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Great ! In this last cover she wears the dress of her meeting with Rainier. It's quite rare to see color document of it !
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Those looking for a taste of the glamorous side of the 1950s can find it in Paris. The City of Lights and snobby waiters was a hot spot for the Brad Pitts and Angelina Jolies of yesteryear.
Grace Kelly is probably the ultimate example of 50s fame. An exhibit at the Hotel de Ville showcases the life and times of the American movie star who the French embraced after she married Prince Rainier of Monaco and became Princess Grace.
The exhibit is no mere collection of black and white snapshots. Kelly's Oscar is on display alongside ball gowns and other articles of clothing. Also of interest are a collection of Kelly's letters. I suppose it might be interesting to learn that people actually wrote letters once upon a time, but Kelly's letters where to the who's who of the day. The collection includes correspondences with Alfred Hitchcock and Jackie Kennedy.
So this exhibit might be a bit over the top, but perhaps a bit refreshing. After all, Grace Kelly defined glamor before glamor became all silicone and botox. I doubt there will be a similar exhibit featuring any of today's starlets in 50 years.
Those looking for a taste of the glamorous side of the 1950s can find it in Paris. The City of Lights and snobby waiters was a hot spot for the Brad Pitts and Angelina Jolies of yesteryear.
Grace Kelly is probably the ultimate example of 50s fame. An exhibit at the Hotel de Ville showcases the life and times of the American movie star who the French embraced after she married Prince Rainier of Monaco and became Princess Grace.
The exhibit is no mere collection of black and white snapshots. Kelly's Oscar is on display alongside ball gowns and other articles of clothing. Also of interest are a collection of Kelly's letters. I suppose it might be interesting to learn that people actually wrote letters once upon a time, but Kelly's letters where to the who's who of the day. The collection includes correspondences with Alfred Hitchcock and Jackie Kennedy.
So this exhibit might be a bit over the top, but perhaps a bit refreshing. After all, Grace Kelly defined glamor before glamor became all silicone and botox. I doubt there will be a similar exhibit featuring any of today's starlets in 50 years.
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The golden memory of Grace Kelly
Monaco is opening up its archive of the actress's personal possessions to mark the 25th anniversary of her death
By Arifa Akbar
Monday, 9 July 2007
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When Grace Kelly announced she was turning her back on Hollywood to marry a prince, the actress's recording studio demanded it be present to film what it predicted would be the wedding of the century. Only then, said MGM, would it free her from the film contract that she was breaking to begin her new life as Grace, Princess of Monaco. The video recording from 19 April 1956 was the last time Kelly's fans saw her appear as the quintessential film starlet whose every move, word and gesture, on and off camera, was directed by the film industry. For decades afterwards, until she died in 1982, the life of the actress turned princess was shrouded in mystery. When she was killed in a car accident while driving with her daughter through the mountains of Monaco, her death was surrounded by the same intrigue as followed her throughout the final years of her life.
This week, for the first time, the palace of Monaco has opened up its archive of the princess's personal belongings. The exhibition, opening this week in Monaco's Grimaldi Forum, marks the 25th anniversary of her death.
The collection includes her final reel of MGM video tape, a host of revelatory video recordings that show a relaxed Kelly as a mother and wife, and grainy behind-the-scenes footage she took after her friend, the director Alfred Hitchcock, taught her how to use a camera.
Some home videos feature Kelly reading a map to her children, Princesses Caroline and Stephanie and Prince Albert, while her husband, Prince Rainier, drives the car on a family holiday. Others show her children dressed as Native Americans, and Kelly peering out of a window in a chalet in the Swiss Alps.
The material reveals Kelly to be an avid letter writer whose personal correspondence included letters from Hitchcock planning visits to Monaco, and from Jackie Kennedy, thanking Kelly for her support in her husband's political campaign.
Popular Hollywood legend holds that Hitchcock felt "abandoned" when she decided to marry a royal, and that that was the reason he did not attend their wedding. But the archive reveals that her friendship with Hitchcock did not become frosty after she left acting, and that he continued to write and visit.
Until now, the archive has been locked away by the royal family following Kelly's untimely death on 13 September 1982. Then aged 52, Kelly had a long-standing fear of driving, and is said to have suffered a stroke that led her to veer off the road, causing her car to plunge down the mountainside.
