Sunday, February 13, 2011

Yay or Nay? The Duchess of Osuna

Woops! Please excuse my tardiness in delivering the news of Olga Zherebtsov's victorious Yay. Although her hair may have earned her a nay Olga's good taste in clothes won many over.  For this late-edition of Yay or Nay we will leave the cold country of Russia for the warm coasts of Spain.



Francisco Goya paints Doña María Josefa Alonso-Pimentel y Téllez-Girón (1785) in her blue polonaise and straw hat.  Yay or Nay?

[Kunsthistorisches Museum]

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15 comments:

  1. janicebFebruary 13, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Love the dress! Excellent hat. Yay!

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  2. Julia CFebruary 13, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    I agree- beautiful outfit!
    Yea!
    -Julia

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  3. nightsmusicFebruary 13, 2011 at 9:03 PM

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  4. nightsmusicFebruary 13, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Rip that big pink bow off the front of that gorgeous dress. I don't care it's supposed to tie the hat to the dress as far as matching. It's awful there. And get rid of those horrid gloves.

    Beyond those two minor quibbles from me, she gets a yay!

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  5. ExalFebruary 13, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    YAY !!!

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  6. Olympe de la Tour D'AuvergneFebruary 13, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    Love it! Love it! Love it! Yay!

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2011 at 1:41 AM

    Yay. I'm always partial to blue, and I like the hat.

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  8. FeliciaFebruary 14, 2011 at 6:18 AM

    Absolutely gorgeous. Total yay!

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    No doubt about it, YAY!
    I love the dress! It really really flatters her figure in my opinion. And the hat is just cute.

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  10. Lady Síle EversleyFebruary 14, 2011 at 4:03 PM

    Beautiful gown - love the colour. Not sure about the hat, however

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  11. RebeccaFebruary 14, 2011 at 6:20 PM

    The bow is awful, the colour doesn't suit her-in my opinion, the hat is just-urgh.
    NAY!

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  12. Margravine LouisaFebruary 14, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    yes, I LIKE it

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  13. CarrotsFebruary 14, 2011 at 10:17 PM

    Absolutely a yay for the beautiful dress, although the giant hat simply emphasizes her gaunt face. (And my brother would like me to state that he considers her nose to be an abomination.)

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  14. cherylynnFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    I love love love the dress, the hat, the bows, the lace, all of it. I just can't figure out why they thought that hair was an attractive look. But I give her a big Yay (see comments about dress;-)

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  15. AudreyFebruary 16, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    Love the dress without the big pink bow, it looks out of place. yay anyways :)

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