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Style Icon at the Victoria Albert Museum
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a place of pilgrimage. People come from all over the world to see its stunning collection of Old Master paintings and sculpture, medieval armour and galleries of 20th century and contemporary art. So what would you guess is the most popular work of art on display there? Rogier van der Weyden Descent from the Cross, perhaps? Czanne Large Bathers? Even Marcel Duchamp The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors?
The answer at least when I was a young curator there in the early 1970s is that all these masterpieces were mere sideshows compared with the main attraction: Grace Kelly wedding dress.
Designed by Edith Head for Kelly marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956, the dress was permanently on view and easy to find because the gallery in which it was displayed was always so crowded.
Nowadays it only comes out for special occasions most recently for a hugely popular show commemorating the 50th anniversary of the wedding.
You can see film clips of the wedding procession (but not the dress itself) in the Victoria and Albert Museum damp squib of an exhibition, Grace Kelly: Style Icon. Though she owned dresses by Dior, Givenchy, Chanel and Balenciaga, in this exhibition her threadbare clothes, well worn hats, naff jewels, scruffy shoes, and scuffed handbags look as if they came from a high class Oxfam shop. When I went to the packed public preview last week I found myself wondering what on earth the visitors were making of it.
On this side of the Atlantic, Grace Kelly is remembered as the beautiful American actress who married a minor European prince,cartier love bracelet rose fake, bore him three of the most badly behaved children in Europe, and then died of a stroke in 1983.
What possible interest this display of her clothes has for a European audience beats me. But in America and particularly in Kelly home town of Philadelphia it a different story. There, anything she touched approaches the status of a relic.
Forget all the clichs about the fairytale wedding. The real interest of her story is what it tells you about class, prejudice and social aspiration in American society in the middle of the last century when Philadelphia was notorious for the rigidity of its social hierarchy.
The Kellys were wealthy and broadly middle class, but they were also Irish and Catholic at a time when Eleanor Roosevelt could declare in a public broadcast that John F Kennedy religion disqualified him from running for president. What is more, Kelly had a second prejudice (or third, if you count her Irish background) to overcome the idea, pervasive in the US,cartier love bracelet pink gold fake, that all actresses were basically courtesans. Believe me, for all her beauty and talent, Kelly background and profession made it easier for her to marry into the ancient Grimaldi dynasty than into one of the old Wasp families on Philadelphia Main Line.
But from the moment Kelly announced her engagement (at the Philadelphia Country Club a subtle signal that the Kellys had already arrived), she placed herself above criticism. Whatever romantic interests she may have had before then, newsreel footage in this exhibition shows that in the months before the wedding Grace was never photographed without her mother, in mink coat and pearls, walking a few steps behind her. And here is the important thing: by behaving with impeccable dignity,cartier love bracelet yellow price, Grace Kelly helped pave the way for the election of an Irish Catholic president four years later. By presenting her wedding dress to the local museum, Her Serene Highness left a neat reminder to the Protestant establishment of her family ascendancy.
All this is relevant for understanding the V show because the most striking thing about Kelly wardrobe is how conservative it is. As one of the most beautiful women in the world, whatever she wore looked sensational, and for me by far the most entertaining part of the exhibition are the film clips showing her public appearances.
But from the point of view of design, the clothes are not in themselves especially memorable. Whether you are looking at costumes by Edith Head for her film roles or the glamorous evening gowns Christian Dior and Hubert Givenchy made for her to wear at charity galas in Monaco, Grace had her own style which was correct, proper but never adventurous.
Even Kelly jewels reflect her slightly suburban taste for brooches in the form of bugs and poodles. As you can see in a 1956 diamond and sapphire brooch set in platinum, her favourite jewellers, Van Cleef Arpels, were superb craftsmen, but unlike Cartier, they were not noted for their inventive design.
Clothes lent Princess Grace the dignity she needed to fulfil the role she had chosen for herself. With her regal bearing she looked completely natural wearing them. Unlike the actresses at the Oscar ceremonies, when Princess Grace wore a ball gown it didn look as though she borrowed it for a few hours.
In fact, the grubby condition of a lot of the clothes, hats and bags in this show suggests that Kelly wore them until she worn them out.