Rumours that mother and daughter were arguing heatedly over Princess Stephanie's apparently unsuitable boyfriend when the accident occurred have persisted over the years in spite of repeated denials.
The decision was made to show the collection of personal items, which had before been deemed too "raw" to bring to an adoring local public, who were gravely shocked when she died.
Kelly, who was born in Philadelphia in 1929, was one of the most popular actresses in the world in 1954, when she appeared on the front cover of Time magazine and won an Oscar for her performance in Country Girl.
Her collaboration with Hitchcock further elevated her to legendary status. She starred in Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, where she discovered the principality of Monaco during shooting. The film is believed to include a scene where she drives down the very section of road where she died decades later.
In 1954, she met Prince Rainier on a visit to the palace of Monaco, during the Cannes Film Festival. The meeting changed the course of her life and, following the Prince's visit to the Kelly family that Christmas, the announcement of her engagement generated a media tornado. Implicit in her decision to marry the Prince, who was famously private, was a rejection of the acting industry.
The exhibition's curator, Frederic Mitterrand, the nephew of former French president François Mitterrand, said her story was being told with honesty.
"I am addressing this experience with the greatest candour. I think we all have an idea of what a wonderful person Princess Grace was, but at the same time that idea has been frozen for 25 years and is limited to a few powerful, beautiful, moving images that perhaps do not sufficiently express her diverse and complex personality," he said.
"The paramount idea behind this exhibition is to illustrate the best-known facets of her life, but also to show all the parts of it we no longer think about but that make her even more engaging and human."
Prince Albert II of Monaco added that the show would "revive happy memories we shared with our mother". "This is a very emotional and proud moment for me, knowing that a tribute is being paid to our mother," he said.
The golden memory of Grace Kelly
Monaco is opening up its archive of the actress's personal possessions to mark the 25th anniversary of her death
By Arifa Akbar
Monday, 9 July 2007
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When Grace Kelly announced she was turning her back on Hollywood to marry a prince, the actress's recording studio demanded it be present to film what it predicted would be the wedding of the century. Only then, said MGM, would it free her from the film contract that she was breaking to begin her new life as Grace, Princess of Monaco. The video recording from 19 April 1956 was the last time Kelly's fans saw her appear as the quintessential film starlet whose every move, word and gesture, on and off camera, was directed by the film industry. For decades afterwards, until she died in 1982, the life of the actress turned princess was shrouded in mystery. When she was killed in a car accident while driving with her daughter through the mountains of Monaco, her death was surrounded by the same intrigue as followed her throughout the final years of her life.
This week, for the first time, the palace of Monaco has opened up its archive of the princess's personal belongings. The exhibition, opening this week in Monaco's Grimaldi Forum, marks the 25th anniversary of her death.
The collection includes her final reel of MGM video tape, a host of revelatory video recordings that show a relaxed Kelly as a mother and wife, and grainy behind-the-scenes footage she took after her friend, the director Alfred Hitchcock, taught her how to use a camera.
Some home videos feature Kelly reading a map to her children, Princesses Caroline and Stephanie and Prince Albert, while her husband, Prince Rainier, drives the car on a family holiday. Others show her children dressed as Native Americans, and Kelly peering out of a window in a chalet in the Swiss Alps.
The material reveals Kelly to be an avid letter writer whose personal correspondence included letters from Hitchcock planning visits to Monaco, and from Jackie Kennedy, thanking Kelly for her support in her husband's political campaign.
Popular Hollywood legend holds that Hitchcock felt "abandoned" when she decided to marry a royal, and that that was the reason he did not attend their wedding. But the archive reveals that her friendship with Hitchcock did not become frosty after she left acting, and that he continued to write and visit.
Until now, the archive has been locked away by the royal family following Kelly's untimely death on 13 September 1982. Then aged 52, Kelly had a long-standing fear of driving, and is said to have suffered a stroke that led her to veer off the road, causing her car to plunge down the mountainside.
Rumours that mother and daughter were arguing heatedly over Princess Stephanie's apparently unsuitable boyfriend when the accident occurred have persisted over the years in spite of repeated denials.
