One for the Ages
What would it be like to be 120 years old—and what would you wear? Amber Valletta takes a decade-by-decade trip through a century’s worth of ensembles.
September 2011
September 29, 1929: A month before the stock market’s Black Tuesday, our heroine’s opium-tinged 29th- birthday party in the Blue Room rolls on.
Chanel’s lace jumpsuit. Verdura bracelet, Verdura at F.D cuff, Stephen
Russell bracelet, Fred Leighton bracelet (on right wrist, from top);
Tamsen Z necklace; Stephen Russell necklace; Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry
cuff, Fred Leighton bracelet, Verdura at F.D cuff, Stephen Russell
bracelet (on left wrist, from top); L’Wren Scott shoes. On men, from
left: Dolce & Gabbana’s wool suit and cotton shirt. Dior Homme’s wool
suit; Prada’s poplin shirt.
September 2011
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