She was a complete pack rat during her Hollywood years
Bratina yet again referred to Hamilton’s unemployment herve leger on sale rate at being just under 6 per cent.First, the Statistics Canada figure he habitually cites is for Hamilton, Burlington and Grimsby.Second, the city’s own website now lists the rate at 6.7 per cent. It hasn’t been 5.9 per cent since June.
Bratina’s was on even squishier territory when he took several minutes to criticize The Spec’s commentary on his discussions with the premier over GO and LRT.He conveniently ignored the fact all 15 members of council voted to keep a closer eye on his future dealings with senior governments, which should tell everyone something.
And he sent out the embarrassingly strong signal that, even after a year as mayor, he remains as thin-skinned and defensive as he was as a councillor.
Finally, as I noted after former mayor Fred Eisenberger’s first such outing, a state-of-the-city report should be an honest appraisal for the consumption of adults, not just a candy-coated confection for kids.
Bratina fell into the same vat of treacle.
He gave the city’s $2 billion infrastructure backlog and debt load short shrift, even though credit rater Standard & Poor’s has warned that the city’s debt levels will rise significantly in the next three years as it undertakes its capital plan, pushing it close to the upper limit of what is appropriate.
Then there are home , letters and photos from childhood scrapbooks, even cherished herve leger dress sale playbills and an early rejection letter from a filmmaker.
“She was a complete pack rat during her Hollywood years, so every telegram, every letter, every flower arrangement that she had was preserved,” says Cowan.
Kelly’s newlywed son, Prince Albert II of Monaco, and his wife Princess Charlene are set to travel to Toronto to officially open the exhibition and attend a private reception Wednesday.
“From the very beginning the palace has been incredibly supportive of the exhibition, really excited that the legacy of their princess could actually come to North America,” says Cowan.
“They’ve been eager to have a North American venue from the very beginning.”
The exhibit is based on similar ones held in Monaco and London, and makes its only North American stop in Toronto. From Canada, it heads to Australia and then returns to the Grimaldi palace, says Cowan.
“Grace Kelly: From Star to Princess” is loosely divided into three sections: Kelly’s life as a star, as a bride and finally, as a princess.
Highlights include an exact of her Helen Rose-designed lace wedding gown, several original dresses, her signature Hermes “Kelly bag,” her Academy Award for “The Country Girl” and the diamond tiara she wore when she became Princess of Monaco in 1956.
“The tiara was always kept by (jewelry designers) Van Cleef and Arpels; they were the owners of the piece and it was for the exclusive use of Grace Kelly,” Cowan notes. “And now of course that means it’s only in museums.”
Meanwhile, the wedding dress — featuring a 21-inch waist — was created by some of the original seamstresses who worked on the first one. Cowan says the original is in “pretty bad shape” and cannot travel from its home at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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