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1950s-1980s

Grace Kelly

Hollywood glamour in its most refined form

Grace Kelly's transition from Philadelphia model to Hitchcock leading lady to Princess of Monaco was tracked through some of the most-photographed wardrobes of the twentieth century. Her style was the polished, restrained, deliberately classical version of fifties glamour: tailored skirt suits, white gloves, pearls, glossy blonde hair. She remains the reference for traditional bridal styling and a permanent fixture in every fashion-editorial history of the era.

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Signature looks

  1. The polished blonde bob

    A chin-length bob with soft waves, glossy and deliberately styled. Kelly wore versions of this shape across her film career and into her royal years.

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  2. Low chignon with side part

    A low, sleek chignon at the nape paired with a clean side part. Her go-to formal updo across decades of public events.

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  3. Soft Hollywood waves

    Long blonde hair styled in deep, polished Hollywood waves, often anchored with a side part. The on-screen styling of her Hitchcock years.

    Flatters an oval faceFlatters a long (oblong) face

Fashion signatures

  • Pearl single-strand necklace
  • White gloves and structured handbags
  • Tailored A-line skirts
  • Boat-neck cashmere sweaters
  • The Hermès Kelly bag (named for her)

Why their style endures

Kelly's style is the reference point for traditional, classically polished elegance. Her wedding to Prince Rainier remains one of the most-referenced bridal moments in editorial history, and the chignon she wore to it is still cut for first-time brides. The polished blonde bob, the low chignon, and the Hollywood wave have stayed in continuous rotation, particularly for clients wanting a deliberately classical look rather than a contemporary undone one.

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