Babe Paley, photographed by Richard Avedon, 1960
Bess Myerson, ca. 1950'sTwo differing ideals of 1950's elegance -- one, the uncrowned queen of the social set; the other, a tiare-ed ruler of the television set.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Two Different Worlds
Babe Paley, photographed by Richard Avedon, 1960Bess Myerson, ca. 1950'sTwo differing ideals of 1950's elegance -- one, the uncrowned queen of the social set; the other, a tiare-ed ruler of the television set.
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All the photos of Babe through the decades are amazing - she deftly avoided the fashion faux pas and excesses of each period. I understand that she was a chain smoker, however.
ReplyDeletethey were both queens. bess was quoted as calling herself, "queen of the jews."
ReplyDeletewell heck, we did need one....still do.
At first glance I thought the photo of Bess was Marilyn Monroe in a dark wig or with her hair dyed.
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