The Real Elvegren Girl


	The Real Elvegren Girl

Tali99

3-5-2008 3:38 AM

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arlene dahl, barbara hale, classic cheesecake, donna reed, elvgren girl, elvgren models, gil elvgren, kim novak, myrna hansen, myrna loy

Tali99 says:

Anyone looking at Gil Elvgren’s body of work could assume it was all inspired by the same girl. And that this girl is not much like the original, she’s been molded into the image of the perfect girl. Well I got evidence to the contrary.

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