Bettina Graziani, 1952

"This is the first photograph of the first American Vogue sitting of Givenchy clothes, taken in our living room, a former barn in Connecticut. Bettina is in a greenish-blue (looks almost like the sea), billowing sequined and beaded gown embroidered by the best hands in Paris. It’s an art you know. There were maybe three houses that did sequins and beads for the couture. It, unfortunately, was a dying art then and now there’s only one house left. The capelet looks like the headdress of the sisters of charity. Givenchy had made it into a top. He couldn't have used black or pastels, it would have been a downer, so, it had to be white. Look on the left-hand side of the capelet down into the gown at the emerald green glove. Then follow that line straight up over the shoulder into the earlobe and look at the earring, which is also green and white. This is style. This is fashion. This is fantasy"-- Amy Greene, excerpt from "But That's Another Story"