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"She knew how to present a picture," Rubenstein says.ĭiller, the comedien - an unconventional choice for the book, Rubenstein allows - used her clothes as a warm-up act. With her appearance in France at Versailles in 1961 in an ivory gown with floral beading all over the bodice by Hubert de Givenchy, she changed the world's perception of how a new generation of Americans might dress. Kennedy figured out how to use clothing as a political tool. On someone else, it might have overshadowed the person wearing it. On her, the dramatic embellishment was a complement to her persona as someone who makes strong choices. Not all their outfits were showstoppers, but there rarely have been missteps - at least not missteps for the signature look they carved for themselves.īlanchett is one of the few people who could have pulled off Alexander McQueen's "Where Eagles Fly" gown, worn to the Oscars just weeks after the designer's suicide in 2010, Rubenstein says. They show a deep understanding of fashion without ever seeming burdened by it, he describes. Modern A-listers Sarah Jessica Parker and Cate Blanchett join the late style icons Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Kennedy and Grace Kelly as women who successfully made fashion part of their identity, he says.
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