As one fashion writer put it, 1957 was the year in which Gabrielle Coco Chanel (at age 74) became an adjective in her own time. Sort of like Googling, Chanelisms had been creeping back into fashion ever since the lady emerged from retirement several years before, but in 1957 they were ubiquitous
In the UK we have women shoppers who get out of bed, drop off the children for school then go shopping while they are still wearing their night attire
Think lavender, baby blue, blush, dusty pink, soft purple, and silver
strapless anything doesnt survive a ships pool chop
dignified.) An exposed gold-tone zipper runs along the back of the bodice, adding a little more visual edge
A shorter train offers ease of movement, but might not fulfill a grand fairy tale vision