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Haute couture. The phrase conjures images of romance, fantasy, visual extravagance. But wardrobe basics? Probably not.
Yet to characterize couture as the pinnacle of sartorial indulgence for celebrities and the superrich is to misunderstand and undervalue the form. Yes, grand gowns, often embroidered, feathered, and frothed for otherworldly enchantment, play an essential part. But couture is not only about that.
It is also about clothes for real women in real life “albeit,” Giorgio Armani tells
T&C, “a very rarefied form of real life.”
Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri, another of couture’s most high-profile practitioners, says couture is “clothing that isn’t content to shine only under the chandeliers of a gala or party, but that proudly displays its personality in the light of day.”
St Peter’s Square in Rome was packed with 20,000 faithful hoping to catch a glimpse of John Paul II on that fateful May afternoon 40 years ago.
Suddenly as his open white Fiat ‘Popemobile’ eased through the crowd, the pontiff collapsed – shot at close range by a far-right Turkish nationalist whose motives remain mysterious to this day.
At 5.41pm on May 13, 1981 AFP flashed: “Pope John Paul II wounded by two gun shots.”
The 60-year-old Karol Wojtyla was immediately rushed to hospital. He was hit in the abdomen, left hand and right arm. Two women in the Polish-born pope’s entourage were also hurt.
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Published on: Wednesday, May 12, 2021
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Pope John Paul II collapsed in the papal Jeep after being shot in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome on May 13, 1981.
PARIS: Saint Peter’s Square in Rome was packed with 20,000 faithful hoping to catch a glimpse of John Paul II on that fateful May afternoon 40 years ago.
Suddenly as his open white Fiat “Popemobile” eased through the crowd, the pontiff collapsed – shot at close range by a far-right Turkish nationalist whose motives remain mysterious to this day.
At 5.41pm on May 13, 1981 AFP flashed: “Pope John Paul II wounded by two gun shots.”