SNAPSHOT
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, but diamonds, at least according to the song, are a girl’s best friend. Carol Channing sang it so in the 1949 Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Marilyn Monroe made it a widespread cultural catchphrase in the 1953 film version, especially with the spoken interjection: “Talk to me, Harry Winston, tell me all about it!” A year later, in 1954, Harry Winston would release an ad (pictured here) in which the house’s diamonds seem to tip the scales even for Lady Justice, whose supposed “blind” impartiality is momentarily suspended. Justice, after all, is a lady—and even this girl seems swayed by an affection for all that ice. —Daniel Cappello 136 QUEST
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