What woman needs to be beautiful when she can just be perfect ? She was neither beautiful, pretty or particularly smart, but Wallis Warfield Simpson, triply handicapped by her American citizenship, her status as a married woman accompanied by a previous divorce, nevertheless managed to firmly plot her way to the heart and spirit of the most coveted bachelor in the world in the 30’s, Edward – David – Prince of Wales and incidentally, heir to what was still at that time, the largest empire on Earth. 
With an insatiable appetite for society life and great talent for entertaining, Wallis conquered the prince, her seduction on his person is then described as extreme and complete. The relationship lead to the abandonment of the throne and their exile following their wedding which happened, finally after many vicissitudes. Wallis became Duchess of Windsor then settled into an undefined kind of subrogated queen, ruling over Café Society (soon to be called jet set) and failed to rule the UK.
Devoting tireless energy to this new persona, she did invest fully in what is called the “Windsor Style” a clever mix of domestic extravagance and elegance. She dressed sometimes flirting with bad taste but without ever been tacky. Until her last days, the Duchess will impose her look, strict and timeless and always enhanced by stunning and incredible jewellery. Her makeup was always the same, immaculately applied in the style of that period. Carmine red lips, dark and severe made up eyebrows and a little definition around the eyes was her look. Her hair was also impeccable and super strict but in her later years became softer. A work of all moments earned her year after year, to be on the list of best dressed women in the world. It was probably not the happiness she was seeking in marrying in the highest possible echelon of society but it was something…
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