It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty. - Dalai Lama

Chanel, 1950.
Carmen Dell’Orefice with Robin Tattersall, Paris, August 1957.  
Fashion for McCalls, 1950s.
Anne St. Marie wearing Gaines-Parnet and Lilly Daché, for VOGUE, August 1959. Photographed by Henry Clarke.

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