Monday, July 12, 2021

Iconic Dresses on Display


The Lobster-dress (1937)
Designed by Elsa Schiaparelli with the Lobster-motif by Salvador Dali. On the right the infamous Wallis Simpson wearing the dress



Wallis in another Schiaparelli design from the summer of 1937.



Balenciaga is inspired by the 'Portrait of Maria del Rosario de Silva
 and Gurtubay, Duchess of Alba', Painted by Ignacio Zuloaga.



Yves Saint Laurent


House of Balenciaga



Grace Kelly


House of Chanel


                                          Charles James' "Butterfly" dress, 1955



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THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

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