Unfortunately,cartier love bracelet diamond imitation, this admirable character trait makes for a truly dispiriting exhibition. As I gazed in dismay at the moulting, crumpled hats on display, I remembered the Schiaparelli exhibition at the Muse des arts dcoratifs in Paris a few years ago, where each elegant object looked pristine, largely (I assume) because it had been worn once or twice, and then carefully put away.
Likewise, the opulent dress coats, uniforms, livery and regalia shown at the V recent display of male costumes from the Russian Imperial Court had all been lovingly mended, folded, wrapped in tissue, and kept from the light.
The installation is pedestrian, with far too much crammed into two small galleries. The light levels are so low that even the most vividly coloured evening gowns look monochromatic. The catalogue didn tell me a single thing I didn already know or couldn have guessed.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a place of pilgrimage. People come from all over the world to see its stunning collection of Old Master paintings and sculpture, medieval armour and galleries of 20th century and contemporary art. So what would you guess is the most popular work of art on display there? Rogier van der Weyden Descent from the Cross, perhaps? Czanne Large Bathers? Even Marcel Duchamp The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors?
The answer at least when I was a young curator there in the early 1970s is that all these masterpieces were mere sideshows compared with the main attraction: Grace Kelly wedding dress.
Designed by Edith Head for Kelly marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956, the dress was permanently on view and easy to find because the gallery in which it was displayed was always so crowded.
Nowadays it only comes out for special occasions most recently for a hugely popular show commemorating the 50th anniversary of the wedding.
You can see film clips of the wedding procession (but not the dress itself) in the Victoria and Albert Museum damp squib of an exhibition, Grace Kelly: Style Icon. Though she owned dresses by Dior, Givenchy, Chanel and Balenciaga, in this exhibition her threadbare clothes, well worn hats, naff jewels, scruffy shoes, and scuffed handbags look as if they came from a high class Oxfam shop. When I went to the packed public preview last week I found myself wondering what on earth the visitors were making of it.
On this side of the Atlantic, Grace Kelly is remembered as the beautiful American actress who married a minor European prince,cartier love bracelet rose fake, bore him three of the most badly behaved children in Europe, and then died of a stroke in 1983.
What possible interest this display of her clothes has for a European audience beats me. But in America and particularly in Kelly home town of Philadelphia it a different story. There, anything she touched approaches the status of a relic.
Forget all the clichs about the fairytale wedding. The real interest of her story is what it tells you about class, prejudice and social aspiration in American society in the middle of the last century when Philadelphia was notorious for the rigidity of its social hierarchy.
The Kellys were wealthy and broadly middle class, but they were also Irish and Catholic at a time when Eleanor Roosevelt could declare in a public broadcast that John F Kennedy religion disqualified him from running for president. What is more, Kelly had a second prejudice (or third, if you count her Irish background) to overcome the idea, pervasive in the US,cartier love bracelet pink gold fake, that all actresses were basically courtesans. Believe me, for all her beauty and talent, Kelly background and profession made it easier for her to marry into the ancient Grimaldi dynasty than into one of the old Wasp families on Philadelphia Main Line.
But from the moment Kelly announced her engagement (at the Philadelphia Country Club a subtle signal that the Kellys had already arrived), she placed herself above criticism. Whatever romantic interests she may have had before then, newsreel footage in this exhibition shows that in the months before the wedding Grace was never photographed without her mother, in mink coat and pearls, walking a few steps behind her. And here is the important thing: by behaving with impeccable dignity,cartier love bracelet yellow price, Grace Kelly helped pave the way for the election of an Irish Catholic president four years later. By presenting her wedding dress to the local museum, Her Serene Highness left a neat reminder to the Protestant establishment of her family ascendancy.
All this is relevant for understanding the V show because the most striking thing about Kelly wardrobe is how conservative it is. As one of the most beautiful women in the world, whatever she wore looked sensational, and for me by far the most entertaining part of the exhibition are the film clips showing her public appearances.
But from the point of view of design, the clothes are not in themselves especially memorable. Whether you are looking at costumes by Edith Head for her film roles or the glamorous evening gowns Christian Dior and Hubert Givenchy made for her to wear at charity galas in Monaco, Grace had her own style which was correct, proper but never adventurous.
