The Grace Kelly Style
 
 


                             Elegance is refusal. Refusal to follow others. Aptitude to be yourself. Grace Kelly was high style.
                   Genteel and timeless. Her own.

                             The Grace Kelly Look emphasized simple lines, superb materials, soft, pastel colours. White
                   gloves, silk scarves and loow-heeld shoes. Sleek hairstyles, transparent make-up, discreet use of
                   jewellery. Ethereal chic and refinement. Natural and unpretentious sophistication. Delicacy and class.

                            Grace Kelly worked mostly with two costume designers - Edith Head and Helen Rose. Edith
                   Head designed clothes for several Kelly films but only Hitchcock's Rear Window and To Catch a
                   Thief gave her the real opportunity to put the graceful actress in a luxurious wardrobe.

                             In Rear Window Grace was cast as a Park Avenue magazine editor dressed perfectly in dazzling
                   combinations of Dior's New Look. Her affluent, slightly aloof appearance was set up against Stewart's
                   insecurity and the clothes were used to establish some of the conflicts in the story.

                             To Catch a Thief  was all in chiffon and gold. Pastel and classy.
                   With two elegantly beautiful stars set in the spectacular riviera scenery.
                   Grace played a glamorous American heiress wearing lavishing outfits
                    that reflected chic and gentility of the southern France.

                            The stylish cooperation continued off screen colouring many events in Grace's life. The sleek
                    ice-blue satin dress worn for her Academy Award acceptance was also an Edith Head
                    creation.

                            Helen Rose was a MGM designer who dressed Grace Kelly for
                    her home studio films. But, most of all, she was the author of her fabulous
                    wedding gown. The subtle, princely dress was made of yards of silk, silk
                    taffeta, silk tulle and rich, antique Valenciennes lace.

                            Princess Grace brought a sense of style and class to everything she did, setting the fashion
                    standards for next decades.

                            In 1956 she arrived  in New York carrying a large, almost square handbag she had purchased
                    at Hermes in Paris. Henceforward it became known as the Kelly bag.

                            In Hollywood, in Monaco, throughout the world, Grace Kelly radiated natural nobility and
                    aristocratic elegance. Beauty, charm, unsurpassed class, she had them all. She didn't need to be invented.
                    She simply was.
 

                     
 
 
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