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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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

 
















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