FASHION Magazine

By Randi Bergman and Jordan Porter

Who epitomizes old Hollywood style more than Grace Kelly? The silken blonde bob, the pearls, the notorious namesake Kelly bag… we’re still mesmerized by the actress-turned-princess years after her heyday. To celebrate her legacy, TIFF Bell Lightbox is showcasing pieces from Kelly’s wardrobe in the exhibition Grace Kelly: From Movie Star To Princess, opening November 4. They’ll have her iconic pieces on hand, but we’ve rounded up all the essentials you need to look the part of the royal Hollywood star.

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With so many press and wealthy clients in Paris for the haute couture shows, many of the luxury jewelers in the Place Vendome are using the occasion to launch new collections. So off I went to Van Cleef & Arpels to see their new Zips. It was the Duchess of Windsor (the sometimes scandalous, always stylish legendary Wallis Simpson) who first suggested in 1938 that the house craft a zipper necklace in precious materials, but it wasn’t until the 1950s that technology caught up with the duchess’s imagination. By then, Wallis was over it. And though her character is seen wearing a Zip in The King’s Speech, the real duchess never did.