November 1, 2011

Style Icons: Grace Kelly

A fellow Philadelphian myself, Grace Kelly has always been an inspiration. She lived a beautiful life, and proved that anybody can marry French royalty!

Pre-Princess
  • One of her most iconic film role's was playing Frances Stevens in Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 romantic mystery To Catch a Theif. Her coral and white top and skirt set designed by MGM costume designer Edith Head sold for $450,000 at a Debbie Reynolds auction in June 2011.
  • Oleg Cassini (to whom she was briefly engaged to) designed a satin gown with flattering cuts she wore on the cover of Cosmopolitan


"Kelly" Bag
  • In a 1956 issue of Life magazine, a newly pregnant Grace was photographed with her husband, and the Hermes Sac à dépêches to hide her growing baby bump. The media soon went into a frenzy and Hermes soon renamed the the Kelly bag.

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