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RECENT POSTS FROM Mary Hilliard
This Was Then: Valentino’s 30th Anniversary Exhibition in New York
Social History
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October 1, 2020.
Today we’re re-running a Social History from Mary Hilliard’s archive from September 1992, the opening of Valentino’s 30th Anniversary Retrospect...
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Three days of spectacular revelry at the Carnevale Gala in Venice
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February 25, 2020.
Mary Hilliard covers (and photographs) Save Venice’s Carnevale Gala, “All the World’s A Stage,” in Venice, Italy. Costume balls, exhibitions, ...
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This Was Then: The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Dinner with D.V.”
Social History
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January 23, 2020.
A piece of New York fashion history, a page out of only yesterday, Mary Hilliard’s report on the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum’s ...
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Art Weekend in Richmond Celebrating Elizabeth Locke
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May 17, 2019.
Elizabeth Locke invited close friends to Richmond, Virginia, to celebrate the opening of “A Return to the Grand Tour: Micromosaic Jewels from the Co...
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Save Venice Celebrates Tintoretto’s 500th birthday
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October 18, 2018.
Tintoretto, the Venetian master, wouldn’t roll over in his grave, he’d burst out of it if he knew of Save Venice’s glorious celebrat...
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April in Paris (and Burgundy)
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March 30, 2018.
When E.Y. “Yip” Harburg wrote the words to “April in Paris” he had never even been there. Poor “Yip” didn’t know what he was missing. We...
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The biennial gala celebration of Save Venice
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July 14, 2017.
A few weeks ago an enthusiastic crowd flocked to Venice to participate in the biennial gala celebration of Save Venice, Inc., a non profit organizatio...
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This was Then: Malcom Forbes’ 70th, Part II
Social History
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February 22, 2017.
Photographs by Mary Hilliard Malcolm Forbes was the most celebrated magazine publisher of his day although there were others far richer and with large...
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This was Then: Malcolm Forbes’ 70th Birthday, Part I
Social History
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February 21, 2017.
Malcolm Forbes is a name that only vaguely, if that, resonates with anyone under fifty today. Yet when he died 27 years ago at the age of 70, he was o...
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Music, Mosaics and Moonlight in Sicily
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October 19, 2016.
For two weeks in Ragusa Ibla, a baroque UNESCO world heritage site in southern Sicily, the streets were alive with the sound of music as young musicia...
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New York to Venice
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July 1, 2015.
Thursday, July 2, 2015. Yesterday in New York was sunny, mild, and not too hot. After very heavy early morning rains to wash the streets, the sidewal...
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Mary Hilliard’s Journey to China
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January 9, 2015.
Mary Hilliard, known for her society and fashion photography to readers of the NYSD, Vogue, Town & Country as well as the major shelter magazines,...
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Venetian Heritage as seen by Mary Hilliard
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June 17, 2011.
Venetian Heritage, one of the intrepid groups which raises money for preservation and restoration in Venice, Italy, held a gala event there for a few ...
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