Even Kelly jewels reflect her slightly suburban taste for brooches in the form of bugs and poodles. As you can see in a 1956 diamond and sapphire brooch set in platinum, her favourite jewellers, Van Cleef Arpels, were superb craftsmen, but unlike Cartier, they were not noted for their inventive design.
Clothes lent Princess Grace the dignity she needed to fulfil the role she had chosen for herself. With her regal bearing she looked completely natural wearing them. Unlike the actresses at the Oscar ceremonies, when Princess Grace wore a ball gown it didn look as though she borrowed it for a few hours.
In fact, the grubby condition of a lot of the clothes, hats and bags in this show suggests that Kelly wore them until she worn them out.
Unfortunately,cartier love bracelet diamond imitation, this admirable character trait makes for a truly dispiriting exhibition. As I gazed in dismay at the moulting, crumpled hats on display, I remembered the Schiaparelli exhibition at the Muse des arts dcoratifs in Paris a few years ago, where each elegant object looked pristine, largely (I assume) because it had been worn once or twice, and then carefully put away.
Likewise, the opulent dress coats, uniforms, livery and regalia shown at the V recent display of male costumes from the Russian Imperial Court had all been lovingly mended, folded, wrapped in tissue, and kept from the light.
The installation is pedestrian, with far too much crammed into two small galleries. The light levels are so low that even the most vividly coloured evening gowns look monochromatic. The catalogue didn tell me a single thing I didn already know or couldn have guessed.
UMass wins Atlantic 10 Conference men's cross country title by 1 point over Duquesne
The Minutemen bunched five runners between ninth and 21st to finish with 75 points and edge Duquesne by a single point. Richmond was third with 111 points.
"The team has worked hard in the last nine months to put ourselves in a position to become a better distance running team," UMass coach Ken O'Brien said. "This was a real test for our guys. After all the work they put in during the spring season and this summer,cartier love bracelet yellow copy, I'm glad they got the reward they were looking for and deserved."
Jonathan Pierce in ninth,cartier love bracelet white cheap, Nils Fischer in 11th, Nicolai Naranjo in 16th, Andrew Mulvaney of South Hadley in 18th and Jesse Regnier of Hampden in 21st led UMass. It was the first time all season that Pierce led the UMass pack, and both Pierce and Fischer earned all conference honors with their finishes.
Andrew McCann, Kevin Johnson, David Johnson and Sean Duncan were all 32nd or better for the winners as well.
Adu Dentamo of host Charlotte covered the 8 kilometer course in 24 minutes, 1.9 seconds or just about 21 seconds in front of Pierce.
This was the first conference title for the program since 1995 and the second overall. The Minutemen were third overall in 2007.
On the women's side,cartier love bracelet rose faux, Richmond won the title, and UMass was sixth. Shiyi Zan was eighth for the Minutewomen and Karen Roa 15th.
OTHER MEETS: Junior Kerry Arouca placed first to lead Westfield State to a second place finish at the New England Alliance women's championship meet at Stanley Park. Keene State won with 25 points, and WSC was next at 64.
Arouca covered the 5 kilometer run in 18 minutes, 27.21 seconds. Also earning all Alliance honors for the Owls by finishing in the top 20 were Marianne Mealy (8th), junior Ally Brown (13th) and Nicole Brouwer (18th). Keene State also won the men's meet.
The WNEC men was fifth in the TCCC Cross Country Championships it hosted.
The Springfield College women placed third and Mount Holyoke eighth at the NEWMAC Championships. Amanda DiPaolo took third for the Pride and Lacey Cartier 13th, earning all conference honors in the process.
WNEC 3, Colby Sawyer 0: Brian Dill scored his second goal of the season in the opening minute, leading No.1 WNEC past Colby in the quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament.
The Golden Bears host No.5 Salve Regina, a 1 0 winner over No.4 New England College, in Wednesday's semifinals.
Dale Trotman scored from Justin Martins later in the half to make it 2 0, and WNEC picked up an own goal in the second half. Goalie Kyle Bak recorded his third shutout of the season.
Westfield 2, MCLA 0: Jeff Trudeau finished up his career with a pair of goals,cartier bracelet 2016 cheap, both of which came in the second half, to lead Westfield (6 9 2, 2 3 2) in MASCAC play.
