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Chicago Tribune
4 days ago
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- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: Graceland opens to the public
Today is Saturday, June 7, the 158th day of 2025. There are 207 days left in the year. Today in history: On June 7, 1982, Graceland, Elvis Presley's Memphis mansion, was opened to the public as a tourist destination, five years after Presley's death. Also on this date: In 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offered a resolution to the Continental Congress stating 'that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent States.' In 1892, Homer Plessy, a Creole of color, was arrested for refusing to leave a whites-only car of the East Louisiana Railroad. (Ruling on his case, Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld 'separate but equal' racial segregation, a concept it renounced in 1954.) In 1929, the sovereign state of Vatican City formally came into existence as the Italian Parliament ratified the Lateran Treaty in Rome. In 1942, the Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for American naval forces over Imperial Japan, marking a turning point in the Pacific War. In 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives to married couples. In 1976, New York magazine published an article by journalist Nik Cohn entitled 'The Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night,' which inspired the film 'Saturday Night Fever,' which in turn sparked a nationwide disco craze. (Cohn admitted in 1997 that the article was actually a work of fiction.) In 1979, Texas became the first state to recognize Juneteenth as an official state holiday. (Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021.) In 1998, in a crime that shocked the nation and led to stronger state and federal hate crime laws, James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old Black man, was hooked by a chain to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas. (Two white men were later sentenced to death and executed for the crime; a third was sentenced to life in prison.) In 2006, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of al-Qaida in Iraq, was killed by a U.S. airstrike on his safe house. In 2021, Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and her son Paul Murdaugh, 22, from a prominent South Carolina legal family, were found shot and killed on their family's property. (Alex Murdaugh, Maggie's husband and Paul's father, would be found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.) Today's Birthdays: Filmmaker James Ivory is 97. Singer Tom Jones is 85. Actor Liam Neeson is 73. Author Orhan Pamuk is 73. Author Louise Erdrich is 71. Music producer L.A. Reid is 69. Musician Juan Luis Guerra is 68. Former Vice President Mike Pence is 66. Rock musician-TV host Dave Navarro is 58. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., is 53. Actor Karl Urban is 53. TV personality Bear Grylls is 51. Basketball Hall of Famer Allen Iverson is 50. Actor-comedian Bill Hader is 47. Actor Michael Cera is 37. Rapper Iggy Azalea is 35. Actor-model Emily Ratajkowski is 34. NFL running back Christian McCaffrey is 29.
Telegraph
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Queen Camilla shows how to recycle your wedding dress and wear it anew
Rewearing a wedding ensemble is an idea most of us could only dream of. Shifting trends – not to mention the diminishing likelihood of maintaining one's bridal physique – mean that wedding dresses and suits are often fated to remain hanging at the back of a wardrobe or confined to a box, little more than a reminder of a happy day saved for posterity. Not so for The Queen, who arrived at the Italian Parliament rewearing the dress she wore for her civil ceremony to King Charles at the Guildhall in Windsor in 2005. The ensemble featured a cream silk chiffon gown adorned with rows of woven discs and a scalloped neckline, paired with a silk basket weave coat. Finishing the look was a wide-brimmed hat by Philip Treacy, which featured ivory lace and feathers. As she and Charles mark their 20th wedding anniversary in Rome, Camilla returned to the first of two looks she wore on the momentous day – the second was a floor-length embroidered blue and gold coat worn over a chiffon dress. Both were designed by London-based designers Antonia Robinson and Anna Valentine, who were then working under the name Robinson Valentine. It's not the first time the Queen has reworn the Guildhall gown. In 2007, a mere two years after the wedding, she broke with tradition by wearing it again for the opening of the National Assembly for Wales. This time around, the silk chiffon dress has been modified by Anna Valentine for the royal rewear, with additional embroidery from Beth Somerville from the King's Foundation. The discs from the original have been replaced by visible seams that run vertically down the gown, which give a flattering effect. Of course, the British Royals are no strangers to rewearing winning ensembles. There could be no better poster girl for the power of outfit repetition than the Princess of Wales, who is rightfully admired for her ability to prove the staying power of everything from Zara dresses to Alexander McQueen coats. King Charles himself is known for mending and recycling his clothes, some of which he has had for decades (recall the conspicuously repaired grey double-breasted suit he donned in 2013). But to rewear a wedding dress, not once but twice, is rather more daring. One must applaud Camilla's commitment to saving a treasured piece from dust-gathering retirement, not least because it's impressive that she can still pull it off 20 years on. Another notable case for wearing your wedding dress more than once comes courtesy of Keira Knightley. The actor first wore the bespoke Chanel tulle gown she eventually wore for her 2013 wedding to James Righton to a pre-BAFTA bash in 2008. Then there was Emma Stone, who gave new life to the Louis Vuitton mini dress specially designed for her wedding after-party in 2020, rewearing it to none other than the Met Gala in 2022. Mere mortals are getting in on the act too, with rewearing and adapting wedding dresses becoming increasingly popular. 'Your wedding outfit doesn't have to live in a box forever,' says Daisy Harvey, founder of upcycling app Loom, which is soon launching a collaboration with The Fall Bride. 'There are so many different ways you can rewear or update your wedding dress. We've helped brides transform theirs through dyeing, embroidery, shortening the length or even turning it into something entirely new' Bridal styling consultant Rosie Boydell-Wiles, who has transformed her own Vivienne Westwood wedding gown into a more wearable separate corset and skirt, has some advice for those looking to emulate Camilla. 'First, think about what you'll get most use out of – if this is a dress then great, but if a top would be more wearable and the construction allows, this is sometimes a better route,' she says. 'If you're not going to fit into your original dress, adding a lace up corset panel into the back could help. And as the most damaged part of the dress will likely be the hem/train, shortening the dress to a more wearable midi can be another good step.' Whether or not you have a royal engagement coming up, there's clearly a compelling case for wearing your wedding ensemble long after the big day is over.
