvT0tWpNER8cnNxvLRxVOWSBk_nMd5eJpME0gdKhis5zUtNUXZbOes/s640/blogger-image--1536924045.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-04" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfaOycIkCbf_zrPxNk_nNUrQjYXZd78N7sMTebuiAI3KZJvV_n92vU5EN59Fs7awbOn-oU_FK5nQ895TTDUa6d4TIzeeUJt_iiypxKcLzCqPKzwsJNFHgfW9BRRz_czQVGedbP2tQdB8/s640/blogger-image--1502615336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-05" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfaOycIkCbf_zrPxNk_nNUrQjYXZd78N7sMTebuiAI3KZJvV_n92vU5EN59Fs7awbOn-oU_FK5nQ895TTDUa6d4TIzeeUJt_iiypxKcLzCqPKzwsJNFHgfW9BRRz_czQVGedbP2tQdB8/s640/blogger-image--1502615336.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-05" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gEzdAtP5Pc5Ss8b2MtbAQZv57wtXqel-s5vGqdlvlW5zIMc-IaOgV4f3GyB864PDpmA8eV7gY3z2fL6LcLqFLiiU8NSLJs0UT968C1fqtWWqULd-Wb4g_IBzjroGsHx5Eug2x9M-ZHw/s640/blogger-image--511095199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-Velvet-Underground-Andy-Warhol" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gEzdAtP5Pc5Ss8b2MtbAQZv57wtXqel-s5vGqdlvlW5zIMc-IaOgV4f3GyB864PDpmA8eV7gY3z2fL6LcLqFLiiU8NSLJs0UT968C1fqtWWqULd-Wb4g_IBzjroGsHx5Eug2x9M-ZHw/s640/blogger-image--511095199.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-Velvet-Underground-Andy-Warhol" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nico with The Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zZHDCfF-BaHMexr3TjAHM9aV5k5usgwtnACDyfFXwDDX6tqV52_jdALjK_oxAAFi_f9bCMpWKHB1l9y-ujOCV69hHX56oOIE7qmeQzpmMKxhtpkj6FxOEt_vrcYbKVuKUWJmO8Z73cA/s640/blogger-image--316797613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-07" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zZHDCfF-BaHMexr3TjAHM9aV5k5usgwtnACDyfFXwDDX6tqV52_jdALjK_oxAAFi_f9bCMpWKHB1l9y-ujOCV69hHX56oOIE7qmeQzpmMKxhtpkj6FxOEt_vrcYbKVuKUWJmO8Z73cA/s640/blogger-image--316797613.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-07" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nico</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jKe_1-VUZEen4e51BeTDKop74rxynOTJMzGyZrcwmzsR9XlhM5ERQU9Gk5kL2c3k4jYjfiFsABX9bp2JWpkNd91-AAVfCxNTucBnAGdtqLOQDwdbyfjXGYR3zAtRd3V7DSO50jQvCrw/s640/blogger-image--202188740.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-08" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jKe_1-VUZEen4e51BeTDKop74rxynOTJMzGyZrcwmzsR9XlhM5ERQU9Gk5kL2c3k4jYjfiFsABX9bp2JWpkNd91-AAVfCxNTucBnAGdtqLOQDwdbyfjXGYR3zAtRd3V7DSO50jQvCrw/s640/blogger-image--202188740.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-08" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlV2v2iRBUTZPOUq-ga7r5bI3BNRWHPsngZ2WZ9Jc_kIr6Dk5oCHJugFEAvxA5yMvKmrp5eWciPCbii8MBjz-QQ2MasS2VFseqd4gsg79hkgEzfvwP3LCfFpjgkmEGCgLWjnZulT-Avk/s640/blogger-image--269732145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-09" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlV2v2iRBUTZPOUq-ga7r5bI3BNRWHPsngZ2WZ9Jc_kIr6Dk5oCHJugFEAvxA5yMvKmrp5eWciPCbii8MBjz-QQ2MasS2VFseqd4gsg79hkgEzfvwP3LCfFpjgkmEGCgLWjnZulT-Avk/s640/blogger-image--269732145.