Coast Guard 3, Springfield 0: Nate Wojcik scored a pair of goals for Coast Guard (10 7, 3 3) against Springfield (6 9 2, 3 3) in a NEWMAC game at New London, Conn.
Westfield 7, MCLA 0: Seven different players scored for Westfield State, which secured a share of the Mass. State Conference regular season title and the top seed in the conference tournament.
Westfield (13 4) and Bridgewater State finished tied for first at 6 1, but the Owls won a 3 2, overtime decision during the regular season which served as the tiebreaker.
Elms 4, Daniel Webster 0: Krystyna Gagne, Alicia Bobbie, Serina Percoski and Sarah Donais scored as Elms (11 7) advanced to Saturday's New England Collegiate Conference title game against Lesley.
Wheaton 2, Mount Holyoke 1: Emmy Fontaine scored, but Mount Holyoke
(6 11 1) lost its conference tournament game to Wheaton (15 4 2) on penalty kicks.
HCC 4, Jefferson CC: Sarah Jaskula scored three goals, and Grace Santiago broke a 3 all tie with eight minutes left as HCC (14 7) advanced to the Division III national semifinals in Texas.
Jaskula tied the game at 3 all before Santiago provided the winner. Valeria Cuesta Ortiz had three assists in the win.
Katelyn Orlando registered her 14th goal of the season for the Minutewomen, and Makaela Potts added a goal on a penalty stroke in the second to make it 2 all.
The Minutewomen will open play on Friday in the A 10 tournament at Temple in Philadelphia. They are the top seed.
Wellesley 4, Mount Holyoke 1: Mary Kate Switchenko scored from Anne Doton for sixth seeded Mount Holyoke (9 7) in its loss to third seeded Wellesley in the quarterfinals of the NEWMAC tournament.
The Minutemen bunched five runners between ninth and 21st to finish with 75 points and edge Duquesne by a single point. Richmond was third with 111 points.
"The team has worked hard in the last nine months to put ourselves in a position to become a better distance running team," UMass coach Ken O'Brien said. "This was a real test for our guys. After all the work they put in during the spring season and this summer,cartier love bracelet yellow copy, I'm glad they got the reward they were looking for and deserved."
Jonathan Pierce in ninth,cartier love bracelet white cheap, Nils Fischer in 11th, Nicolai Naranjo in 16th, Andrew Mulvaney of South Hadley in 18th and Jesse Regnier of Hampden in 21st led UMass. It was the first time all season that Pierce led the UMass pack, and both Pierce and Fischer earned all conference honors with their finishes.
Andrew McCann, Kevin Johnson, David Johnson and Sean Duncan were all 32nd or better for the winners as well.
Adu Dentamo of host Charlotte covered the 8 kilometer course in 24 minutes, 1.9 seconds or just about 21 seconds in front of Pierce.
This was the first conference title for the program since 1995 and the second overall. The Minutemen were third overall in 2007.
On the women's side,cartier love bracelet rose faux, Richmond won the title, and UMass was sixth. Shiyi Zan was eighth for the Minutewomen and Karen Roa 15th.
OTHER MEETS: Junior Kerry Arouca placed first to lead Westfield State to a second place finish at the New England Alliance women's championship meet at Stanley Park. Keene State won with 25 points, and WSC was next at 64.
Arouca covered the 5 kilometer run in 18 minutes, 27.21 seconds. Also earning all Alliance honors for the Owls by finishing in the top 20 were Marianne Mealy (8th), junior Ally Brown (13th) and Nicole Brouwer (18th). Keene State also won the men's meet.
The WNEC men was fifth in the TCCC Cross Country Championships it hosted.
The Springfield College women placed third and Mount Holyoke eighth at the NEWMAC Championships. Amanda DiPaolo took third for the Pride and Lacey Cartier 13th, earning all conference honors in the process.
WNEC 3, Colby Sawyer 0: Brian Dill scored his second goal of the season in the opening minute, leading No.1 WNEC past Colby in the quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament.
The Golden Bears host No.5 Salve Regina, a 1 0 winner over No.4 New England College, in Wednesday's semifinals.
Dale Trotman scored from Justin Martins later in the half to make it 2 0, and WNEC picked up an own goal in the second half. Goalie Kyle Bak recorded his third shutout of the season.
