She was one of the first clients of Christian Dior, parading the French fashion house’s groundbreaking New Look, and appeared on the International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame List no fewer than 16 times.
Reflecting on her sense of style, the former Wallis Simpson once said: “I’m not a beautiful woman. I’m nothing to look at, so the only thing I can do is dress better than anyone else.”
Now, those looking to grab a slice of fashion history can bid for haute couture gems from the wardrobe of the woman whom Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry, in an auction conducted by Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr.
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