High Society

I was watching this today, basking in the glory of the beautiful Grace Kelly. I'd recorded it during the Christmas holidays and not gotten round to watching it yet...oh, the joys of unemployment.

How beautiful she was, its hard to believe that Princess Grace only featured on our screens for six years before retiring from the cinema. High society was her final film, and what a perfect setting for her transfer from Screen Goddess to Monaco Princess. Her style is timeless, and she is still recognised as one of the most influential women in cinema history.

Her style was flawless, and while she benefited from a wardrobe stylist who deserves much of the credit for this, it was Grace's, well, grace, and poise that made mere garments into pure delight. She moved like a dancer, flowing from scene to scene like an angel, like the princess she was to become.

I, for one, cannot wait for the Grace Kelly wardrobe exhibition at the V&A which is set to arrive this April. We'll be given a chance to glimpse the outfits that made her famous, and that she made famous in turn. Film pieces as well as items from her personal collection as Princess of Monaco will be on display, and I urge you to go and learn a little about what made Grace Kelly such a style icon.

My personal favourite dress worn by Kelly is the Helen Rose embroidered dress worn during the party scene in High Society. I think this dress is absolutely stunning, and Princess Grace has the perfect figure for it. She is sleek and elegant, and the dress is absolutely divine on her.

The dress was recently auctioned off for the Princess Grace Foundation, and raised $220,000, along with the beautiful dress worn to lunch at the White House with Jaqueline and John F Kennedy, which raised $135,000. Princess Grace was a beautiful person with a beautiful heart, and a beautiful wardrobe which is worth going to see. I'll see you all at the V&A.