The decision was made to show the collection of personal items, which had before been deemed too "raw" to bring to an adoring local public, who were gravely shocked when she died.
Kelly, who was born in Philadelphia in 1929, was one of the most popular actresses in the world in 1954, when she appeared on the front cover of Time magazine and won an Oscar for her performance in Country Girl.
Her collaboration with Hitchcock further elevated her to legendary status. She starred in Dial M for Murder, Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, where she discovered the principality of Monaco during shooting. The film is believed to include a scene where she drives down the very section of road where she died decades later.
In 1954, she met Prince Rainier on a visit to the palace of Monaco, during the Cannes Film Festival. The meeting changed the course of her life and, following the Prince's visit to the Kelly family that Christmas, the announcement of her engagement generated a media tornado. Implicit in her decision to marry the Prince, who was famously private, was a rejection of the acting industry.
The exhibition's curator, Frederic Mitterrand, the nephew of former French president François Mitterrand, said her story was being told with honesty.
"I am addressing this experience with the greatest candour. I think we all have an idea of what a wonderful person Princess Grace was, but at the same time that idea has been frozen for 25 years and is limited to a few powerful, beautiful, moving images that perhaps do not sufficiently express her diverse and complex personality," he said.
"The paramount idea behind this exhibition is to illustrate the best-known facets of her life, but also to show all the parts of it we no longer think about but that make her even more engaging and human."
Prince Albert II of Monaco added that the show would "revive happy memories we shared with our mother". "This is a very emotional and proud moment for me, knowing that a tribute is being paid to our mother," he said.
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f you tend to think of Grace Kelly as a princess – gracious, serene, and just a bit cool – True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess by Wendy Leigh may hold some surprises. Leigh (who also wrote a biography of John F. Kennedy Jr.) is a diligent researcher who compiles a sympathetic but troubled portrait of Kelly as a woman hungry for male attention throughout the course of an often lonely life. (Among the unhappy surprises: Kelly hated life in Monaco.)
f you tend to think of Grace Kelly as a princess – gracious, serene, and just a bit cool – True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess by Wendy Leigh may hold some surprises. Leigh (who also wrote a biography of John F. Kennedy Jr.) is a diligent researcher who compiles a sympathetic but troubled portrait of Kelly as a woman hungry for male attention throughout the course of an often lonely life. (Among the unhappy surprises: Kelly hated life in Monaco.)
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Friday, April 20, 1956
Monte-Carlo, April 19: Many people expressed surprise to see us at the Rainier-Kelly wedding after our feud with the Grimaldis, but the fact is that Jack Kelly Sr., when he discovered our father had sent the first telegram to Henley protesting the fact that he could not row there, insisted we attend. And so we went as a friend of the bride.
It was obvious when we entered the cathedral that the bridegroom's family had been given the best seats. We had been given one behind a post, and when we protested to the bridegroom's family, they offered to sit us behind ex-king Farouk. We decided we could see more behind the post.
At the palace reception, after the wedding, the bridegroom's relatives and the bride's relatives kept separated and eyed each other suspiciously. Most of us from the Kelly side, as we ate foie-gras, lobster, chicken and wedding cake, decided our Grace was to good for their Rainier, and that she was a girl in a million. We decided that America had given Europe may things in the past, but nothing comparable to this beautiful princess.
In the palace courtyard, while champagne flowed, and an occasional tear dropped on the marble pavement, we toasted the royal couple. The Aga Khan, Somerset Maughan, André Maurois and countless counts and countesses, and members of the great families of France and Monaco, mingled with the military and diplomatic representatives of more than 50 nations who had come to wish the prince and princess good luck, godspeed and bon voyage.
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And so, as the sun smiled down on tiny Monaco, the prince and princess smiled down at tiny Monaco, the prince and princess drove out of the palace, arm in arm. Eleven thousand voices rejoiced and many Monegasques sighed with relief when the royal yacht, the Deo Juvante II, pulled up anchor in late afternoon and set sail into the sparkling waters of the Mediterranean taking the newlyweds on a well deserved honeymoon.
