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@sarrhodes8277

3 ай бұрын

That's very easy. This lovely and obviously very decent woman. I would imagine the New York Swans, excepting perhaps C Z Guest, had more pretentions, and tougher attitudes.

No way I could have the energy to be a glamorous, stunning, and wealthy woman. I can’t barely get out of my housecoat in the morning.

@cross75man75

4 ай бұрын

That's why they don't exist anymore, that kind of life was a lot of work even with an army of help.

@heidikersey7280

4 ай бұрын

Love it❤

@deborahdean8867

4 ай бұрын

You would have your own dresser and hair stylist in your house to get you ready, but you wouldnt even have to make your own tea or coffee. Breakfast in bed. I think you'd be able to manage much easier.

@user-ke8st8jc1v

3 ай бұрын

It’s simply not for you

@leilanilee9305

Ай бұрын

You're wealthy enuf to have maids/personal servants to do everything for u. 😂

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL and STUNNING LOOKING WOMAN... incredible life she created for herself and those around her ... BELLA BELLA BELLA!!!

At last!! A beautifully decorated home without 75 items on every table.

@CulturedElegance

4 ай бұрын

Completely agree

@cocoaddams4502

4 ай бұрын

A masterclass on how to display wealth discreetely. Just because you have a thing, doesn't mean you need to put it on a table.

@jamesdellaneve9005

4 ай бұрын

The clutter thing was a hangover on rich people showing everything that they owned. Prior to that, people were dirt poor. Remember, the King of England shit out of a hole in the wall of the castle.

@LJB103

4 ай бұрын

@@jamesdellaneve9005 I seem to remember it as being a mostly Victorian malady. People like Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman threw out all the stuff. Unfortunately, if you have watched many of these video it came roaring back for many of the newer decorators.

@jamesdellaneve9005

4 ай бұрын

@@LJB103 The gilded age Americans had everything out. It was likely walking through a hoarders house. You didn’t want to sit down in any of those crazy rooms. Almost none of the NYC houses survived even 100 years. What a waste.

Stunning and intoxicating!!!! How could it get better than this??? THANK YOU so much. I will come back to this many times. For me, the gardens, filled with those stately,, spectacular trees, etc, etc contribute at least half the impact. Have you done a segment on Marella's home in Morroco, with grounds designed by Madison Cox? If not, please do.❤️❤️💯🙂

The gardens are magnificent!

Incredible attention to detail. it must have been very difficult to find some of the information in your video. It is a world long lost. Thank you for bringing us into the world of Cultured Elegance

According to Vanity Fair, her husband slept with everrrrybody and tried to sleep with Madonna (20s then?) -- but she put him in his place. He invited her over to look at his art. He wanted to impress her and because she was American he thought telling her how expensive something was would do that. He pointed to a painting and said "That's worth $5 million dollars." Madonna turned to him and said "For me, $5 million is just one song"

@annabelaustin5282

4 ай бұрын

So interesting. The house is gorgeous and they were so stylish as a couple. Too bad about small annoyances.

@sarrhodes8277

4 ай бұрын

Wasn't Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman a close lady friend of his?

@cocoaddams4502

4 ай бұрын

@@sarrhodes8277 lol -- yes. she thought he'd marry her. I LOVE HER. Absolute legend. Ruthless.

@lizh4933

4 ай бұрын

@@sarrhodes8277 Pamela was the town bike. Just read up on her and her escapades. Hung down like an old muffler. She even adopted an Italian accent when she was trying to get her hooks into him. His family intervened because they didn't want the town h.o in the family.

@lizh4933

4 ай бұрын

@@cocoaddams4502 With her reputation she was the end piece on a loaf of bread. Many touch it but no one wants to eat it.

Delightful tour. Such an interesting story. Thank you for sharing. It's beautiful

What a gorgeous estate.

What a BEAUTIFUL VIDEO. LOVE IT!!!

@CulturedElegance

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Amazing to see those crocheted afgans in those rooms...lol

As always, exquisitely presented. Simply fabulous.

Spectacular house and gardens. Piedmontese Baroque is a very lush style of architecture that is complemented by the French Rococo interior decoration. Considering Truman Capote's acid tongue it's just as well he called Marella a swan rather than a giraffe.

I have discovered a new respect for Truman Capote. To think that he was able to impress his "swans" along with a myriad of other "alpha" types says much about the power of his personality.💯🙂

@sharonmccoin5262

4 ай бұрын

How people see things so differently. I had always enjoyed his work until I read Capote’s Women. He was merely a vile and envious little backstabber that caused so much pain and heartache to the people that had loved him the most and had taken him into their hearts and into the private parts of their world.

@stephengneri2136

4 ай бұрын

really? must be the social media effect: see comments below. "a vile" "envious"...and more.

