

No, Sydney Sweeney Is Not the First Denim Bombshell (Ft. Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon)
Explicit
History Harpies: Pop Culture, Past and Present by Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff and Christine Caldwell Ames
S1 · E9
Aug 15, 2025
01:21:04
Episode notes
In this episode, nothing gets between Lauren, Christine, and their Calvins, as they look back at the career of Gen-X icon Brooke Shields.
Book recommendations:
E.J. Bellocq, Storyville Portraits: Photographs From the New Orleans Red Light District, circa 1912
https://assets.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_2678_300299020.pdf
Kathy Peiss, Hope in a Jar: The Making of America’s Beauty Culture
Keywords
Brooke Shields
Sydney Sweeney
Pretty Baby
Louis Malle
Candice Bergen
Polly Platt
Seventeen Magazine
Vogue Magazine
Keith Carradine
Susan Sarandon
New Orleans
Storyville
Calvin Klein
American Eagle
Euphoria