A toast to a Happy New Year, may there be better days ahead!!

 

Happy 74th Birthday to Diane von Furstenberg, December 31, 1946

 

Lucinda Hollingsworth is wearing a vivid pink hat of ostrich feathers mounted on net by Bernard Devaux for Pierre Cardin, photo by Tom Kublin, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1958

 

Barbara Mullen in black and white tweed suit with a wide stand-away collar and a white felt hat by Pierre Cardin, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1958

 

Barbara Mullen in bulky tweed overcoat with fullness falling from just below the waist, the neckline, a knotted circle, hat of white felt , by Pierre Cardin, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1958

 

Barbara Mullen in black and white tweed suit with deep cape collar fastened by a black tweed rose, the dress is short-sleeved, straight and easy, black fox hat, by Pierre Cardin, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1958

 

Model in bias black crêpe dress with a tricorne hem of black ostrich lifted to the back of the knee, bias blouson plunged down the back, by Pierre Cardin, coiffure by Carita, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, September 1, 1965

 

Model is wearing a deep rounded cloche of white organdie with an embroidered down-curving brim by Pierre Cardin, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1959

 

Model is wearing a white organdie hat with tiers of embrodered ruffles by Pierre Cardin, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1959

 

Suzy Parker in charcoal and white herringbone tweed suit with a double-deck neck by Pierre Cardin, (male model is Robin Tattersall), photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1957

 

Denise Sarrault in coat of bitter-chocolate velours with a wrap-over collar of nutria by Pierre Cardin, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1960

 

Model is wearing a white silk top, the back simply two bias triangles knotted over bare skin by Pierre Cardin, coiffure by Carita, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, September 15, 1963

 

RIP, French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, December 29, 2020

The pioneering French designer passed away today at the American Hospital in Paris at the age of 98. 
 

Suzy Parker in polka-dot brown and white silk chiffon two-piece dress with its own attached neck scarf by Arbé, brown patent leather sandals by Delman, photo by Richard Avedon in Antigua, Harper's Bazaar, June 1962
 

Suzy Parker in beautiful white full-length chiffon dress, beaded in crystal and with floating panels by Rosalie Macrini, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, June 1962

 

Suzy Parker in olive green wool knit tunic striped in bright red over tailored, tapered olive pants by Gina Paoli, sunglasses by Renauld of France, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, June 1962

 

Suzy Parker in textured silk summer dress with a gray worsted flannel overblouse by Ellen Brooks, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, June 1962

 

Suzy Parker in sea-shell white bias-cut silk tubular shift by Teal Traina, hat by Lilly Daché, earrings by DeMaria, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, June 1962

 

Wishing all of you a very Happy, Healthy, and Peaceful Christmas and better days ahead in the New Year!

 

Remembering photographer Victor Skrebneski on his Birthday, December 17, 1929 - April 4, 2020
Clockwise from top left: Vanessa Redgrave, Karen Graham, Candice Bergen, Audrey Hepburn, Wilhelmina, Karen Harris, Phyllis Connor, Willow Bay, Victor Skrebneski.

 

Remembering fashion photographer Henry Clarke on his Birthday, December 16, 1918 - April 26, 1996
Clockwise from top left: Sophia Loren, Dovima, Veruschka, Raquel Welch, Dovima, Ivy Nicholson, Suzy Parker, Anne St. Marie, Henry Clarke by Irving Penn.

 

Happy 74th Birthday to Jane Birkin, December 14, 1946

 

Remembering the extraordinary Dovima on her Birthday, December 11, 1927 - May 31, 1990

 

Remembering fashion designer Adele Simpson on her Birthday, December 8, 1903 - August 23, 1995

 

Remembering photographer Saul Leiter on his Birthday, December 3, 1923 - November 26, 2013

 

Remembering photographer Guy Bourdin on his Birthday, December 2, 1928 - March 29, 1991

 

Remembering photographer Gordon Parks on his Birthday, November 30, 1912 - March 7, 2006

 

Remembering photographer Jeanloup Sieff on his Birthday, November 30, 1933 - September 20, 2000

 

Remembering fashion designer Jacques Griffe on his Birthday, November 29, 1909 - June 24, 1996

 

Remembering photographer Gjon Mili on his Birthday, November 28, 1904 - February 14, 1984