Aunt Virginia wasn't the only one in the fam lucky enough to make it into LIFE. It's always been a huge source of family pride that grandma got the cover in '55 (for being a pretty stunning socialite), 12 years after her second husband got his (for fighting Nazis from the cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt) (click here to see the covers). It wasn't until a few years ago when I got my own copy, that I realized grandma was inside her issue, too...on the arm of Givenchy! I finally found it online. You can read the whole issue and the article (starting on page 24) right here thanks to Google Books. Man, I love technology!
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Glamorous!
PS -- I love Google Books, too.
she is the height of glamour-something in its true meaning is gone-with the wind.
Wearing a dress by Irene too! Go grandma!
She also looks like Rita Hayworth at a distance. rawr
I think you look like her.
Okay, that is about the most glamorous grandmother there ever was. Enchanting!
How did she not go insane? Hardly anyone in this town knows how to dress.
Wow.
I promise to never make smart aleck comments like "cheer up, the Recession's almost over" ever again. Seriously, never ever.
I'll just slink away now, thanks.
Very sophisticated and glamorous. I want to see the color of his solid men's dress shirts.
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