She is gorgeous, her gown divine and very proper and I, for one, love the Persian turquoise, as my family’s jewelry — handed down for the last 200 years is also diamond and Persian turquoise. I wear it very occasionally and with great pride. I love needlework which the French and Spanish are very famous for and brought the best I could afford home with me from my European visit. Her mantilla is exquisite.
How fortunate you are to have such a treasure.
I, too, love Persian Turquoise. It seems to be a relic of the past. It has a depth of color and hue that is not found in our Turquoise from the American South West.
I think Christian Lacroix, the French designer, who created her dress, did a magnificent job for Dona Philomena. The Bolero, and its filigree embroidery over the simplest white dress, and the 200 year old heirloom veil transformed into a Mmantilla for this Spanish lady was a stroke of brilliance. Lacroix,the great designer from the South of France, has taken the place of Yves Saint Laurent as the Master. I have always loved his clothes.