Showing posts with label Countess Mona von Bismarck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Countess Mona von Bismarck. Show all posts
02 June, 2012
23 September, 2011
Masters and Slaves
The fashion conscious Countess Mona von Bismarck developed a close relationship with the world renowned designer Cristobal Balenciaga that lasted for almost 30 years. It is reported that on one occasion when most of her clothes were destroyed in a railroad accident she ordered 150 dresses from the couturier in one sitting.
In May 1968, during the manifestations and general strike in Paris, when Balenciaga retired, as an act of mourning, Countess Mona von Bismarck shut herself behind closed doors sipping champagne for three days. Finis Mundi.
23 April, 2011
16 March, 2011
10 February, 2011
17 August, 2009
14 August, 2009
29 March, 2009
07 March, 2009
Party People
Paris, 1939...
...Elsie Invites...
Elsie de Wolfe (Lady Mendl) chating with Princess Baba de Faucigny-Lucinge
Mme. Wellington Koo
Aimée de Heeren (left)
Elsa Maxwell (centre)
Elsa Schiaparelli (right)
Countess Mona von Bismarck (seated)
Cecil Beaton
13 February, 2009
11 February, 2009
01 January, 2009
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