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She was voted 'Best Dressed Woman' in the world by <i>Time</i> magazine in 1962, second only to Jacqueline Kennedy.\r\n\r\nGloria Guinness kept a full wardrobe in each of her seven homes, so that she would never have to pack.  She saw haute couture as an art form and patronised many couture houses. \r\n\r\nShe gave dozens of items to the V&A, including pieces by Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972), Christian Dior (1905-57), and Hubert de Givenchy (b.1927).  Amongst these famous names were several lesser known labels, such as Marcelle Chaumont (b.1892; house closed in 1953), showing that she cast her net wide in her pursuit of fashion. The gown is made of hand-painted organza, in the yellow and gold tones that Gloria Guinness favoured.","physicalDescription":"Full length evening dress of white silk organza. The full waisted skirt is hand-painted with a gold design of ribbons and bows. The bodice is finely tucked, it is strapless and is boned at the seams, and it has a gathered frill at the top. There is a side zip fastening. With a petticoat of white organdie attached to the dress at the tip of the bodice and it is also boned. 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Pierre Cardin was briefly employed as cutter in 1945.\r\n\r\n<u>Donor</u>\r\nGloria Rubio y Alatorre, better known as Gloria Guinness (1912-1980) was an elegant socialite and writer of the mid 20th century.\r\n\r\nHer third husband, whom she married in 1951, was Group Capt. Thomas Loel Guinness, a Member of Parliament (died 1989) and an heir to the Guinness beer fortune. \r\n\r\nShe was voted second 'Best Dressed Woman' in the world by Time magazine in 1962.  Jackie Kennedy was in first place.  (See <i>Time</i> magazine Jan 26 1962)","historicalContext":"Gloria Rubio y Alatorre, better known as Gloria Guinness (1912-1980) was an elegant socialite and writer of the mid 20th century.\r\n\r\nHer third husband, whom she married in 1951, was Group Capt. Thomas Loel Guinness, a Member of Parliament (died 1989) and an heir to the Guinness beer fortune. \r\n\r\nShe was voted second 'Best Dressed Woman' in the world by Time magazine in 1962.  Jackie Kennedy was in first place.  (See <i>Time</i> magazine Jan 26 1962)","briefDescription":"Full-length evening dress of hand-painted silk organza with matching belt and organdie petticoat, designed by Marcelle Chaumont, Paris, 1949","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"L'Officiel, June 1949, p.24"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Vickers, H., 'Cecil Beaton' in Wilcox, C., ed., <i>The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-57</i> (V&A Publications, 2007), p.169 and pl.7.12 & 7.13"},{"reference":{"text":"<i>Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton</i>. London : H.M.S.O., 1971","id":"AUTH354373"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. <u>Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion</u>. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. 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This group of dresses by Chaumont, Lafaurie and Dior are in her favoured shades of yellow. \r\n\r\nHand-painted organza\r\n\r\nGiven by Mrs Gloria Guinness\r\nV&A: T.92&A, B-1974","date":{"text":"22/09/2007-06/01/2008","earliest":"2007-09-22","latest":"2008-01-06"}}],"partNumbers":["T.92B-1974","T.92A-1974","T.92-1974"],"accessionNumberNum":"92","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1974,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Petticoat","Belt","Evening dress"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-03-19","recordCreationDate":"2006-02-03","availableToBook":false}}