Fashion Style - "Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life." —Bill Cunningham

 

Beautiful Shoes and Handbags - “A woman can carry a bag, but it is the shoe that carries the woman.” – Christian Louboutin

Benedetta Barzini - Italian actress and model

 Benedetta Barzini (born September 22, 1943, is an Italian actress and model. Barzini was discovered at age 20 on the streets of Rome by Consuelo Crespi in 1963; Diana Vreeland soon thereafter received photographs of Barzini and sent a telegram asking if she could come to Manhattan to shoot American Voque. She did so, and within ten days, she was signed with Ford Models. She hence established a successful fashion career in NY, working with other notable fashion photographers. Barzini appeared on the cover of the first issue of Voque Italia  in November 1965, and became the first Italian model to be featured on the cover of American Vogue

Dior Shoes, Handbags and Jewellery

'Maintenon' necklace by Henkel & Grosse for Christian Dior for Spring-Summer 1956.

made of multi-coloured glass tones, pastes and metal, on loan from Dior Héritage, Paris 

Lily of the Valley necklace was made for the House of Dior in 1950 by the legendary Maison Gripoix, which also designed costume jewellery for Chanel, Balenciaga and later Yves St. Laurent and Christian Lacroix; on loan Carole Tanenbaum

Miss Dior Eau de Toilette - highly superstitious, Christian Dior loved the lily-of-the-valley, a symbol of happiness that heralded the arrival of spring and the haute couture