Still wondering where Fabulous lives? In Washington, DC she lives on Linnean Avenue at the Hillwood castle, the former residence of Marjorie Merriweather Post. On March 19, 2008 forty ladies and one gent gathered together for a mid- afternoon lecture on the French House of Callot Soeurs presented by Assistant Museum Curator, Howard Kurtz. The presentation was one of a series of fashion discussions on Mrs. Merriweather Post’s favorite fashion designers. After the lecture and slide presentation, guests toured Mrs. Post’s closets and viewed the exquisite Callot Soeur garments up close.
Marjorie Merriweather Post ( 1887-1973) was a “fourteen karat symbol of social supremacy“ who “was so extraordinary beautiful and had such lavish jewels and clothes and lived in such a grand style that people were awed and frightened.” Mrs. Post was well known for dressing in a dizzying array of lavish outfits. According to Kurtz, she would change her apparel at least four times a day. Her closets held hundreds of dresses from the best fashion houses of the day, all expertly tailored and coordinated with matching hats, shoes, gloves and furs. In the Post household, everything had a place and there was a place for everything: a closet for hats, a closet for shoes and even a closet for furniture which she changed often.
In 1971, at the age of 81, Mrs. Post was still considered to be one of the best and most expensively dressed women in the world!
Darling, what did I tell you? We’ve been fashionable for years!
Marjorie Merriweather Post ( 1887-1973) was a “fourteen karat symbol of social supremacy“ who “was so extraordinary beautiful and had such lavish jewels and clothes and lived in such a grand style that people were awed and frightened.” Mrs. Post was well known for dressing in a dizzying array of lavish outfits. According to Kurtz, she would change her apparel at least four times a day. Her closets held hundreds of dresses from the best fashion houses of the day, all expertly tailored and coordinated with matching hats, shoes, gloves and furs. In the Post household, everything had a place and there was a place for everything: a closet for hats, a closet for shoes and even a closet for furniture which she changed often.In 1971, at the age of 81, Mrs. Post was still considered to be one of the best and most expensively dressed women in the world!
Darling, what did I tell you? We’ve been fashionable for years!
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