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Elizabeth Pierce

two pictures of the same tiara, one in gold and one in white with pearls

Empress Josephine Jewels

Cameo Tiara

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna

Empress Alexandra

Kroonprinses Victoria

Above: Tiara, likely created by the court jeweller Bolin for Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia. Image from A. E. Fersman's catalog "Diamond Fund of the USSR," published around 1924-26, via Elena Horvathova on LiveJournal (http://eho-2013.livejournal.com/62382.html). Below: Portrait of Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna, by Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russia, 1896, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, via Wikimedia Commons. CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGES.

One Shoulder Wedding Dress

Evening Gowns

Debutante dress with short train, designed and made by Maria Beggley, 1966. Mary Hayes wore this evening gown to her debutante ball, the Napier Charity Ball, in June 1966. Hayes can be seen wearing the dress in the accompanying black-and-white photos from 1966 (the group portrait shows her with her parents, Olive and Jim Hayes). Collection of New Zealand Fashion Museum. CLICK FOR VERY LARGE IMAGES.

Debutante dress, made by the Otey sisters of Raleigh, 1966. Sisters Susan and Mary “Molly” Spicer of Goldsboro, NC, each wore this dress for their debuts and weddings. Debutante photograph shows Susan Collier Spicer at the Raleigh Debutante Ball in 1966. Photos courtesy of Mrs. Susan Spicer Ryan, via the online exhibit "Made Especially for You" (madeespeciallyforyou.org).

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White And Black Dress

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Clothing Inspiration

Vintage Clothes

Debutante gown of heavy white satin, trimmed with lace appliques and hand beading, short train. Made by Willie O. Kay, 1961. Worn by Jeannie Hobby Holmes to 1961 Raleigh Debutante Ball. Collection of North Carolina Museum of History.

Evening dress, ca 1911, Vintage Textile

Ball Gown, by Balenciaga, 1951, from the Collections of The Henry Ford. White silk satin gown, strapless, with heavily beaded bodice, belt, skirt, and petticoat. Scalloped neckline encrusted with pearls, blue rhinestones, silver tinsel. Bodice lined with cream silk georgette. Satin tie attached to skirt at waist. Elizabeth Parke Firestone (left, in top photograph) wore this dress to a dinner given in honor of her daughter Anne at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on December 27, 195... Wedding Exhibition, Cristobal Balenciaga, Vintage Evening Gowns, Hotel In New York City, Astoria Hotel, Balenciaga Style, Belt Skirt, Simply Fashion, Silver Tinsel

Wedding Exhibition

Cristobal Balenciaga

Vintage Evening Gowns

Hotel In New York City

Ball Gown, by Balenciaga, 1951, from the Collections of The Henry Ford. White silk satin gown, strapless, with heavily beaded bodice, belt, skirt, and petticoat. Scalloped neckline encrusted with pearls, blue rhinestones, silver tinsel. Bodice lined with cream silk georgette. Satin tie attached to skirt at waist. Elizabeth Parke Firestone (left, in top photograph) wore this dress to a dinner given in honor of her daughter Anne at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on December 27, 195...