Jackie Kennedy & Frank Sinatra by Oscar Abolafia. Original Press, 1960s via
Jackie Kennedy & Frank Sinatra by Oscar Abolafia. Original Press, 1960s via
Jackie Kennedy & Frank Sinatra by Oscar Abolafia. Original Press, 1960s via
Category Archives: Socialite
Hazel Lavery by E.O. Hoppé (1916)
Hazel, Lady Lavery (1880–1935) was a socialite, actress and painter. She was the second wife of portrait artist Sir John Lavery.
Hazel Lavery by E.O. Hoppé gelatin silver print, 1916 © 2019 E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection / Curatorial Assistance Inc. (NPG) via
Hazel Lavery by E.O. Hoppé gelatin silver print, 1916 © 2019 E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection / Curatorial Assistance Inc. NPG via
Lady Lavery dressed as Flora (1910s)
Lady Lavery dressed as Flora (mythology) in Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera painting, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915 via
Daisy Fellowes by Ilse Bing (1933)
Daisy Fellowes by Ilse Bing, 1933 via
Peggy Guggenheim Photographed in Paris by Rogi André (ca. 1930)
Peggy Guggenheim (1898 – 1979) was an American art collector, bohemian and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with the Titanic in 1912, and the niece of Solomon R. Guggenheim, who would establish the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
Peggy Guggenheim created a noted art collection in Europe and America primarily between 1938 and 1946. She exhibited this collection as she built it and, in 1949, settled in Venice, where she lived and exhibited her collection for the rest of her life. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a modern art museum on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, and is one of the most visited attractions in Venice.
Peggy Guggenheim in Paris by André Rogi, ca. 1930 via
Peggy Guggenheim in Paris by André Rogi, ca. 1930 via
Peggy Guggenheim in Paris by André Rogi, ca. 1930 via
Peggy Guggenheim in Paris by André Rogi, ca. 1930 via
Beautiful Vintage Portraits of Gloria Vanderbilt by Richard Avedon (1950s)
Princess Clara Ward Postcard
Clara Ward (1873 – 1916) was a wealthy American socialite who married a prince from Belgium. Her main talents were being beautiful by the standards of the time, and being famous. She combined the two by posing on various stages, including at least the Folies Bergère and probably also the Moulin Rouge, while wearing skin-tight costumes.
Postcard of theater star Clara Ward, ca. 1900s via
Barbara Hutton by Madame Yevonde (1936)
Edie Sedgwick by Fred Eberstadt for Life (1965)
Barbara Hutton wearing the amazing Romanov Tiara (1961)
Barbara Woolworth Hutton (November 14, 1912 – May 11, 1979) was an American debutante/socialite, heiress and philanthropist. She was dubbed the “Poor Little Rich Girl”, first when she was given a lavish and expensive debutante ball in 1930, amid the Great Depression, and later due to a notoriously troubled private life.
Over the years she personally acquired a magnificent collection of her own which included the spectrum of arts, porcelain, valuable jewelry, including elaborate historic pieces that had once belonged to Marie Antoinette and Empress Eugénie of France, and important pieces by Fabergé and Cartier.
Her emerald tiara was made by Cartier from the Grand Duchess Vladimir’s emeralds.
Cecil Beaton, Portrait of Barbara Hutton wearing The Romanov Tiara. The Romanov Tiara was created with Romanov emeralds in 1947, Sidi Hosni, Tangier, Morocco, 1961 via
Cecil Beaton, Portrait of Barbara Hutton wearing both the Pasha Diamond Ring and Romanov Tiara. The Romanov Tiara was created with Romanov emeralds in 1947, Sidi Hosni, Tangier, Morocco, 1961 via
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