Happy New Year!! Harper's Bazar cover illustrated by Erté, January 1915

 

Harper's Bazar Christmas cover illustrated by Erté, December 1921

 

Vogue Christmas cover illustrated by E.M.A. Steinmetz, December 15, 1916

 

Harper's Bazaar Christmas cover illustrated by Erté, December 1931

 

Vogue Christmas cover illustrated by Frank X. Leyendecker, Vogue, December 15, 1913

 

Mary Jane Russell in Emba mink stole, jewelry by Cartier,  photo by Virginia Thoren, 1953

 

Happy 84th Birthday to Jane Fonda, December 21, 1937

 

Vogue Christmas cover illustrated by Helen Dryden, December 15, 1914

 

Harper's Bazar Christmas cover illustrated by Erté, December 1926

 

Christmas Vogue cover illustrated by Helen Dryden, December 15, 1919

 

Vogue Christmas cover illustrated by Coles Phillips, December 1, 1910

 

Model in Vasser wool flannel red suit, white fox toque and red wool mittens with white fox backs, photo by John Rawlings, Glamour 1941

 

Model in red hat and red wool coat trimmed in black velvet,  December 1958

 

Audrey Hepburn with Santa Claus in New York, for the benefit of the New York Heart Association at the Greyhound Bus Terminal on 33rd St. 1953

 

Happy 75th Birthday to Jane Birkin, December 14, 1946

 

Remembering the fabulous Dovima on her Birthday, December 11, 1927 - May 31, 1990
It's a day late...but better late than never.

 

Vogue cover illustrated by George Wolfe Plank, December 1, 1920
 

Vogue cover illustrated by George Wolfe Plank, December 1, 1914

 

Vogue Christmas cover illustrated by George Wolfe Plank, December 1, 1913

 

Model in jacket of Deep Matara Alaska sealskin, single-breasted, notched lapels and classic bone buttons by Fredrica, silk velour visor by Mr. John, earrings by Hattie Carnegie, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, September 1950

 

Model's hair is dyed red to match her fox fur using Roux's Light Auburn Color Shampoo, coiffure by Christian Jungst, Kodachrome by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, October 1950

 

Model in fiery red silk satin dress flickering with red beads by Leslie Morris (made to order at Bergdorf Goodman), Kodachrome by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, October 1950

 

Remembering celebrated fashion photographer, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, on her Birthday, November 19, 1895 - December 11, 1989
Models clockwise from top left: Mary Jane Russell, unidentified, Betty Threatt, Betty Threatt, Mary Jane Russell, unidentified, Evelyn Tripp, Lisa Fonssagrives and center is Louise Dahl-Wolfe photographing  French model Svetlana.

 

Remembering Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco, on her Birthday, November 12, 1929 - September 14, 1982

 

Astrid Schiller is wearing a black-and-white felt shell by Halston, black-and-white enamel pin by Sandor Goldberger, coiffure by Vidal Sassoon, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, January 1966

 

Sue Murray in crinkly white crêpe dress banded in black at the arms and hem by Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, January 1966

 

Marisa Berenson is wearing a triangle scarf of flame orange silk with matching coq feathers by Adele Simpson, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, January 1966

 

Sandy Hilton is wearing a black velvet headband by Halston, black pavéd jet beads by Kenneth Jay Lane, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, January 1966

 

Happy 79th Birthday to British model Jean Shrimpton, November 7, 1942

 

Remembering fashion designer Pauline Trigère on her Birthday, November 4, 1908 - February 13, 2002

 

RIP, Ivy Nicholson, February 1933 - October 25, 2021

I just found out through Ivy Nicholson's Facebook post by her son Darius, that she passed away on October 25 in a Los Angeles hospital. She was 88. She was unique!
https://m.facebook.com/Ivy-Nicholson-140163229374676/

Sunny Griffin in silvery chiffon chemise glistening and banded with white and pink sequins by Leslie Morris, photo by Louis Faurer, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965

 

Sunny Griffin in brown velveteen skirt and scarf, and pale blue jeweled bodice twinkling with beads, the short sleeves banded with sable by Sophie of Saks Fifth Avenue, photo by Louis Faurer, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965

 

Antonia in gilded sequined shirtwaist dress under a double-breasted buttercup yellow wool coat by Norman Norell, sequined flower hat by Halston, photo by Louis Faurer, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965

 

Agneta Frieberg in softly belled, narrow sleeved, black satin dress with canary diamond lights sparkling all over by Gustave Tassell, photo by Louis Faurer, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965

 

Nati Abascal in luxurious brown velvet bodice over a white serge bell skirt, rounded with rings of white mink by Sarmi, earrings by Vendôme, photo by Louis Faurer, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965

 

Agneta Frieberg in black crêpe sheath and yards of chiffon with coq feather sleeves by John Moore, photo by Louis Faurer, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965

 

Sunny Griffin in pearl white satin, deep wrapped V front and back, folded in long panel beneath softly bowed sash by Galanos, jewelry by David Webb, photo by Louis Faurer, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965

 

Sunny Griffin in superb white chiffon shirtwaist with beads over all and Persian fantasies of diamanté, pearls, sequins and crystals at the hem by Burke-Amey, necklaces by Marvella, photo by Louis Faurer, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965

 

Two bombé bracelets with rubies studding rubies and emeralds studding emeralds by Van Cleef & Arpels, photo by Hiro, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965
 

King Neptune in gold with diamond eyes, enameled scales, ruby heart over a torso of a South Seas pearl and tail of diamonds by David Webb, photo by James Moore, Harper's Bazaar, November 1965

 

Remembering the provocative photographer Helmut Newton on his Birthday, October 31, 1920 - January 23, 2004

 

Happy 78th Birthday to model/actress Joanna Shimkus Poitier, October 30, 1943

 

Dovima in narrow halter dress in pink crêpe oblique tucks by Christian Dior, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, October 1950

 

Dovima in cocktail suit of embroidered steel-gray lace and a black velvet hat with a border of cock feathers that ends in a swishing tail by Balenciaga, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, October 1950

 

Dovima is wearing a black brocade suit with a shawl edged with black silk tassels and black velvet hat with roses clustered in back by Balenciaga, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, October 1950

 

Dovima in barrel-shaped jacket in camel's hair color, double breasted with tiny Chinese collar by Balenciaga, photo by Richard Avedon, Paris, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1950

 

Remembering American costume designer Edith Head on her Birthday, October 28, 1897 - October 24, 1981

 

Remembering the one and only Suzy Parker on her Birthday, October 28, 1932 - May 3, 2003

 

Elise Daniels in dress that sheathes the figure in pale violet taffeta filmed over with lace, worn under a little jacket and wrapped in matching scarf by Mainbocher, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar U.S. June 1956