I'm constantly looking for something new, something that will satisfy my quest for knowledge. Lately, I've been fascinated with the class systems that are present in many different countries, both distinct and subtle. The English class system is particularly interesting. But wait, before you leave the page thinking I'm going to bore you, there is a fashion slant to this. In particular, looking at the American class system.
In previous decades, instead of celebrities as we know them today, the masses instead had film stars (much more refined) and socialites. Socialites were a graceful, refined breed and were very, very chic. Need some proof?
Left to right: CZ Guest, Babe Paley & Dorothy Hearst.
Babe Paley again. Smoking is not cool in anyway, but this has to be the chic-est picture ever. The red lips, the pale blue, the masses and masses of jewellry, its a simply beautiful picture.
That was then. The socialites now though, I'm a bit more doubtful about. Lydia Hearst, Tinsley Mortimer, Fabiola Beracasa, Arden Wohl, Olivia Palermo, their style is at best, okay. I don't know perhaps they don't wear enough jewellry.
For more information on fascinating American socialiates past and present visit - Park Avenue Peerage and also the New York Social Diary.
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