@MrCWells3000

4 ай бұрын

He didn’t “impress” them- he was a court jester who amused them. Rich people are bored and constantly looking to be entertained; Truman served that purpose until he betrayed them, and then they dropped him.

@sharonmccoin5262

4 ай бұрын

@@stephengneri2136 Not sure how social media plays a part, obviously you spend more time there than me. Everything I have read about the little man leaves me to fully believe he fits the definition of being vile. He was envious of these tall, slender, beautiful, elegant and wealthy ladies because he possessed none of those qualities. He was so despicable that the wonderful man who truly loved him could no longer tolerate him. He certainly wasn’t anyone to be admired and there are millions of better writers that have come and gone, as well as the ones that still exist.

@alanbartlett6430

4 ай бұрын

Truman Capote was a horrendous human being. Certainly NOT worthy of anyone's admiration. The man had zero personal integrity!! A nasty toxic old queen.

WOW……….just WOW!

Beautiful classy Lady my fav.rooms are all the stunning landscape outside patios love her photos with her lov❤e ones💐🌿🌄

Love this house, grand and warm

Btw thanks for this video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. New subscriber btw ❤

Enjoyed ❤

This isn’t a home. It is a museum.

Thank god some people get wealthy so beautiful creations can be made.

Spectacular home

VERY GOOD !

Marella was elegant, stylish and had such a long neck .

@melodylove1893

2 ай бұрын

Her neck is too long.

A GREAT WOMAN!

8:26 My favorite.

Cuanta elegancia

I was wondering when you would get to this home. Her husband created the iconic fashion statement of wearing his watches' over the cuff on his dress shirts. I do the same........I actually had young girl comment on it once in a restaurant....but i think she just was interested in seeing a Rolex.

@kuhnemund6523

4 ай бұрын

Ooooooohhhhh.

@BlowinFree

Ай бұрын

Humble brag 🤣

The Loggia and hall. I have the book The Last Swan

Babe paley was equally gorgeous with a long lovely neck and gorgeous skin

She paid a very large price to be married to that rich man. Her own personal dignity, horrible.

@cindymaceda2999

4 ай бұрын

But she kept her dignity and raised their family.

@heatherstephens9295

4 ай бұрын

@@cindymaceda2999 a brave face & lots of money in the bank yes but self respect & dignity I don’t think so. Probably thought it was her only way to survive for the luxury life she enjoyed? If she was better at raising her children than the other swans honestly that would not have been hard . An empty life, that’s probably why she was so philanthropic . Honestly how do you cope knowing everyone knows your husband bonks everything he can & probably the person sitting next to you at a dinner party. I would find that totally humiliating.

Tbh Gianni is so hot & handsome 😭

Eran facinantes tanto en trajes d baño como con el vestido mas elegante

What happened to the house after she passed?

@roseross7465

4 ай бұрын

went to her daughter Margherita, her other son committed suicide many years ago.

What's your pinterest?please.

Beautiful house but I’m glad this interior is no more it’s a dust collector all this fabrics

@heatherstephens9295

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely, I hope they paid their staff well 😳

@deborahdean8867

4 ай бұрын

It spreads the wealth. You give easy jobs to hundreds of people who do the dusting, etc, for you

I never heard of any of them and others I know also said the same etc . End of discussion.farwell be well.. a friend of all that who know now.....

Insane how wealthy these people were.

@roseross7465

4 ай бұрын

He was the head of the FIAT car he was the richest man in all of Europe in the forty, fifty, sixty.

Wait. She married him for the house? I'm I misunderstanding?

She had to look the other way with her husband’s dalliances.

@user-ke8st8jc1v

3 ай бұрын

Didn’t they all ?

Nice but too Cultured for my taste. I prefer Contemporary styling 😊

There is no King and Queen anywhere in Italy anymore, stop feeding people wrong information!

@user-ke8st8jc1v

3 ай бұрын

There were

@BlowinFree

Ай бұрын

There were and to this day there are descendants of the royal blood line alive

@dpb8780

Ай бұрын

@@BlowinFree There is no royal bloodline, learn your history after my great aunt's husband abdicated the royal bloodline stopped!

@BlowinFree

Ай бұрын

@@dpb8780 jog on

She truly deserves the ‘swan’ reference, her neck truly is impossibly long. 🦢

@ronm8948

3 ай бұрын

It suggested a masculine energy,it was thick.she had a masculine face and body.Not beautiful by any measurement.Sophia Loren,Grace Kelly,Gloria Vanderbilt but not Marcella Agnelli!

@alisonsneed3707

3 ай бұрын

Her beauty was enough to attract the most wealthy, elegant, sophisticated man of that time. Not everybody wants curvy, squishy, baby birthing bodies or requires ultra soft feminine facial feathers. Powerful men can handle more than a just the little woman. They are not intimidated.