To the Monegasques, who had watched their bachelor prince nervously for seven years as he raced innumerable sports cars, hunted wild game in Africa and took undersea movies of the deep, half the battle was won. Now the only thing they need to prevent Monaco from returning to the tax-ridden country of France is a Heir.
What kind of Heir do the Monegasques want? Naturally they would prefer a prince, but if things don't work out that way they would settle for a princess.
If it's a boy, the Monegasques would like one who is a safe driver, a prince who doesn't go over 40 miles an hour and who will constantly keep his eye on the road. The Monegasques don't want their heir to the throne to be a sissy, but at the same time they don't want him to risk his neck before he produces a heir of his own.
Perhaps when he comes of age he could take up sculling, the sport of his grandfather and his Uncle Jack. He could practice in Monaco's harbour, racing between the Yachts of Lady Docker and Aristotle Onassis, and when he's ready he could go to Henley and win the sculling championship for the principality for the first time in history.
There are some Monegasques who hope the heir will take an interest in military matters, so perhaps Monaco can get back the French towns of Menton and Rocquebrune, which were once part of the principality and which Monegasques believe are rightfully theirs. It wouldn't take too much of an army to recover the towns, and there is no doubt that in the next 25 years Monaco is going to need more room to expand.
The Monegasques would like a heir who is punctual and doesn't keep them waiting, and they would like their future prince to make friends easily with photographers and reporters.
But most of all they would like him to expand the press and television facilities, so that many more of us can attend his wedding.
Friday, April 20, 1956
Monte-Carlo, April 19: Many people expressed surprise to see us at the Rainier-Kelly wedding after our feud with the Grimaldis, but the fact is that Jack Kelly Sr., when he discovered our father had sent the first telegram to Henley protesting the fact that he could not row there, insisted we attend. And so we went as a friend of the bride.
It was obvious when we entered the cathedral that the bridegroom's family had been given the best seats. We had been given one behind a post, and when we protested to the bridegroom's family, they offered to sit us behind ex-king Farouk. We decided we could see more behind the post.
At the palace reception, after the wedding, the bridegroom's relatives and the bride's relatives kept separated and eyed each other suspiciously. Most of us from the Kelly side, as we ate foie-gras, lobster, chicken and wedding cake, decided our Grace was to good for their Rainier, and that she was a girl in a million. We decided that America had given Europe may things in the past, but nothing comparable to this beautiful princess.
In the palace courtyard, while champagne flowed, and an occasional tear dropped on the marble pavement, we toasted the royal couple. The Aga Khan, Somerset Maughan, André Maurois and countless counts and countesses, and members of the great families of France and Monaco, mingled with the military and diplomatic representatives of more than 50 nations who had come to wish the prince and princess good luck, godspeed and bon voyage.
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And so, as the sun smiled down on tiny Monaco, the prince and princess smiled down at tiny Monaco, the prince and princess drove out of the palace, arm in arm. Eleven thousand voices rejoiced and many Monegasques sighed with relief when the royal yacht, the Deo Juvante II, pulled up anchor in late afternoon and set sail into the sparkling waters of the Mediterranean taking the newlyweds on a well deserved honeymoon.
To the Monegasques, who had watched their bachelor prince nervously for seven years as he raced innumerable sports cars, hunted wild game in Africa and took undersea movies of the deep, half the battle was won. Now the only thing they need to prevent Monaco from returning to the tax-ridden country of France is a Heir.
What kind of Heir do the Monegasques want? Naturally they would prefer a prince, but if things don't work out that way they would settle for a princess.
If it's a boy, the Monegasques would like one who is a safe driver, a prince who doesn't go over 40 miles an hour and who will constantly keep his eye on the road. The Monegasques don't want their heir to the throne to be a sissy, but at the same time they don't want him to risk his neck before he produces a heir of his own.
Perhaps when he comes of age he could take up sculling, the sport of his grandfather and his Uncle Jack. He could practice in Monaco's harbour, racing between the Yachts of Lady Docker and Aristotle Onassis, and when he's ready he could go to Henley and win the sculling championship for the principality for the first time in history.
