December 1961. Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing t
December 1961. Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing the national Greek dress, and more specifically the gown which belonged to Amalia, the first queen of modern Greece. The palace originally belonged to her husband King Otto, and was used as a summer home by the royal family. Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photographing “attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.“ Getty Images -- source link
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