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barbara cushing mortimer paley (babe paley)

 Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
 5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978
zodiac sign / horoscope: cancer
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THE FACE

She might have been painted by  Boldini, or Picasso in his Rose Period. So great is her beauty that no matter how often I see her, each time is the first time. 

-Billy Baldwin, interior designer
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 Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
 Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
 Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia

In 1934, when she was 19, Barbara Cushing had a devastating car accident that destroyed her face, but some cosmetic surgeon recommended by her father not only reconstructed her face, but gave her a much more distinguished ¨babe look¨ which she will be remembered for.

THE FIGURE

 Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
 Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
 Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
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height / taille / altezza / alto / Größe / 高さ / 高度:        170 cm / 5'7"                       
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THE MANNER
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Paley had only one fault: she was perfect. Other than that, she was perfect”

​- Truman Capote

smoking: like many women of her time, Babe Paley was a smoker, and she smoked about 2 packs a day, which perhaps contributed to her early death, but few women smoke as elegantly as she did.

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 Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
 Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
 Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia

sitting: babe paley seemed having established a very friendly relationship with whatever she sit on: soft sofa, hard chair or cushion on floor.

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THE MOVEMENT

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"I never saw her not grab any ones attention, the hair, the makeup, the crispness. You were never conscious of what she was wearing; you noticed Babe and nothing else."

- Bill Blass, fashion designer
THE STYLE
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), in Norman Norell dress, 1946, elegancepedia

1934
Debutante

1938
Fashion editor of Vogue

1940
 Mrs. Mortimer and second best dressed woman

1941, Time magazine named Babe Paley the second best dressed woman, with the No. 1 being Duchess of Windsor
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Whatever she wore, she wore in a way you would never forget.¨

​              -- Oscar de la Renta

1947
Mrs. Paley and best dressed woman

Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
Babe Pailey(5 july 1915 - 6 july 1978), elegancepedia
THE TASTE

Her homes: 820 Fifth Avenue New York, 9th floor apartment


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