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Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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olivia, palermo, fashion, e-commerce, launch, influencer, style, icon, couture — Olivia Palermo photographed at Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel on Manhattan's Upper East Side in looks from fall 2019 haute couture. Styling by Jacqueline Zenere. Hair by Kenna at Art Department. Makeup by Andrea Tiller at Tracey Mattingly. Fashion assistant: Madeleine Crenshaw.
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Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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Palermo photographed at the famed Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in looks from the fall 2019 haute couture season. Here, she wears a GIAMBATTISTA VALLI double-layered silk crepe evening gown with an edge of gradient silk petal organza and silk bows, worn on head and around the ankle. On foot: ROGER VIVIER Broche satin platform sandals with ankle straps and crystal embellished buckle brooches. At wrists: ROGER VIVIER RV Broche leather and crystal bracelets.
Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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Palermo wears an ALBERTA FERRETTI LIMITED EDITION low back gown with voluminous sleeves, GIANVITO ROSSI Annabelle gold mirrored d’Orsay pumps with pleated lamé and ankle straps, DAVID WEBB Heraldic Scroll couture gold necklace with emerald and sapphire beads, brilliant-cut diamonds and cabochon emeralds, sapphires and turquoise, and a SIEGELSON Art Moderne vintage citrine, diamond and gold cocktail ring by Cartier.
Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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Palermo wears an ELIE SAAB velvet off-the-shoulder wrap gown embroidered with crystals and beads, GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI Fleur ankle strap sandals with crystal flower embellishments, and a PIAGET Limelight Extremely Piaget diamond necklace with cabochon sapphires, worn as a headpiece.
Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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Palermo photographed at the Carlyle Hotel in New York on July 11, 2019 in a SIEGELSON vintage Paul Flato “Belt with a Buckle” citrine and diamond necklace, and an ALBERTA FERRETTI LIMITED EDITON gown.
Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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GIAMBATTISTA VALLI couture short evening coat in double-layered wool crepe with Ramage de Cerisier embroidered silk and a double-layered silk taffeta train. CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN Nancy tulle booties.
Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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“The editing is very much to my style, that’s important from the feedback from our community,” said Palermo of the selection on her new e-commerce site. “That’s really what they’re look for.”
Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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“People really trust her, in the same way they trust Vogue and Elle magazines. She is an authority,” said Carolina Santos, co-founder of Alameda Turquesa, one of the new footwear brands in Palermo’s new e-commerce site. ELIE SAAB velvet gown, GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI crystal embellished heels and PIAGET diamond and sapphire necklace.
Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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“She represents to me the elegance of the American woman,” said Nicolò Beretta, designer and founder of Italian footwear brand Giannico. “She is timeless. I could see her walking around New York with Lee Radziwill.” GIAMBATTISTA VALLI embroidered evening coat and silk train and CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN tulle Nancy booties.
Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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“Of course, within the line of work that we are in, there is influence,” Palermo told FN. “But that’s also part of the brand.” ELIE SAAB couture gown, PIAGET diamond and sapphire necklace, worn as a headpiece.
Olivia Palermo: The FN Cover Shoot

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“We are building a corporation, we really have to start from the ground up,” said Palermo of keeping the Olivia Palermo Group, including the new e-commerce venture, entirely in house.

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