A singular look into Grace of Monaco's stylish life through the exceptional dresses that the house of Dior created for her over the years.

Grace Kelly's life may have transformed from that of a Hollywood star to Princess of Monaco, but her status as a style icon remained constant throughout her life. There is perhaps no better record of this than her close thirty-year-long relationship with the illustrious house of Dior. 

Published on the occasion of the 2019 exhibition at the Musée Christian Dior in Granville, France, this sophisticated illustrated volume celebrates the close collaboration between Grace Kelly and the artistic directors of Dior throughout the years, from Christian Dior, to her support of Yves Saint Laurent, and her close friendship with Marc Bohan. An in-depth overview of this special exhibition, this new title explores the evolving relationship between Dior's designers and their muse through insights from experts on Dior and Monaco's royals -- including an intimate interview with Princess Grace's favorite couturier and close friend, Marc Bohan -- and beautiful images from Dior's archives as well as an exclusive photoshoot in Monaco.

Fashion-loving readers will be delighted to rediscover the classic elegance of Grace Kelly's wardrobe through the gorgeous designs created for her by Dior.

About the Authors:

Florence Müller is curator of Fashion and Textile Art at Denver Art Museum's Avenir Foundation and associate professor at the Institut Français de la Mode. 

Frédéric Mitterrand is a broadcaster, writer, and documentarian. He held the position of French Minister of Culture and Communication between 2009 and 2012. 

Brigitte Richart is a fashion and art curator at the Musée Christian Dior in Granville. 

Prince Albert II of Monaco is Grace Kelly's son and the reigning monarch of the Principality of Monaco.

Bernard Arnault is the chairman and CEO of LVMH.

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Hollywood star, royal bride, beloved princess – Grace Kelly lived all three roles with a style all of her own. Renowned for her cool beauty and faultless good taste, the young actress stood apart from the other film sirens of the fifties, with 1000s of women, both in the US and Europe, emulating her classic yet accessible style. Her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956 catapulted Grace Kelly to further fame and cemented her influence on the world of fashion. From the Parisian catwalks to the pages of Vogue, the ‘Grace Kelly Look’ became the look of the moment.

This book, the first to look exclusively at Grace’s unique style, accompanies an enchanting exhibition at the V&A opening in April 2010. Sumptuously illustrated, the book introduces Grace’s glamorous wardrobe as she transformed herself from actress to bride to princess.

An illustrated celebration of Grace Kelly, one of Hollywoods brightest stars, is already long overdue. This book will also coincide with two significant anniversaries: 2006 sees 50 years since she married Prince Rainier and 2007 is the 25th anniversary of her death. 

The book will include a detailed biography and over 160 pictures and contact sheets, many of which are reproduced for the first time. 

Hand-written documents and famous quotes on and from Grace Kelly complement impressive iconographic research (family pictures, national archives, private collections, press agencies, newspapers). Also included are images and contact sheets from prestigious photographers, all of which give us a highly individual portrait of a cinematic legend.

An illustrated celebration of Grace Kelly, one of Hollywoods brightest stars, is already long overdue. This book will also coincide with two significant anniversaries: 2006 sees 50 years since she married Prince Rainier and 2007 is the 25th anniversary of her death. 

The book will include a detailed biography and over 160 pictures and contact sheets, many of which are reproduced for the first time. 

Hand-written documents and famous quotes on and from Grace Kelly complement impressive iconographic research (family pictures, national archives, private collections, press agencies, newspapers). Also included are images and contact sheets from prestigious photographers, all of which give us a highly individual portrait of a cinematic legend.

Sie war die populärste aller Hitchcock-Blondinen, bevor sie zur untadeligen Aristokratin und Landesmutter des Fürstentums Monaco wurde. Grace Kelly, 1929 als Tochter eines millionenschweren amerikanischen Bauunternehmers und einer deutschstämmigen Mutter in Philadelphia geboren, kam schon mit 23 Jahren zu Starruhm. Regisseur Fred Zinnemanns Zwölf Uhr mittags katapultierte sie 1952 an die Spitze der beliebtesten Schauspielerinnen, und die drei Hitchcock-Klassiker "Bei Anruf Mord", "Das Fenster zum Hof" (beide 1954) und "Über den Dächern von Nizza" (1955) machten sie zur Stil-Ikone der 50er Jahre. Die Metamorphose von Hollywoods leading lady Grace Kelly zu Fürstin Gracia Patricia von Monaco vollzog sie 1956 mit der ihr eigenen Eleganz und Ausschließlichkeit. Seit der "Jahrhunderthochzeit" mit Rainier III. und ihrem glanzvollen Einzug in den Grimaldi-Palast von Monte Carlo spielte sie ihre Rolle als Repräsentantin - und Hauptattraktion - eines bis dahin eher unbedeutenden Zwergstaats mit vollendeter Grazie. Ihr tragischer Unfalltod 1982 schockierte die Welt und ließ die Frau, deren Leben ein Märchen war, das die Wirklichkeit schrieb, zur unsterblichen Legende werden. Star-Portraitist Howell Conant (1917-1999), dem wir die wunderschönen Tiffany-Photos von Audrey Hepburn aus unserem letzten Programm verdanken, begleitete bereits Grace Kellys Filmkarriere, bevor er zum Hofphotographen der Grimaldis avancierte. Unser Band ist also alles in einem: Bildbiographie, eine Sammlung der schönsten Publicity-Portraits und fürstliches Familienalbum.

218 Abbildungen in Farbe und Duotone.

The top female box-office star of 1954, Grace Kelly's status as icon takes in an 11-film, three-year, screen career and a glamorous later life as Princess of Monaco. More than any other star, she was in three memorable films the quintessential Hitchcock blonde, delineating traits of cool beauty, depths of hidden passion, intelligence, playfulness, and style- in short, the qualities that led biographer James Spada to call her “the pious man's Marilyn.” Yet Grace Kelly also showed her versatility and won her acting honors for playing against type in the title role in the grimly realistic movie The Country Girl. Grace Kelly was a classic beauty, a public figure, and serious actress representative of an era.

The Movie Icon series: People talk about Hollywood glamour, about studios that had more stars than there are in heaven, about actors who weren't actors but were icons. Other people talk about these things, TASCHEN shows you. Movie Icons is a series of photo books that feature the most famous personalities in the history of cinema. These 192-page books are visual biographies of the stars. For each title, series editor Paul Duncan has painstaking selected approximately 150 high quality enigmatic and sumptuous portraits, colorful posters and lobby cards, rare film stills, and previously unpublished candid photos showing the stars as they really are. These images are accompanied by concise introductory essays by leading film writers; each book also includes a chronology, a filmography, and a bibliography, and is peppered with apposite quotes from the movies and from life.