Westfield 2, MCLA 0: Jeff Trudeau finished up his career with a pair of goals,cartier bracelet 2016 cheap, both of which came in the second half, to lead Westfield (6 9 2, 2 3 2) in MASCAC play.
Coast Guard 3, Springfield 0: Nate Wojcik scored a pair of goals for Coast Guard (10 7, 3 3) against Springfield (6 9 2, 3 3) in a NEWMAC game at New London, Conn.
Westfield 7, MCLA 0: Seven different players scored for Westfield State, which secured a share of the Mass. State Conference regular season title and the top seed in the conference tournament.
Westfield (13 4) and Bridgewater State finished tied for first at 6 1, but the Owls won a 3 2, overtime decision during the regular season which served as the tiebreaker.
Elms 4, Daniel Webster 0: Krystyna Gagne, Alicia Bobbie, Serina Percoski and Sarah Donais scored as Elms (11 7) advanced to Saturday's New England Collegiate Conference title game against Lesley.
Wheaton 2, Mount Holyoke 1: Emmy Fontaine scored, but Mount Holyoke
(6 11 1) lost its conference tournament game to Wheaton (15 4 2) on penalty kicks.
HCC 4, Jefferson CC: Sarah Jaskula scored three goals, and Grace Santiago broke a 3 all tie with eight minutes left as HCC (14 7) advanced to the Division III national semifinals in Texas.
Jaskula tied the game at 3 all before Santiago provided the winner. Valeria Cuesta Ortiz had three assists in the win.
Katelyn Orlando registered her 14th goal of the season for the Minutewomen, and Makaela Potts added a goal on a penalty stroke in the second to make it 2 all.
The Minutewomen will open play on Friday in the A 10 tournament at Temple in Philadelphia. They are the top seed.
Wellesley 4, Mount Holyoke 1: Mary Kate Switchenko scored from Anne Doton for sixth seeded Mount Holyoke (9 7) in its loss to third seeded Wellesley in the quarterfinals of the NEWMAC tournament.
Parents appeal walk zones to Portage school board
Mark Bugnaski Kalamazoo GazettePortage parents and students walk home along Tattersall Road from Amberly Elementary School after school. Melanie Tipken, pushes Annabelle, 1 while walking with her nine year old third grade son Alexander, followed by Adrianna Rosas in white, with her eight year old third grade daughter Xochitl Robertson, right, on their way home to the Milham Meadows apartments,cartier love bracelet men faux, about a mile away. PORTAGE Parents from Portage West Middle and Amberly Elementary schools remain unhappy about new walk to school zones for their buildings and say safety concerns outweigh the cost savings.
They also expressed concerns about a Portage Public Schools transportation advisory committee that will hear appeals Thursday.
Parent Julie Cartier, one of nine people to address the Portage Public Schools Board of Education on Monday about the walk zones,cartier love bracelet gold cheap, said the advisory committee is ill equipped to make an informed recommendation.
She said most of the committee members are new to the group, there are no written guidelines on how they should make their recommendation and the group takes its cues from the same officials who drew up the walk zones.
question the independence of (the panel) and the ability of its members to make a recommendation on a subject they will just be learning about when they convene this week, Cartier said.
In June, the board voted to save $106,000 by eliminating nine daily bus runs, affecting about 550 students at eight schools. Since then, the board has revised the walk zone for 12th Street Elementary.
Trustee Melanie Kurdys urged district administrators to address the parents concerns.
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Board President Jennifer Whistler said administrators will report at the next board meeting about what action has been taken and take it from there.
Mark Bugnaski Kalamazoo GazettePortage parents and students walk home along Tattersall Road from Amberly Elementary School after school. Melanie Tipken, pushes Annabelle, 1 while walking with her nine year old third grade son Alexander, followed by Adrianna Rosas in white, with her eight year old third grade daughter Xochitl Robertson, right, on their way home to the Milham Meadows apartments,cartier love bracelet men faux, about a mile away. PORTAGE Parents from Portage West Middle and Amberly Elementary schools remain unhappy about new walk to school zones for their buildings and say safety concerns outweigh the cost savings.
They also expressed concerns about a Portage Public Schools transportation advisory committee that will hear appeals Thursday.