There are some Monegasques who hope the heir will take an interest in military matters, so perhaps Monaco can get back the French towns of Menton and Rocquebrune, which were once part of the principality and which Monegasques believe are rightfully theirs. It wouldn't take too much of an army to recover the towns, and there is no doubt that in the next 25 years Monaco is going to need more room to expand.
The Monegasques would like a heir who is punctual and doesn't keep them waiting, and they would like their future prince to make friends easily with photographers and reporters.
But most of all they would like him to expand the press and television facilities, so that many more of us can attend his wedding.
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ix gowns worn by Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco, will inspire some of America's best known fashion designers as they create one-of-a-kind couture to celebrate the classic Kelly style. The designs will be exhibited at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City during a "Celebration of Grace" to mark the 25th anniversary of her death. Each gown will be auctioned with final bidding at Sotheby's on October 24.
The couture creations by Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Ralph Lauren, Zac Posen, Ralph Rucci and Vera Wang will be displayed in the windows of Saks from October 21-26. Their sale will benefit the Princess Grace Foundation-USA which assists emerging talent in theater, dance and film by awarding scholarships and fellowships.
Taking their inspiration from dresses based on designs by Academy Award-winning costume designers Helen Rose and Edith Head and the famous French couturiers Madame Gres and Christian Dior, these American designers will create unique outfits celebrating the fashion legacy of one of the world's most beautiful women. The dresses include the satin gown worn by Grace Kelly to the 1955 Academy Awards the night she won the Best Actress Oscar as well as costumes from her movies "To Catch A Thief," "High Society" and "Rear Window" and gowns she wore on official state occasions as Princess Grace of Monaco.
"As Grace Kelly the actress, she gave us some of the most glamorous and stylish moments in cinematic history and as Princess of Monaco she was equally elegant and inspiring. We invite the public to view these exceptional creations at Saks as part of New York's homage to her considerable legacy to fashion," said Hon. Maguy Maccario Doyle, Consul General of Monaco in New York. "Hers was an understated elegance mainly because her style was a reflection of her own personality. She was genuinely lovely inside and out."
Editor in chief of Town & Country magazine, Pamela Fiori, who is producing a special collector's edition to coincide
In the movie "Rear Window," Grace Kelly's wardrobe was as much the star as she and actor Jimmy Stewart.
with New York's Celebration of Grace events, was given unprecedented access to interview family and friends of the Princess for this November issue which will also feature rare photographs.
The final bidding for the six outfits will take place at the Casino Couture event to be held under the patronage of HSH Prince Albert II and jointly hosted by Steve and Elaine Wynn and the Consulate General of Monaco in New York with the Monaco Government Tourist Office and the Societe des Bains de Mer Hotels on October 24 at Sotheby's.
THE DESIGNERS AND THEIR DESIGNS
Note: Each outfit will be made in US size 8 but with seam allowances to increase to US size 10.
OSCAR DE LA RENTA will be inspired by the Helen Rose-designed "High Society" ball gown.
Description: A layered gray-over-rose chiffon gown appliqued with rhinestones and pink and white embroidered flowers, it is the signature costume from the 1956 musical comedy co-starring Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
Background notes:
* The original gown worn by Grace Kelly in the movie will be auctioned during the 25th Annual Princess Grace Awards Gala on October 25 at Sotheby's.
* In the book, "Grace Kelly - Icon of Style to Royal Bride" (2006), Kristina Haugland, curator of textiles at Philadelphia's Museum of Art, says film costumes were often reused, occasionally purchased by or given to actresses and MGM gave Miss Kelly all her "High Society" costumes. It was her last movie.
* Helen Rose was MGM's chief costume designer and was responsible for creating Princess Grace's wedding dress, her civil wedding suit and her costumes for "Mogambo," "Green Fire" and "The Swan."
CAROLINA HERRERA will take her inspiration from the striking black and white ensemble from "Rear Window."
Description: Featuring a low v-neck and short-sleeved bodice paired with a full and layered white skirt with an embroidered pattern branching out from the waist line. The original ensemble was belted and accessorized with a sheer white wrap and elegant long white gloves.
Background notes:
* Created by Edith Head, this feminine outfit was made for the 1954 Hitchcock thriller co-starring Jimmy Stewart.
* Edith Head was responsible for Grace Kelly's wardrobe in "Rear Window," "To Catch a Thief," "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" and "The Country Girl."
