#07 That Dress - ep 1 of 2 May 1937: the King, his wife, their Führer, the lobster

07/07/2020 24 min
#07 That Dress - ep 1 of 2 May 1937: the King, his wife, their Führer, the lobster

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2 May 1937. Cecil Beaton photographs for American Vogue the twice-divorced American heiress soon to marry the ex-King Edward VIII. Wallis Simpson wears a Schiaparelli ‘waltz dress’ with a Salvador Dali red lobster down her skirt. The setting is a French chateau belonging to the American businessman who a few months later will mastermind the Windsors’ honeymoon tour of Germany. But what – other than Wallis Simpson - connects all these people? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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