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A study on the Ladylike Style of Grace Kelly
Published 2005 · G. Kelly
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The purpose of this study is to examine the ladylike style of Grace Kelly focusing on her costume design of 1950s movie and star image, and to understand how she became a fashion icon today. Her city elegant look was usually composed of A line or H line suits and dresses, pearl jewelry, gloves, handbags and her classic ladylike attitude. Kelly's luxury casual look epitomized a relaxed elegance based on the American sporting image including the Hermes "Kelly" bag. Her sexual elegant look showed the combination of freshness, ladylike virtue and underlying sex appeal. Her self-confident, ladylike style appeals to modern fashionable women who likes to be elegant but also sexy.
Grace Kelly's ladylike style, characterized by classic elegance, relaxed elegance, and sex appeal, has become a fashion icon for modern women seeking both elegance and sex.
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