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From the very first moving-picture kiss in 1896 à la Thomas Edison, to the classic smooches we all adore in early Hollywood films, to Freud's theory of kissing as a "perverse act", this NY Times article highlights the history of kissing in film.

Above: A groundbreaking french kiss in film, actress Natalie Wood and actor Warren Beatty smooch in a parked convertible in the 1961 film "Splendor in the Grass".

Dreamy

Coco Rocha truly graces the pages of Hola Magazine from Mexico in gowns that are made for suspenseful old time romance. The backdrops are just as captivating. See more here.

Hat Trick

I love a good hat and this one does the trick (so does that jacket)!  Photo via.

Santa, Baby

If my Grandfather JJH were alive, he'd remark how "jazzy" these are. Jazzy and clip-on, they are on my Christmas list! See here.