Parent Julie Cartier, one of nine people to address the Portage Public Schools Board of Education on Monday about the walk zones,cartier love bracelet gold cheap, said the advisory committee is ill equipped to make an informed recommendation.
She said most of the committee members are new to the group, there are no written guidelines on how they should make their recommendation and the group takes its cues from the same officials who drew up the walk zones.
question the independence of (the panel) and the ability of its members to make a recommendation on a subject they will just be learning about when they convene this week, Cartier said.
In June, the board voted to save $106,000 by eliminating nine daily bus runs, affecting about 550 students at eight schools. Since then, the board has revised the walk zone for 12th Street Elementary.
Trustee Melanie Kurdys urged district administrators to address the parents concerns.
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Board President Jennifer Whistler said administrators will report at the next board meeting about what action has been taken and take it from there.
Kate's 'magical' wedding dress draws rave reviews
Kate Middleton and an army of highly skilled seamstresses wowed fashionistas around the world Friday with an Alexander McQueen wedding gown that experts called a timeless classic.
After months of secrecy about what she would be wearing, Kate Middleton entered Westminster Abbey in an intricate McQueen wedding gown designed by Sarah Burton, a nearly three metres long train and a decades old Cartier tiara borrowed from the Queen.
With an estimated 2 billion people watching worldwide, Kate took only a few steps from the Goring Hotel into the Queen's Rolls Royce VI with her father,replica gold bracelet cartier, Michael, at her side. A special barrier was set up around the hotel so that onlookers and photographers couldn't catch a glimpse of Middleton's dress.
Minutes later, her ivory gown was finally revealed when the father and daughter arrived at Westminster Abbey.
While walking down the long, carpeted aisle, Middleton's dress,replica gold love bracelet cartier, with its lace applique for the bodice and skirt, were showcased, but Clarence House provided specific details on the bride's outfit for those who had waited months to see what is now one of the most talked about dresses of the decade.
The dress was inspired by the Middleton family's new coat of arms,replica cartier pink gold love bracelet, which includes acorns and oak leaves, a theme that was also included in the bride's pave set diamond earrings. The jewelry was a gift from her parents.
The bride chose the British brand "for its craftsmanship and its respect for workmanship and the technical construction of clothing," according to a statement from Clarence House.
Each piece of Middleton's dress was handmade by the Royal School of Needlework.
The design was applied by hand and individual flowers were hand cut from lace and applied onto ivory silk tulle in an intricate procedure.
Clarence House reported that the workers washed their hands every 30 minutes to keep the lace and threads pristine, and the needles were renewed every three hours to keep them sharp and clean.
The lace came from various sources, so each piece of material was carefully picked to ensure every flower was the same colour. The fabrics were selected after extensive research by Burton's team.
The train, carried by Middleton's sister and maid of honour, Philippa, was 2.7 metres long.
Her veil was crafted out of layers of ivory silk tulle and a trim of hand embroidered flowers.
A team of six stylists led by celebrity hairdresser Richard Ward left Middleton's hair down. Atop her glossy brown tresses, Middleton wore a "halo" tiara made by Cartier in 1936, which was purchased by King George VI for Queen Elizabeth. It was presented to the Queen, who was Princess Elizabeth at the time, by her mother on her 18th birthday.
Her satin shoes with hand embroidered lace were also handmade by a team at Alexander McQueen.
Her bouquet was made of lily of the valley, sweet william and hyacinth flowers arranged in a shield shape. The flowers were said to symbolize a return of happiness, gallantry and love.
The myrtle was also carried by Queen Victoria when she married in 1858.
International fashion experts, from Karl Lagerfeld and Donatella Versace to British Vogue editor Alexander Shulman, praised Middleton and Burton's efforts, with some calling the outfit "magical."
"What an amazing dress; it was perfect for the bride and sent out so many fantastic messages. I felt very moved when I heard it was McQueen: a designer acknowledged as being brilliant to design a royal wedding dress has never happened before," Shulman wrote in a piece on the magazine's website.
"The veil is a little flat, but because she has such a lovely face,replica cartier gold bracelet with screws, she can afford to wear it this way.
Canada's 150th? It's been around longer than thatI am amazed by continued references to this being the year of Canada's 150th birthday.
City has grounds to regulate protesters outside Ottawa's abortion clinic: legal expertsLegal precedent gives the city grounds to regulate protestsoutside Ottawa's only.
