WAY HARSH!

In 1932, a powerful and graceful moment was captured by photographer Maynard Owen Williams for The National Geographic Magazine—Princess Nirgidma of Torhout standing beside her hunting eagle. Dressed in traditional Mongolian attire, the image radiated both nobility and cultural pride.

Grace Kelly’s car in “To Catch a Thief” (1955) was a first-generation Sunbeam Alpine roadster, made by England’s Sunbeam-Talbot Company between 1953 and 1955. As the story goes, Alfred Hitchcock and his production team had yet to choose a car for Grace’s character to drive in the pivotal chase scenes. Some had suggested a Jaguar, but a powerful car like that just didn’t seem right for a delicate millionairess. Others mentioned popular sports cars of the day like the bulky Mercedes 190SL. Ford’s popular two-seat Thunderbird was ruled out as too American.

Gown and country- Cosmopolitan US (1998)