BEAUTY - Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them. David Hume

 

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.

Home and Garden - A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. – Greek proverb

Oleg Cassini and the Jackie Look

 

Joan Morse’s Manhattan boutique

Oleg Cassini (April 11, 1913 – March 17, 2006) was a French-born

 American fashion designer. Cassini dressed numerous stars.

 He garnered admiration and fame for his designs for

 First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

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