Throat slashing was an 'accident', accused in murder trial testifiesA man accused of premeditated murder explained Tuesday that a fatal slash to the.
Petawawa soldier killed in military training accident in AlbertaWAINWRIGHT, Alta. A soldier from CFB Petawawahas been killed and three others injured.
Kate Middleton and an army of highly skilled seamstresses wowed fashionistas around the world Friday with an Alexander McQueen wedding gown that experts called a timeless classic.
After months of secrecy about what she would be wearing, Kate Middleton entered Westminster Abbey in an intricate McQueen wedding gown designed by Sarah Burton, a nearly three metres long train and a decades old Cartier tiara borrowed from the Queen.
With an estimated 2 billion people watching worldwide, Kate took only a few steps from the Goring Hotel into the Queen's Rolls Royce VI with her father,replica gold bracelet cartier, Michael, at her side. A special barrier was set up around the hotel so that onlookers and photographers couldn't catch a glimpse of Middleton's dress.
Minutes later, her ivory gown was finally revealed when the father and daughter arrived at Westminster Abbey.
While walking down the long, carpeted aisle, Middleton's dress,replica gold love bracelet cartier, with its lace applique for the bodice and skirt, were showcased, but Clarence House provided specific details on the bride's outfit for those who had waited months to see what is now one of the most talked about dresses of the decade.
The dress was inspired by the Middleton family's new coat of arms,replica cartier pink gold love bracelet, which includes acorns and oak leaves, a theme that was also included in the bride's pave set diamond earrings. The jewelry was a gift from her parents.
The bride chose the British brand "for its craftsmanship and its respect for workmanship and the technical construction of clothing," according to a statement from Clarence House.
Each piece of Middleton's dress was handmade by the Royal School of Needlework.
The design was applied by hand and individual flowers were hand cut from lace and applied onto ivory silk tulle in an intricate procedure.
Clarence House reported that the workers washed their hands every 30 minutes to keep the lace and threads pristine, and the needles were renewed every three hours to keep them sharp and clean.
The lace came from various sources, so each piece of material was carefully picked to ensure every flower was the same colour. The fabrics were selected after extensive research by Burton's team.
The train, carried by Middleton's sister and maid of honour, Philippa, was 2.7 metres long.
Her veil was crafted out of layers of ivory silk tulle and a trim of hand embroidered flowers.
A team of six stylists led by celebrity hairdresser Richard Ward left Middleton's hair down. Atop her glossy brown tresses, Middleton wore a "halo" tiara made by Cartier in 1936, which was purchased by King George VI for Queen Elizabeth. It was presented to the Queen, who was Princess Elizabeth at the time, by her mother on her 18th birthday.
Her satin shoes with hand embroidered lace were also handmade by a team at Alexander McQueen.
Her bouquet was made of lily of the valley, sweet william and hyacinth flowers arranged in a shield shape. The flowers were said to symbolize a return of happiness, gallantry and love.
The myrtle was also carried by Queen Victoria when she married in 1858.
International fashion experts, from Karl Lagerfeld and Donatella Versace to British Vogue editor Alexander Shulman, praised Middleton and Burton's efforts, with some calling the outfit "magical."
"What an amazing dress; it was perfect for the bride and sent out so many fantastic messages. I felt very moved when I heard it was McQueen: a designer acknowledged as being brilliant to design a royal wedding dress has never happened before," Shulman wrote in a piece on the magazine's website.
"The veil is a little flat, but because she has such a lovely face,replica cartier gold bracelet with screws, she can afford to wear it this way.
Canada's 150th? It's been around longer than thatI am amazed by continued references to this being the year of Canada's 150th birthday.
City has grounds to regulate protesters outside Ottawa's abortion clinic: legal expertsLegal precedent gives the city grounds to regulate protestsoutside Ottawa's only.
Throat slashing was an 'accident', accused in murder trial testifiesA man accused of premeditated murder explained Tuesday that a fatal slash to the.
Petawawa soldier killed in military training accident in AlbertaWAINWRIGHT, Alta. A soldier from CFB Petawawahas been killed and three others injured.
Montreal ensembles revisit a master
Bach. But Saturday's Boston Early Music Festival concert by the paired Montreal based ensembles Les Voix Humaines and Les Voix Baroques demonstrated the powerful qualities particular to Buxtehude's music,replica cartier love bracelet rose.
