A Palace Cracked

Vintage day dreams...
1940’s sheer peach nightgown.

1940’s sheer peach nightgown.

Dior ‘May’, 1953.

Dior ‘May’, 1953.

Dior ‘Palomita’, 1953.

Dior ‘Palomita’, 1953.

Henry Clarke photography for Vogue, 1952.

Henry Clarke photography for Vogue, 1952.

Henry Clarke photography, 1960.

Henry Clarke photography, 1960.

Nancy Beaton as a Shooting Star, Cecil Beaton, 1928.

Nancy Beaton as a Shooting Star, Cecil Beaton, 1928.

Henry Clarke photography, 1950s.

Henry Clarke photography, 1950s.

Dior silk dress, early 1950s.

Dior silk dress, early 1950s.

Jacques Heim dress, 1950s.

Jacques Heim dress, 1950s.

Fortuny tunic 1920s.

Fortuny tunic 1920s.