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-09" /></a></div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOT3cbrAx7GeYl36Vx9thP_0VrYeAJq4mCihMdnTRIY9nrWXoYk8yrUSLg9e1nz9AEhTpBOY1aB199HnxitcBet9IQ0eLF-tG_mDf791-E2cFv7OuPeLa64oaEPOcqexICkqpgdfyJqrI/s640/blogger-image-1127730430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-10" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOT3cbrAx7GeYl36Vx9thP_0VrYeAJq4mCihMdnTRIY9nrWXoYk8yrUSLg9e1nz9AEhTpBOY1aB199HnxitcBet9IQ0eLF-tG_mDf791-E2cFv7OuPeLa64oaEPOcqexICkqpgdfyJqrI/s640/blogger-image-1127730430.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-10" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iconic Nico</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdMgFO1Y1d01WZc5RP978THPlBsvlERFS8leSmE_qS_zGDZPEM_zxa7dFZRgZZRcqR2IdIQ5Kn38TuNjpDYqLPoj1BEYNf37Cwp86id06RXoTsrs406f5jkUoDYFikX0gvMDQAT976P0/s640/blogger-image-851424693.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-11" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdMgFO1Y1d01WZc5RP978THPlBsvlERFS8leSmE_qS_zGDZPEM_zxa7dFZRgZZRcqR2IdIQ5Kn38TuNjpDYqLPoj1BEYNf37Cwp86id06RXoTsrs406f5jkUoDYFikX0gvMDQAT976P0/s640/blogger-image-851424693.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-11" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nico with Velvet Underground</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48vNWyLwbybirA7WHrS6L7dJc-kElBarZRnAVthY_n5fAZ6Bu0t8MHYrPKCTf3pJ7n5peegqHkyy8kzo5-RBePpBuPCFR6ZOJlsgQlehqKbRZI4H9SgHsko0XJmiV4I2NNiPca93t2-o/s640/blogger-image-1008743138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-Album-Cover-Chelsea-Girl" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48vNWyLwbybirA7WHrS6L7dJc-kElBarZRnAVthY_n5fAZ6Bu0t8MHYrPKCTf3pJ7n5peegqHkyy8kzo5-RBePpBuPCFR6ZOJlsgQlehqKbRZI4H9SgHsko0XJmiV4I2NNiPca93t2-o/s640/blogger-image-1008743138.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-Album-Cover-Chelsea-Girl" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nico Album Cover, Chelsea Girl</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IipaB-U2e46nTQvFK3mA6m7gApeDzotDTKYRNyur8bVtAB-_fmGuG98IdzbIbZbx7RHeOgvyvx3_rJWaDYPIpYG2xvUBzhN8jN1jKgjKoRjZS9J28evgk7TwvkzaibnwViPvwpTK2Vc/s640/blogger-image--1508288070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-13" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IipaB-U2e46nTQvFK3mA6m7gApeDzotDTKYRNyur8bVtAB-_fmGuG98IdzbIbZbx7RHeOgvyvx3_rJWaDYPIpYG2xvUBzhN8jN1jKgjKoRjZS9J28evgk7TwvkzaibnwViPvwpTK2Vc/s640/blogger-image--1508288070.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-13" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhys4SdTHEr4lRRf8_hiDlXF4BL1ctrYxlySLWk66DeuUyW_yL7ds_MO3NRwScb8uSm_JPStyTmdikS0zOrkJxAmjemtDrwNUZO5F08mVesM87XHOupFRtKbPPbfj-uXyM_yqLlGuHbqkU/s640/blogger-image-926467122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-14" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhys4SdTHEr4lRRf8_hiDlXF4BL1ctrYxlySLWk66DeuUyW_yL7ds_MO3NRwScb8uSm_JPStyTmdikS0zOrkJxAmjemtDrwNUZO5F08mVesM87XHOupFRtKbPPbfj-uXyM_yqLlGuHbqkU/s640/blogger-image-926467122.jpg" title="Iconic-Nico-jpeg-14" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><br /></div></div></div></div>

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