* On loan for the exhibition is the original Mark Cross overnight case that Grace Kelly uses in this film.
RALPH LAUREN "re-imagines" the iconic blue dress from "To Catch A Thief."
Description: A flowing ice-blue chiffon gown with sheer 'wrap' draped from the right shoulder.
Background notes:
* The dress was worn in the 1954 classic directed by Alfred Hitchcock co-starring Cary Grant.
* "To Catch a Thief" was filmed in and around the Principality of Monaco and the South of France.
ZAC POSEN's adaptation is styled upon the dress Grace Kelly wore the night she won her Oscar.
Description: An aquamarine satin sheath (or column) dress with matching cloak by Edith Head.
Background notes:
* She wore the dress on March 30, 1955, to Academy Awards when she won the Oscar for best actress for her role in "The Country Girl."
* It was also worn in 1954 at the New York City premiere of "The Country Girl," a film co-starring William Holden and Bing Crosby.
RALPH RUCCI's design takes shape from a French original.
Description: One of the most regal of all the official portraits of the Princess of Monaco features her robed in a flowing Madame Gres design.
Commissioned in 1976, the stunning red velvet dress boasts unusual front straps and half-sleeves.
Background notes:
* The Princess wore the dress in a 1977 official portrait painting by Ricardo Macaron. The painting now hangs in the Palace in Monaco.
* She accessorized the rich velvet gown with a diamond and sapphire brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels.
VERA WANG will add her own touch to an original 1970 design from Christian Dior.
Description: An elegant long white silk jersey gown with round neck and long swan feathers at the cuffs and hem.
Background notes:
* She wore this feather dress to the Royal Festival Hall in London in 1970 where she introduced Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope.
BIDDING FOR THE DRESSES
The public will have the opportunity to purchase these outfits via a silent auction. Each dress will have a minimum bid of $2000 (with increments of $500). Bidding will be by phone during the Casino Couture event or bidders can submit an absentee bid form with their maximum offer. All proceeds benefit the Princess Grace Awards, a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
The absentee bid forms will be available online at www.aCelebrationofGrace.com in October. The completed forms must be received at the Monaco Government Tourist Office (via mail or fax) no later than 5pm EST on October 23, 2007 in order to be eligible.
RELATED TRIBUTE EVENTS
Grace, Princess of Monaco Exhibition at Sotheby's During October 15-26, the Consulate General of Monaco and the Monaco Government Tourist Office in New York with Sotheby's, in collaboration with the Princely Palace of Monaco, the Princess Grace Foundation-USA with Estee Lauder, Manhattan House and Van Cleef & Arpels, will present a tribute exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Princess Grace. Grace, Princess of Monaco: A Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Grace Kelly will be open daily to the public and free of charge at Sotheby's New York.
The exhibition will feature a selection of gowns, jewelry and accessories portraying her signature style and marking important events in her life; also on view will be photographs, letters, home movies, newsreel footage and other unique items, many of which have never been seen outside of Monaco. A bound 140+ page, limited edition exhibition catalog will be available at Sotheby's or on-line from www.sothebys.com for $45.00.
The 25th Anniversary Princess Grace Awards Gala
On October 25, the Princess Grace Foundation-USA will host the annual Princess Grace Awards Gala at Sotheby's where awards will be presented to emerging artists in theater, dance and film. First instituted in 1984, these awards are named in honor of Princess Grace who helped aspiring artists pursue their goals throughout her lifetime. To date, the Foundation has awarded more than $5 million to support the arts. This year's Awards will take place in the presence of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Hanover and will honor Star Wars creator, George Lucas with the Prince Rainier Lifetime Achievement Award. A live auction of two dresses worn by Princess Grace, personally selected by Prince Albert and Princess Caroline, will be conducted to benefit the Awards. The dresses are a green sleeveless Givenchy design with matching fringed bolero jacket worn in 1961 on an official visit with Prince Rainier to a White House lunch with President and Mrs. Kennedy; and the ball gown created by Helen Rose for the 1956 musical comedy, "High Society." Major sponsors for the Gala are Estee Lauder Inc, Manhattan House, Lily Safra and Van Cleef & Arpels. Individual gala tickets start at $1,000 and tables start at $15,000. To purchase tickets, please call (845) 591 2392 or email [email protected] or visit www.pgfusa.org.
ix gowns worn by Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco, will inspire some of America's best known fashion designers as they create one-of-a-kind couture to celebrate the classic Kelly style. The designs will be exhibited at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City during a "Celebration of Grace" to mark the 25th anniversary of her death. Each gown will be auctioned with final bidding at Sotheby's on October 24.
