Orry-Kelly (31 December 1897 – 27 February 1964) was born as Orry George Kelly in the New South Wales coastal town of Kiama, about 80 miles south of Sydney, in 1897, and he was sent to Sydney at age 17 to study banking, where he developed his interest in theatre.
In 1923, he went to New York(where he met his then room mate as well as claimed lover Cary Grant), hoping to become actor but instead working for odd jobs with his drawing talent, until finding job to dress Broadway actresses including Katharine Hepburn. In 1932 Kelly started working in Hollywood as costume designer of Warner Brothers, and in the following 30 years Kelly worked in more than 280 films, became one of the most important costume designers of Golden Hollywood, alongside Travis Banton and Gilbert Adrian, winning 3 Oscars(1951: An American in Paris; 1957: Les girls; 1959: Some like it hot) and was nominated for another film in which he designed the costumes: Gympsy(1962). Although his name was most closely associated with stars like Kay Francis, Dolores del Rio and Bette Davis, for whom he created costumes in more than 30 films, many of Kelly's most iconic designs for Hollywood are those he created for next generation of Hollywood stars like Ingrid Bergman, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe and Natalie Wood, and were created after he did not work for Warner Brothers anymore. For Ingrid Bergman in film Casablanca, 1942For Ava Gardner in film One touch of Venus, 1948For Leslie Caron in film An American in Paris(1951)For Marilyn Monroe in film Some like it hot, 1959Further interest
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In 1928, British painter Meredith Frampton RA (17 March 1894 – 16 September 1984) painted the portrait of a woman in white dress, which features bateau neckline, short sleeves, and column silhouette.
This painting is now in the Tate Museum in London and it has been described as the "epitome of modern classicism". Meredith Frampton is very meticulous with the outfits of Marguerite Kelsey, both the dress and the red ballet shoes are chosen and supplied by the painter himself. And it is not the first time Meredith Frampton chooses the outfits of his model. In 1935, when he painted Portrait of A Young Woman, Frampton not only had several of the objects in the painting made specially for the painting, his mother also made the dress worn by the model, Margaret Austin-Jones, which is a floor-length silk dress in ivory color with a pale pink wrap top. Meredith Frampton was born in the St John's Wood area of London and was the only child of the sculptor Sir George Frampton and his wife, the painter Christabel Cockerell. Frampton was educated at Westminster School and went on to attend the Royal Academy Schools between 1912 and 1915, where he won both a first prize and a silver medal. During the First World War, Frampton served in the British Army, and after the war Frampton resumed his artistic career and established himself as among the most highly regarded of British painters during the period. Frampton painted portraits of the Duke of York, who was to become King George VI, academics and scientists, and a series of full length portraits of women from fashionable society. In 1937 Marguerite Kelsey modeled again for Frampton and as a result he painted her with cards as "A Game of Patience". She spent two decades in New Zealand and return to the United Kingdom in the early 1980s suffering with arthritis. Besides Meredith Frampton, she also appears in notable works of art of other artists like Dame Laura Knight and Peter Edwards. And in 1994 Peter Edwards won the BP Portrait Award with Portrait of an Artist's Model (of Marguerite Kelsey) who was then in her eighties. Kelsey died in High Wycombe in 1995. In the 1950s, as his eyesight worsened, Frampton and his wife moved to a hilltop house overlooking Monkton Deverill in Wiltshire. Frampton had designed the property in the 1930s and for the rest of his life he worked on improving and maintaining this house, which included his own furniture and clock designs. For many years Frampton's art was rarely shown in public and he was largely forgotten. However, he lived to see his retrospective at the Tate in 1982. It was his first one-man show and greatly restored his standing. Now Frampton's work is on display at the National Portrait Gallery, Tate Gallery and Imperial War Museum. Further interestThe eventOn 8 July 2015, the Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge and her husband Prince William, Duke of Cambridge watched Britain’s Andy Murray play against Canada’s Vasek Pospisil on Centre Court, Wimbledon, from the Royal Box. The dressIt is a midi dress of 115cm with a full skirt featuring round neckline, notched elbow-length sleeves and princess seam, made of 100% polyester in cardinal red. The red dress was by one of Kate Middleton's favorite brands L.K.Bennett which is a luxury womenswear brand based in London. It was founded by Linda Bennett in 1990. Her vision was to “bring a bit of Bond Street luxury to the High Street”. The company is well-known for its feminine footwear. The dress retailed for £250, but was sold out within four hours of Kate wearing it at Wimbledon; And the new stock reissued by the brand was sold out, too. The accessoriesThe clutch: Diane von Furstenberg 'Lytton' leopard printed snake clutch The jewelry: Mirabelle 'Lolita' hoop earrings The watch: Cartier Ballon Bleu de Cartier Stainless Steel Bracelet Watch.
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