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Sketch for Grace Kelly gown Helen Rose designer The Swan

Name tag Grace Kelly

Sleeve The Swan Neckline The Swan

The Swan..... damage to skirt

Grace Kelly and Louis Jourdan dancing in The Swan. Her gown was magnificent, a Helen Rose design. The gown was, at one time, part of the Gene London Cinema Collection, one of the finest privately owned collections of Golden Age Movie costumes in the U.S.

Of note : Mr London was a friend of the Kelly family, and of Grace Kelly. He brought some of his extensive collection, for exhibit ,to the Philadelphia Flower Show in 2015. Sadly he passed away in 2020.

CR: Gene London, The Swan, ClassicCriticsCorner

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Sketch for Grace Kelly gown Helen Rose designer The Swan

Name tag Grace Kelly

Sleeve The Swan Neckline The Swan

The Swan..... damage to skirt

Grace Kelly and Louis Jourdan dancing in The Swan. Her gown was magnificent, a Helen Rose design. The gown was, at one time, part of the Gene London Cinema Collection, one of the finest privately owned collections of Golden Age Movie costumes in the U.S.

Of note : Mr London was a friend of the Kelly family, and of Grace Kelly. He brought some of his extensive collection, for exhibit ,to the Philadelphia Flower Show in 2015. Sadly he passed away in 2020.

CR: Gene London, The Swan, ClassicCriticsCorner

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Young Girl reading, ca. 1776

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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Court dress of Empress Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), 1820s. State Hermitage Museum.

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Collection of women's fashions at the Longchamp races, 1900. Bibliothèque nationale de France

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• Dress. Date: 1851 Medium: Silk and lace

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Blue Embroidered Wool Tea Gown, ca. 1889.

Augusta Auctions.

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Court dress ca. 1908-10

From Enchères Sadde via Interencheres

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Evening dress of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, 1898. From August Brizac's workshop. Satin, tulle, artificial flowers, gilded thread, and sequins.

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TIARA ALERT: Anisha Isa Kalebic wore a diamond tiara for her wedding to Prince Mateen of Brunei at Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan on 14 January 2024.

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image from a marcel waving kit ad, 1928. interesting to see how long the hair is straight.

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*Gillian Anderson finally put down her phone to celebrate castmate Elizabeth Debicki's win at the Golden Globes 2024📱💓🤣

(*Gillian wasn't this quick on her feet when she won her Emmy for The Crown 😉)

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2004 ➠ 2024

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Philadelphia, PA, January 5, 1956: "That's my ring", says Grace Kelly showing her engagement ring to her mother while her fiance Prince Rainier III of Monaco looks on. A storybook romance came to life today when Grac's parents announced the engagement. The ring is made of two bands of interwoven gems-- one if rubies and one of diamonds the colors of the Mediterranean principality over which Grace's future husband reigns.

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First official portrait of Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly taken after their engagement announcement in 1956. The photo was taken at Grace’s apartment in New York City in January 1956 by her friend Howell Conant.