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Hermes

The french couture house Hermes elevated the craft skills (of saddle makers) to high art,producing coveted bags of an iconic status and hand-stitched perfection throughout the twentieth century in their Parisian atelier.

One of the oldest family-owned and controlled companies in france,it was established in 1837 by Thierry Hermes,who opened a workshop in the Grands Boulevards quarter of paris supplying horse harnesses for carriages.It was a bussiness founded on the principles of excellent craftsmanship,perticularly in the execution of the saddle stitch,a process whereby two needles worked two waxed linen threads in tensile opposition.

Thierry's son Charles-Emile moved the company to their current home at 24,rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore,where he begun retailing saddlery.

Having a global reputation for excellence the company offered the Haut a Courroies (high belts) bag especially designed to transport riding gear (boots,saddle and hunting equiptment).

At the end of the centuty the horse gave way to the automobile as the major means of transport and Emile-Maurice (grandson of the original Hermes) anticipated that the company would need to diversify from it's equestrian roots,a conviction that was reinforced by the meeting with Henry Ford on a visit to th United States.

While in Canada Emile-Maurice foresaw the potential of a kind of zip used on the canvas roof of cars,and obtained an exclusive two years European patternon it's use.

A zipped golf jacket made for the Prince of Wales was also a revolution at clothing design,while in 1922 the first leather handbag were intorduced at the request of  Emile-Maurice's wife and in 1923 the Bodice bag (initially called the Bugatti bag after the racing car) was the first in history to feature a zip.

The sandle bag,the "little tall bag with two handles" from 1892,was redesigned as a handbag in 1935 and was eventually named the Kelly when Grace Kelly appeared with it on her arms on the cover of Time magzine in 1956.In1958 a bucket-shaped feed bag with a gusset and a narrow strap,christened the Trim,was popularized by Jackie Onassis of her much publicized sojourn on Capri in the late 1960's and the Birkin bag was introduced in 1984.

 The Birkin bag

The Kelly bag

A BLACK BOX LEATHER 'SAC MALLETTE' BAG

This Hermes Sac Mallette bag

This is Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly is one of the most admired women in the world. Even today, she is upheld as a standard of beauty, grace, and style. Her talent and persona influenced the great motion picture director Alfred Hitchcock so strongly that he attempted to make other actresses into her image, without success.

Since 1996, this site has showcased a collection of photographs and other memorabilia. The aim of this site is to bring Grace's fans together, and be a worthy online museum for this extraordinary woman. This web site is dedicated to her and her fans.

Grace Patricia Kelly (12 November 1929–14 September 1982) was a beautiful Oscar-winning actress, fashion icon, and princess of Monaco.

Grace Patricia Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to John and Margaret Kelly. John B. Kelly was a wealthy contractor. At a young age, Grace decided she wanted to become an actress, and studied acting (primarily theater) at New York City's American Academy of Dramatic Art and worked as a stage actress and model before moving to Hollywood. When in New York, Grace promoted Old Gold cigarettes and appeared on the covers of magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Redbook.

Grace debuted in the film 14 Hours, in a minor supporting role, but then starred in High Noon, in which she played a "mousey" Quaker bride. Grace then appeared in Mogambd, which won her an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Her work in High Noon and a screen test for the film Taxi piqued the interest of director Alfred Hitchcock, who, with the aid of Edith Head, pruned Grace into his ideal of the elegant, beautiful blonde. She gave Hitchcock wonderful performances inDial M for Murder, Rear Window , and To Catch a Thief. Grace went against Hitchcock's glamorized vision of her for the film The Country Girl, which won her the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role of 1954. The success of the song "True Love" from the movie High Society earned Grace a gold record. In 1956, she was voted the Golden Globe's World Film Favorite Actor, Female.

Later that year, she married Prince Rainier Grimaldi III of Monaco to become Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco. As a princess, she gave up her successful acting career, in which she had made eleven films. She had three children: Princess Caroline, Prince Albert, and Princess Stéphanie. Grace died on 14 September 1982 after her car went off a road in the cliffs of Monaco.

This is Grace Jones

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