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The fabrics used were intended to 'promote British fashion, excellence and production'. Weaved into the outfit's feminine cut and low-key tones are connotations of 'stability, dependence, soft power'. It's 'I'm in charge', without being too loud about it.

Hepburn and her mother moved to London in December 1948 so that the 19-year-old could study ballet at Rambert Dance Company. They settled in a small apartment in Mayfair, where Hepburn's mother got a gig as an apartment manager. With Hepburn's rising success and the financial security that followed, they eventually upgraded to a larger unit within the complex.

They let us shoot in places people weren't allowed to normally, like Marie Antoinette's private theater. They were like, 'This is your home.' The Versailles exhibition will screen several scenes from Coppola's film in the very rooms where they were staged, highlighting the deep connection between these storied grounds and her acclaimed creation.

Suddenly, a strange, loud, rhythmic, prolonged noise, like the dying moan of an organ, then the dying wail of the breeze sighing in the cloisters, struck the indignant ears of the nuns with astonishment. The nuns all turned to stare at Sister Agnès, who in her embarrassment, tripped and let fly a spoonful of her chou pastry dough into a pot of boiling fat, and the doughnut-like pet de nonne, 'nun's fart' was born.

The nineteenth-century Italian aristocrat Virginia Oldoini, Countess de Castiglione, has been cast in many lights: narcissist, courtesan, spy, exhibitionist. In the photo studio of Mayer & Pierson, she played all these parts and one more-the role of self-portraitist. For decades, Oldoini helped conceptualize and starred in more than four hundred portraits so experimental and expressive that they have drawn comparisons to works by Claude Cahun and Cindy Sherman.

Olivia Rodrigo showed off a vintage Anna Sui look from the designer's Spring 1994 collection, proving her prowess at selecting archival pieces that still look fresh today. She wore a long-sleeved black babydoll dress with a white lapel collar, matching tuxedo-like cuffs, and buttons leading to a poofy, high-waisted miniskirt.

Thanks to Ryan Murphy's fictionalized retelling of her romance with John F. Kennedy Jr., fashion girls everywhere are leaning into the Carolyn Bessette aesthetic. (FX/Hulu correctly anticipated this effect, collaborating with Vestiaire Collective for an edit of over 800 CBK-inspired pre-loved pieces.)

Born Norma Jeane Baker in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926, Monroe's early home life was marked by constant instability. She spent much of her childhood bouncing between foster homes, and later, as her fame grew, she never stayed in one place for too long. As an adult, she continued to move around, searching for places to call home: the Beverly Carlton Hotel in Los Angeles, a penthouse apartment in New York City.

In 1994, when the grunge aesthetic gripped the nation (chokers, combat boots), the make-up artist Heidi Morawetz created Le Vernis Rouge Noir. There and then, backstage at Chanel's Autumn/Winter ready to wear show, she mixed black and reds until the shade emerged - a perfect blend of rebellion and conformity; not too black, not too red, not too bold, and not too boring.

As a travel writer who refuses to check a bag, I've had to distill my travel wardrobe down to 10 versatile staples that can easily mix and match to create over a dozen outfits. Whether I'm wine-bar hopping in the trendy 11th arrondissement, playing tourist by the Eiffel Tower, or splurging on a fancy dinner in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, I need pieces that can be dressed up or down-and crucially, that will keep me warm.