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It was on April 2 1987, in a gargantuan red-and-white tent pitched outside the Beau-Rivage hotel on the banks of Lake Geneva, that pieces from Wallis's extraordinary collection of jewellery were.
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Here, ten of Simpson's greatest looks. 1. Lounging At A Hotel In Berlin In 1936. Simpson exuded elegant glamour in a low-cut black velvet evening gown during a trip to Berlin. 2. Posing For A 'vogue' Photo Shoot In 1937. Simpson posed for a Cecil Beaton Vogue story at Château de Candé in Monts, France.
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The wedding of Wallis Simpson to Edward, Duke of Windsor in 1937 was one of the most scandalous marriages of the 20th Century. In order to marry 'the woman I love' who was an American 2-time divorcee and therefore seen as totally unsuitable to become Queen, King Edward VIII was forced to abdicate the throne. Her dress was as unconventional.
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Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Simpson; June 19, 1896 - April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII.Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication.. Wallis grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.Her father died shortly after her birth, and she and her widowed.
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Wallis Simpson (born June 19, 1896, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died April 24, 1986, Paris, France) American socialite who became the wife of Prince Edward, duke of Windsor ( Edward VIII ), after the latter had abdicated the British throne in order to marry her. The duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII) and duchess of Windsor on.
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In what must be one of most intriguingly messaged wedding looks of all time, Simpson wore a silk crepe dress designed for her by Mainbocher, an American couturier working in Paris at the time. The.
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Wallis Simpson was also one of the first clients of Christian Dior, and the house remade three dresses for Andrea Riseborough based on Simpson's originals. And in the very last scene - set in the Seventies - Riseborough wears Dior from a recent collection designed by John Galliano. Other companies persuaded by Phillips to pitch in include.
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See Rare Photos from Inside Edward VIII's Controversial Wedding to Wallis Simpson Vanity Fair
Marrying Ernest Simpson - plus a small legacy - gave her a little money to go to Paris and buy some haute couture dresses she could ill-afford, in readiness for a meeting she hoped would soon come.
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Wallis Simpson is perhaps one of the most notorious and, I believe, most misunderstood women of the 20th century. She is credited with being the temptress that brought down a king.
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On 21 July 1928, Wallis and Ernest were married at the Chelsea Registry Office in London. She wore a bright yellow dress with a blue coat. She later recalled that "the setting was more appropriate for a trial than for the culmination of a romance, and an uninvited sudden surge of memory took me back to Christ Church at Baltimore, and the.
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Wallis Simpson's wedding dress. Not a fashion success. In the nineteen thirties, when King Edward VIII gave up the throne of England for Mrs Wallis Simpson, many people just couldn't understand what this highly eligible bachelor saw in her. Many still don't understand the attraction. In those days, and ever since, she has been described.
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Born on 19 June 1896 as Bessie Wallis Warfield, Simpson would go on to marry the former King Edward VIII. The women in the British Royal Family have been using fashion and style to make statements.
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The Magnetic Pull of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor. Her for-the-history-books love story with England's meant-to-be king literally changed the course of a country's trajectory. Theirs was a love story that, on the surface, looks undeniably romantic, and it was. But, it was also complicated.
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Wallis Simpson's wedding ensemble, 1937. Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Ironically, the ensemble looks more bridal now than it did at the time it was worn back in 1937 as at the time it was actually a beautiful pale blue shade known as 'Wallis Blue' as it matched Mrs Simpson's eyes. However, over time the dye has faded so.
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Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII tied the knot exactly 85 years ago in France. Style experts spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk to analyse the Duchess of Windsor's beautiful wedding dress.