Tuesday, August 24, 2021

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








Monday, August 23, 2021

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.












Vintage Brides

 













Saturday, August 21, 2021

Fashion - "What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are quick and judgemental. Be proud and confident.

 


 Margaret Clark, ca. 1958   





Evening shoes House of Dior 1957


Dior



Silk satin evening pump, designed by Roger Vivier
 for Christian Dior, Paris, 1954


Dior



Givenchy 1956 


Givenchy




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