Posts Tagged ‘Hermes kelly’

The exhibition “The Grace Kelly Years” escapes to Rome

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

After his huge initial success at Grimaldi Forum Monaco in the summer of 2007, with 135,000 entries, after a roaming that led to the Hotel de Ville in Paris (75 000 visitors in the summer of 2008) and the Foundation Ekaterina Moscow (65 thousand visitors from October to December 2008), the exhibition “the Grace Kelly Years, Princess of Monaco” will soon step in Rome.

 

This landmark exhibition will move to the Palazzo Ruspoli, on the initiative of the Foundation that manages Memmo this prestigious cultural venue in the heart of the Eternal City, October 16, 2009 to February 28, 2010. The different levels of this space, visitors dive into the years that shaped the myth of a wonderful woman with an exceptional destiny, Hollywood actress became Princess of Monaco.

 

This tribute, designed by Frederic Mitterrand, the curator and current French Minister of Culture and Communication, is available through the photographs of the greatest artists (Howell Conant, Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn …), a correspondence with world leaders (Jackie Kennedy, Maria Callas, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant …), number of personal items, his wardrobe, jewelry and other fashion accessories like the famous Kelly Hermès handbag.

 

Exposure must not to be missed if you are visiting Rome.

Vintage Hermes Birkin and Kelly

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Along with a garnish lot of precious jewels will be auctioned the next 9 December 2008 at Christie’s, twenty-three specimens of the same precious designer Hermes bags, vintage models dating back to 1950 even in precious python and other luxurious materials whose sale price it is estimated will reach even the £ 15,000.00.

Naturally present in the group of 23 fantastic models designer bags Hermes Birkin and Hermes Kelly, also fairly recent, but the highlights that will surely disputed by collectors or lovers of vintage style are Etrusque Crocodile Hermes Sac Malette 50s, a Black Crocodile Shoulder Bag Hermes Constance in 1970 and a rare Hermès Haut à Courroires bag in red crocodile in 1972.