Journal of Fashion Business (패션비즈니스)

The Korean Society of Fashion Business (한국패션비즈니스학회)
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A study on the Ladylike Style of Grace Kelly

그레이스 켈리(Grace Kelly)의 레이디라이크 스타일

  • Chung, So-Young (Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Cho, Kyu-Hwa (Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Ewha Womans University)
  • 정소영 (이화여대 대학원 의류직물학과) ;
  • 조규화 (이화여자대학교 의류직물학과)
  • Published : 2005.09.30
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Abstract

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.

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