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Taste the Infinite
View post: Taste the InfiniteSummer means weddings and infinity dresses—or, if a couple is particularly on-trend, infinity bridesmaid jumpsuits. China Machado’s summer 1973 resort set was a precursor to the infinity garments of the mid-1970s. Like the infinity dress and its cousins, Machado’s pieces call for two-way stretch knits; but Grace Mirabella’s Vogue featured the design in muslin, as…
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Tania Mallet
View post: Tania MalletModel and Bond girl Tania Mallet (b. 1941) was born in Blackpool to English and Russian-English parents. (Her mother, Olga Mironoff, was Helen Mirren’s paternal aunt.) She began working as a model in the late 1950s after taking a course at the Lucie Clayton Charm Academy. You may recognize her from her role as Tilly…
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