Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Charles James Stunning Evening Gowns

 


James riffed on his signature Clover Leaf ball gown, designed
 in 1953, by adding unexpected color combinations
 and black lace overlay.



A red silk-velvet, silk-satin, and white cotton-organdy dress by 
Charles James, worn by Babe Paley for a 1950
 Vogue portrait. The overskirt is torqued and wrapped to
 achieve the complicated draping.

The Swan. A 1949 gown first made for the actress Jennifer Jones;
 James's wife, Nancy,
 in a later version, photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1955.





The Butterfly. A 1954 design James created for Austine Hearst, shown 
wearing the dress in 1956.





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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.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR