Robin sent me this link, from Doyle Galleries.
This is a dress of Marisa Berenson’s, and was worn when she was matron of honor (!) along with Elizabeth Taylor (!) at Liza Minelli’s wedding in 2002.
Me, I’m just delighted that we live in a world where this is considered a BRIDESMAID’S DRESS. (Okay, okay, MATRON of HONOR.) Do you think Marisa sat down and said “Liza, I’m so delighted for you, darling, but no butt-bow on the back of my dress, please” and Liza got a little vague and thought she heard “No back”?
Leaving aside my well-known prejudices about black dresses at weddings (although this falls under the Bridesmaid Exception, to be sure) I’m not sure I’d ever wear this (not that I’d ever get the chance, it’s both $4K and a size 6) unless I was trying to costume a play in which all the characters were animated gothic furniture. Although maybe if I were in a wedding where the best men were Michael and Tito Jackson, I’d just say “what the hell!” and choose it. thankfully I’ve never been in that situation. who among us knows what we’d choose at that point?
Click through to the news story, if you dare, just to see a picture of co-Matron-of-Honor Liz Taylor’s hat. Liz Taylor, is, in my opinion, one of the most technologically advanced cyborgs among us today, and I love her for it.
Oh, Liza and David, those crazy kids! With all this fashion around them, why couldn’t they make it work?
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