Marilyn Monday

As American icons go, Marilyn Monroe is the alpha and the omega. Like millions of others people, I’ve been obsessed with her since childhood—her incandescent beauty, inside and out, positively bowled me over—and that obsession is built for the long haul. I could post about her every single day and still never lose an ounce of my enthusiasm for the ultimate blonde bombshell.

Tragically taken from the world far too soon, Marilyn left behind a treasure trove of cinematic and photographic work that we’ve been savoring for decades. For your Monday motivation, here are just a few of the damn-near infinite amount of sizzling hot pics out there of Ms. Monroe, née Norma Jeane Mortenson.