Madame Gres 1985 Evening Gown

Madame Gres 1985 Evening Gown
Sold at Augusta Auctions 11.04.09 - St. Paul Auditorium, NYC for $2040

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

THE BELLE EPOQUE' OR GOLDEN AGE

Ah, would that I lived in the Golden Age, from money of course! Edith Wharton, the Asters, the Bellamys, my family, back up, my family?,  (they were there, only they were the downstairs). But I'm here now and all that is here of them is the unbelievable clothing! Lucky me/us! And if I actually had the body to fit in it sans all the binding, I would be prancing around just like a Vanderbilt! So maybe I'm not built like Consuelo, but I totally appreciate her taste and would own one of these in a Newport minute! I won't presume to try to define the Belle Epoque', Karen is going to delight you with this, but I'll be at the sale with my hand up, fair warning! So shall we go aboard the yacht ' Good Ship Lollypop' now? Jeeves, please make certain the guests are quite comfortably seated for the voyage to Sturbridge.

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