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    Babe Paley clad in elegant evening gown while attending Pres. Dwight Eisenhower’s inaugural ball.

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    Barbara ‘Babe’ Paley, 1954.

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    Babe Paley beside the pool at Round Hill, a villa she and husband, William S. Paley owned in Jamaica, 1959.

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    Image Credit: Harry Morrison

    Babe Paley wearing White plaid coat over navy wool suit, 1963.

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    Image Credit: Tony Palmieri

    Babe Paley, photographed in her St. Regis drawing room, wears Givenchy’s black and White Hexagonal silk print with two twisted black and white, pearl bracelets and a black and white pearl ring, 1963.

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    Image Credit: Tony Palmieri

    Babe Paley in a navy silk surplice black dress from Givenchy, a sapphire and emerald ring and a Schlumberger starfish pin of sapphires, emeralds and diamonds on her shoulder, 1963.

  • Babe and Bill Paley

    Image Credit: Tony Palmieri

    Bill and Babe Paley walking on the street outside of La Cote Basque; Babe wears a polka dot shift dress with pumps and carefully coiffed hair, 1965.

  • Jackie Kennedy at The Wildenstein Gallery

    Image Credit: Nick Machalaba

    Babe Paley arrives at The Wildenstein Gallery wearing a Valentino dress, 1967.

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