Capote's Swans

Jun 03

the-front-row:

Codie Young by Sarah Moon in Vogue Turkey, March 2012.

the-front-row:

Codie Young by Sarah Moon in Vogue Turkey, March 2012.

Duchess of Windsor’s Diamond and Sapphire ‘Contract’ Bracelet

mycurrentproblem:

 

Designed by Van Cleef and Arpels and given to the Duchess of Windsor by the Duke on 18th of May, 1937.

oldhollywoodclassic:

Vivien Leigh as Lady Hamilton for That Hamilton Woman (1941).

katjaanderson added: this was Winston Churchill’s favourite film.

oldhollywoodclassic:

Vivien Leigh as Lady Hamilton for That Hamilton Woman (1941).

katjaanderson added: this was Winston Churchill’s favourite film.

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lostsplendor
katjaanderson added: the Peter the Great Easter Egg by Faberge, dated 1903.  Given by Tsar Nicholas II to the Tsaritsa Alexandra. Every Easter (except 1904 and 1905, when Russia was at war with Japan) he gave a Faberge Egg to her and to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. 

lostsplendor

katjaanderson added: the Peter the Great Easter Egg by Faberge, dated 1903.  Given by Tsar Nicholas II to the Tsaritsa Alexandra. Every Easter (except 1904 and 1905, when Russia was at war with Japan) he gave a Faberge Egg to her and to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. 


(via ohsoromanov)

game-of-style:

Myrcella Baratheon - Alexander McQueen Fall 2008

katjaanderson added: the model is Ukrainian beauty Snejana Onopka.

game-of-style:

Myrcella Baratheon - Alexander McQueen Fall 2008

katjaanderson added: the model is Ukrainian beauty Snejana Onopka.

(via misszeit)

Duchess of Windsor’s The “Feuilles de Houx”

mycurrentproblem:

This double feathered brooch is known as the Feuilles de Houx, a Christmas present from King Edward VIII to Mrs. Simpson in 1936. Designed by Van Cleef and Arpels, one feather has been invisibly set with rubies, the other with pave diamonds. 

armenian-diamond:

Couture Stripped: Freja Beha Erichsen photographed by Javier Vallhonrat for Vogue Italia (May 2006).

armenian-diamond:

Couture Stripped: Freja Beha Erichsen photographed by Javier Vallhonrat for Vogue Italia (May 2006).


queen-kashmir:

Lesage for Lanvin, 1957

queen-kashmir:

Lesage for Lanvin, 1957

lavandula:

christian lacroix haute couture autumn/winter 2008-2009

lavandula:

christian lacroix haute couture autumn/winter 2008-2009