STYLE ICON:MILLICENT ROGERS

Millicent Rogers Herper's Bazaar 1947

The Millicent Rogers Museum was founded to exhibit the beautiful Native American jewelry and art she collected while living in Taos

“I admire people like Millicent Rogers because her taste was all over the map: Balenciaga to Navajo skirts back to Austrian peasants. She had a wardrobe I lusted after.” - Iris Apfel

Millicent Rogers by Horst 1938

Dior Haute Couture 2010

Herper's Bazaar Aug 2012 photo:Karl Lagerfeld

Millicent Rogers (1902-1953), figlia del magnate della Standard Oil, si è sposata 3 volte e ha vissuto in più di una dozzina di posti. La Rogers viene ricordata per essere stata tra le prime ad essersi appassionata allo stile e ai gioielli indio-ispanici. Più tardi nella vita divenne un'attivista e sostenitrice dei diritti civili dei nativi americani. Ancora oggi è considerata musa ed icona dei maggiori designer. Galliano si ispira a lei per la collezione di Dior Haute Couture S/S 2010.
Nota per viaggiare con 35 valige e 7 bassotti, è stata senza dubbio una delle donne più eleganti del XX secolo.
 Standard Oil heiress Millicent Rogers (1902-1953), who married three times and lived in more than a dozen places. Rogers is notable for having been an early supporter and enthusiast of Southwestern-style art and jewelry, and is often credited for its reaching a national and international audience. Later in life, she became an activist, and was among the first celebrities to champion the cause of Native American civil Rights.  She is still credited today as an influence on major fashion designers. Galliano took inspiration in Millicent Rogers in his Spring 2010 Couture collection for Dior.
Known for traveling with thirty five suitcases and seven, she is without a doubt one of the most stylish women of the twentieth century.

Abito di Elsa Schiapparelli per Millicent Rogers