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Showstopping models Iya Abdy September 11, 2018 Iya Abdy (born Iya Grigorievna de Gay in St Petersberg, le vrai bracelet pandora Russia, 1897) was a model of the 1920s and 30s. coque iphone 6 She was well over six feet bracelet pandora 16 cm tall and a member of the Russian nobility, an who married an English baronet and was immortalised by Man Ray, as well as George Hoyningen Huene, Cecil Beaton, and Horst P Horst for Vogue and Harper Bazaar. She flitted though society as an object of fascination. coque iphone Her imaginative outfits at costume balls were legendary, and she also tried her hand at acting bracelet pandora étoiles on stage and on film.

nothing better looking than a good looking Russian woman declared Diana Vreeland. She was referring, principally, to Lady Iya Abdy and her bracelet pandora origine very good friend and fellow model Natalie Paley. coque iphone Lady Diana Cooper remarked wonderingly that Iya Abdy was from concurrent bracelet pandora another world and Cecil bracelet en cuir multicouche avec plume boheme bracelets perles strass feuille pendentif bracelet Beaton announced that she size Abdy looks, her proportions and her background all worked in her favour and she never hid or downplayed any of them. coque samsung iphone 11 case for girls She preferred poses that made her even more statuesque and emphasised her tremendous height, and had a signature hairstyle of two that framed her face. coque samsung Beaton said that she everything bracelet pandora gravé she could to make herself even more enormous

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Lady Abdy aomu 1 pieces coree imitation perles perles ouverture reglable bracelet en metal couleur argent family line was famous and flamboyant. Her grandfather Nikolay Gay was a friend of Leo Tolstoy, a member of Russian high society and popular painter. coque iphone 5 Her father, George de Gay, was a celebrated actor who was, according to Diana Vreeland from one end of Russia to the other. bijoux pas cher supreme iphone 11 case One night he was Boris Gudunov, the next Ivan the terrible, and he travelled in caravans with parrots and leopards and cheetahs and tigers. coque huawei That how Iya was brought up. Her brother, Gregory Gay, was also an actor, who appeared in small speaking parts in over 100 American films including Casablanca. Her son, Gregory Gaynes, also became bon pour un bracelet pandora a stage and film actor in the US who was very well known and starred in Police Academy amongst other productions.

Iya left Russia with her family bracelet pandora en acier during the Russian Revolution. coque samsung They fled zoshi mode cubique zircone argent tennis bracelet bracelet reglable pulseras mujer bracelet a to Finland, where Iya married a Dutch businessman called Gerrit Jongejans. In 1917 they had a son, Gregory Jongejans, who bracelet pandora tetine upon emigrating to America changed his name to Gregory Gaynes as bracelet pandora collection ete 2016 above.

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Andr Derain Portrait de Iya, Lady Abdy c.1934 39. Image via Bonhams.

Lady Abdy by Andre Derain, 1934. coque samsung coque huawei Image via Sotheby

Study of Iya Abdy, by Balthus. diy iphone case Image via Artlogic.

But only bracelet pandora princesse a few years later Iya left her husband and son and moved to Paris, where she became a sensation in Parisian society, ocesrio argent feuille manchette bracelets pour femme 2019 marque de luxe cristal cubique zircone frequenting the salon of bracelet pandora bébé the Comtesse de Noailles. Celebrated for her flouting of convention and free petit bracelet pendentif de luxe avec serrure a cle couleur or cuivre cubique zircone bracelet spiritedness as well as instantly recognisable appearance, Iya became friends with Coco Chanel, who gave her clothes for free, and Chanel best remise bracelet pandora friend, Jean Cocteau. She became a patron of fabriquer son bracelet pandora the arts, supporting Andre Derain and (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola). During this period, her portrait was painted and photographed, she was mentioned by diarists and poems were written in her honour. In 1927 a poet called Harry Crosby met her. coque samsung coque iphone 7 He called her Lady of the Music Shop bracelet pandora valence (Lady A) and added: is strange and she wears strange hats from Reboux and I liked her. is the poem he wrote se doucher avec son bracelet pandora in her honour:

Photoheliograph by Harry Crosby, 1927. Image via English Illinois.

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Some of Iya Abdy Cartier jewellery. Image via Sotheby

As Crosby noted, Iya Abdy dressed in the height of fashion but with a sense of (impeccably tasteful) originality and grandeur. coque iphone xs Her clothes were from Chanel, Reboux or any other designer boutique that took her fancy, as her family did not lose their fortune in the revolution. iphone case Her jewellery was from bracelet pandora bon coin Cartier and Faberg including pieces she commissioned from Cartier at the height of Egyptomania in an Egyptian influenced Art Deco style, and an enamelled locket with a portrait of Alexei Tsarevich inside from Faberg

With her high cheekbones and dark eyes (though she had a bouffant blonde hairstyle) Vogue often described her looks as and breathlessly recounted the small quirky touches to her costume: a necklace of small shells from Tahiti or a straw peasant hat from Provence.