The couture creations by Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Ralph Lauren, Zac Posen, Ralph Rucci and Vera Wang will be displayed in the windows of Saks from October 21-26. Their sale will benefit the Princess Grace Foundation-USA which assists emerging talent in theater, dance and film by awarding scholarships and fellowships.
Taking their inspiration from dresses based on designs by Academy Award-winning costume designers Helen Rose and Edith Head and the famous French couturiers Madame Gres and Christian Dior, these American designers will create unique outfits celebrating the fashion legacy of one of the world's most beautiful women. The dresses include the satin gown worn by Grace Kelly to the 1955 Academy Awards the night she won the Best Actress Oscar as well as costumes from her movies "To Catch A Thief," "High Society" and "Rear Window" and gowns she wore on official state occasions as Princess Grace of Monaco.
"As Grace Kelly the actress, she gave us some of the most glamorous and stylish moments in cinematic history and as Princess of Monaco she was equally elegant and inspiring. We invite the public to view these exceptional creations at Saks as part of New York's homage to her considerable legacy to fashion," said Hon. Maguy Maccario Doyle, Consul General of Monaco in New York. "Hers was an understated elegance mainly because her style was a reflection of her own personality. She was genuinely lovely inside and out."
Editor in chief of Town & Country magazine, Pamela Fiori, who is producing a special collector's edition to coincide
In the movie "Rear Window," Grace Kelly's wardrobe was as much the star as she and actor Jimmy Stewart.
with New York's Celebration of Grace events, was given unprecedented access to interview family and friends of the Princess for this November issue which will also feature rare photographs.
The final bidding for the six outfits will take place at the Casino Couture event to be held under the patronage of HSH Prince Albert II and jointly hosted by Steve and Elaine Wynn and the Consulate General of Monaco in New York with the Monaco Government Tourist Office and the Societe des Bains de Mer Hotels on October 24 at Sotheby's.
THE DESIGNERS AND THEIR DESIGNS
Note: Each outfit will be made in US size 8 but with seam allowances to increase to US size 10.
OSCAR DE LA RENTA will be inspired by the Helen Rose-designed "High Society" ball gown.
Description: A layered gray-over-rose chiffon gown appliqued with rhinestones and pink and white embroidered flowers, it is the signature costume from the 1956 musical comedy co-starring Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
Background notes:
* The original gown worn by Grace Kelly in the movie will be auctioned during the 25th Annual Princess Grace Awards Gala on October 25 at Sotheby's.
* In the book, "Grace Kelly - Icon of Style to Royal Bride" (2006), Kristina Haugland, curator of textiles at Philadelphia's Museum of Art, says film costumes were often reused, occasionally purchased by or given to actresses and MGM gave Miss Kelly all her "High Society" costumes. It was her last movie.
* Helen Rose was MGM's chief costume designer and was responsible for creating Princess Grace's wedding dress, her civil wedding suit and her costumes for "Mogambo," "Green Fire" and "The Swan."
CAROLINA HERRERA will take her inspiration from the striking black and white ensemble from "Rear Window."
Description: Featuring a low v-neck and short-sleeved bodice paired with a full and layered white skirt with an embroidered pattern branching out from the waist line. The original ensemble was belted and accessorized with a sheer white wrap and elegant long white gloves.
Background notes:
* Created by Edith Head, this feminine outfit was made for the 1954 Hitchcock thriller co-starring Jimmy Stewart.
* Edith Head was responsible for Grace Kelly's wardrobe in "Rear Window," "To Catch a Thief," "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" and "The Country Girl."
* On loan for the exhibition is the original Mark Cross overnight case that Grace Kelly uses in this film.
