some skirt: 2 to know

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 Queen Elizabeth I, painted by Nicholas Hilliard, 1509 in full court dress, 

and Valentino couture wunderkammer evening dress, designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, Fall 2013.

read an earlier story about the detail embroidery work on the Elizabeth I portrait here



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now reading

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A book is a garden, 
an orchard, 
a storehouse, 
a party, 
a company by the way, 
a counselor, 
a multitude of counselors.
Charles Baudelaire
 

and just finished, a second reading of -

& a series of Francine du Plessix Gray books-

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