Thursday, August 24, 2017

Mary Jane Russell is wearing a deep rose red silk dress by Nettie Rosenstein, photo by Horst, Vogue,  September 1953

Mary Jane Russell, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Paris, 1951

Mary Jane Russell (l) and model in lace evening gowns featuring wheel sleeves by Jacques Fath, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, 1951

Mary Jane Russell in a full-length velvet evening coat with its own geometric angles by Charles James, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue 1949

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Mary Jane Russell in pink silk gauze jacket worn over a Moygashel linen dress by Tina Leser, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, April 1953

Evelyn Tripp in pretty black and white cotton print dress from Simplicity Pattern 4286, photo by Lillian Bassman, Harper's Bazaar, May 1953

Cherry Nelms in black and gray plaid cotton dress with white piqué collar and black patent leather belt by Mollie Parnis, photo by Richard Avedon, Bermuda, Harper's Bazaar, May 1953

Cherry Nelms in pale cotton chiffon dress tucked and scroll-appliqued, by Adele Simpson, photo by Avedon at the Elbow Beach Surf Club, Bermuda, Harper's Bazaar, May 1953

Jean Patchett in Elgin cotton Moresque print dress by Filcol, earrings by Miriam Haskell, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe in the Alhambra, Spain, Harper's Bazaar, June 1953