Thursday, March 18, 2021

Embellishing Couture








 

Tapestries










           

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Jewels from the Collection of Gina Lollobrigida

“Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.” ― Paulo Coelho,


“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”

“There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.
But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.”

“Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.”

“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.”

“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”

The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.”

“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.”

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.”
― Paulo Coelho

Lady Diana's Dresses on display




Catherine Walker’s evening dress and jacket, 1989 Better known as Lady Diana Spencer’s “Elvis” dress Silk with oyster pearls and sequins,


























Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Gina Lollobrigida


Luigia Lollobrigida  (born 4 July 1927), known professionally as Gina Lollobrigida, is an Italian actress and photojournalist. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex symbol. 

As her film career slowed, she established a second career as a photojournalist. In the 1970s. 



















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