RALPH LAUREN "re-imagines" the iconic blue dress from "To Catch A Thief."
Description: A flowing ice-blue chiffon gown with sheer 'wrap' draped from the right shoulder.
Background notes:
* The dress was worn in the 1954 classic directed by Alfred Hitchcock co-starring Cary Grant.
* "To Catch a Thief" was filmed in and around the Principality of Monaco and the South of France.
ZAC POSEN's adaptation is styled upon the dress Grace Kelly wore the night she won her Oscar.
Description: An aquamarine satin sheath (or column) dress with matching cloak by Edith Head.
Background notes:
* She wore the dress on March 30, 1955, to Academy Awards when she won the Oscar for best actress for her role in "The Country Girl."
* It was also worn in 1954 at the New York City premiere of "The Country Girl," a film co-starring William Holden and Bing Crosby.
RALPH RUCCI's design takes shape from a French original.
Description: One of the most regal of all the official portraits of the Princess of Monaco features her robed in a flowing Madame Gres design.
Commissioned in 1976, the stunning red velvet dress boasts unusual front straps and half-sleeves.
Background notes:
* The Princess wore the dress in a 1977 official portrait painting by Ricardo Macaron. The painting now hangs in the Palace in Monaco.
* She accessorized the rich velvet gown with a diamond and sapphire brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels.
VERA WANG will add her own touch to an original 1970 design from Christian Dior.
Description: An elegant long white silk jersey gown with round neck and long swan feathers at the cuffs and hem.
Background notes:
* She wore this feather dress to the Royal Festival Hall in London in 1970 where she introduced Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope.
BIDDING FOR THE DRESSES
The public will have the opportunity to purchase these outfits via a silent auction. Each dress will have a minimum bid of $2000 (with increments of $500). Bidding will be by phone during the Casino Couture event or bidders can submit an absentee bid form with their maximum offer. All proceeds benefit the Princess Grace Awards, a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
The absentee bid forms will be available online at www.aCelebrationofGrace.com in October. The completed forms must be received at the Monaco Government Tourist Office (via mail or fax) no later than 5pm EST on October 23, 2007 in order to be eligible.
RELATED TRIBUTE EVENTS
Grace, Princess of Monaco Exhibition at Sotheby's During October 15-26, the Consulate General of Monaco and the Monaco Government Tourist Office in New York with Sotheby's, in collaboration with the Princely Palace of Monaco, the Princess Grace Foundation-USA with Estee Lauder, Manhattan House and Van Cleef & Arpels, will present a tribute exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Princess Grace. Grace, Princess of Monaco: A Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Grace Kelly will be open daily to the public and free of charge at Sotheby's New York.
The exhibition will feature a selection of gowns, jewelry and accessories portraying her signature style and marking important events in her life; also on view will be photographs, letters, home movies, newsreel footage and other unique items, many of which have never been seen outside of Monaco. A bound 140+ page, limited edition exhibition catalog will be available at Sotheby's or on-line from www.sothebys.com for $45.00.
The 25th Anniversary Princess Grace Awards Gala
On October 25, the Princess Grace Foundation-USA will host the annual Princess Grace Awards Gala at Sotheby's where awards will be presented to emerging artists in theater, dance and film. First instituted in 1984, these awards are named in honor of Princess Grace who helped aspiring artists pursue their goals throughout her lifetime. To date, the Foundation has awarded more than $5 million to support the arts. This year's Awards will take place in the presence of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Hanover and will honor Star Wars creator, George Lucas with the Prince Rainier Lifetime Achievement Award. A live auction of two dresses worn by Princess Grace, personally selected by Prince Albert and Princess Caroline, will be conducted to benefit the Awards. The dresses are a green sleeveless Givenchy design with matching fringed bolero jacket worn in 1961 on an official visit with Prince Rainier to a White House lunch with President and Mrs. Kennedy; and the ball gown created by Helen Rose for the 1956 musical comedy, "High Society." Major sponsors for the Gala are Estee Lauder Inc, Manhattan House, Lily Safra and Van Cleef & Arpels. Individual gala tickets start at $1,000 and tables start at $15,000. To purchase tickets, please call (845) 591 2392 or email [email protected] or visit www.pgfusa.org.
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