At times, Buxtehude seems a Francis Ford Coppola to Bach's Spielberg: more flamboyantly operatic, more attuned to moment by moment emotion than architectonics. The cantata "Nimm von uns, Herr du treuer Gott" surpasses Bach's exercises in that genre in impulsiveness and stylization the stalking violins (Scott Metcalfe and Chloe Meyers) behind the opening plea for mercy; the precipitation of key words out of the manifold texture into anthemic pronouncements.
Throughout, the performance emphasized individual expression over a homogenized sound, giving contrapuntal lines a vibrant, multi dimensional flow. Conducting from the organ, Christopher Jackson kept the musicians in collective empathetic contact; kaleidoscopic shifts from viols (Margaret Little and Susie Napper, the core of Les Voix Humaines, with M Corriveau and, briefly, Elin S to violone (Pierre Cartier) to theorbo (Lucas Harris) felt intrinsic and spontaneous.
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Throughout, the performance emphasized individual expression over a homogenized sound, giving contrapuntal lines a vibrant, multi dimensional flow. Conducting from the organ, Christopher Jackson kept the musicians in collective empathetic contact; kaleidoscopic shifts from viols (Margaret Little and Susie Napper, the core of Les Voix Humaines, with M Corriveau and, briefly, Elin S to violone (Pierre Cartier) to theorbo (Lucas Harris) felt intrinsic and spontaneous.
In the two movement voice and organ Missa Brevis, Buxtehude adopts imitative Renaissance textures, albeit with chains of sweet Italianate thirds between the two sopranos and a thoroughly up to date chromatic "Amen." The singers Suzie LeBlanc, Catherine Webster, Matthew White (Les Voix Baroques' director),replica cartier yellow gold love bracelet, Colin Balzer, and Nathaniel Watson also made a virtue out of their varying timbres. White's warm alto and Blazer's focused, fluent tenor mediated between the sopranos' straight tones (LeBlanc's sine wave purity, Webster's organ pipe flute) and Watson's robust,replica cartier new bracelet, flexible baritone.
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> Dorjon Aveda Salon has opened a 1,366 square foot store located between Macy and the Saks Fifth Avenue entrance. Dorjon Aveda Salon provides guests with services and products of the highest quality and purity, while asserting an environmental commitment to the community and to the planet.
> Stuart Weitzman 1,368 square foot store is now open and is located near Louis Vuitton next to Cartier. The iconic brand has become synonymous with women footwear that is comprised of high quality and unique materials.
> Butcher the Burger isn just another burger shop. The company vision is to create a truly special place where foodies and the uninitiated alike can stop in and always find outstandingly fresh product, unique and exciting retail items, and the country best burger menu.
> Dandelion Grill focuses on natural meats, humanely raised. Their specialty includes healthy, wholesome, homemade food. The grill opens March 2013.
Coming soon:
> Boston Proper will open a 1,498 square foot store in Palm Court at the beginning of April, offering unique, high end women apparel and accessories.
> Robert Graham will open a 1,119 square foot store near Center Court this May with eclectic men wear,cartier ballon bleu leather strap fake, women wear and accessories.
> Vince Camuto will open a 1,206 square foot boutique near Bloomingdale closest to Caf at Boca, with iconic footwear collections along with handbags, men wear and women wear,cartier ballon bleu stainless steel copy, watches and other accessories and fragrances.
> The Container Store will open a 20,977 square foot store in the Sears wing this June. For customer convenience, The Container Store will offer shoppers an outdoor entrance, which will be located outside the Sears wing.
> LoveSac will open a 1,429 square foot store in the Nordstrom wing, closest to Pottery Barn, in June. LoveSac is the fastest growing alternative furniture company with patented product Sactionals washable, changeable, completely modular furniture.
> Swatch will open a 1,replica cartier ladies tank watches,000 square foot store in the Nordstrom wing next to Pottery Barn in July. The Swiss brand specializes in high quality watches and jewelry.
> El Jefe Luchador is a take on a traditional Mexican street style taqueria, fusing the fun energy of Lucha Libre with gourmet quick service cuisine. El Jefe Luchador is slated to open in August.
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