Saturday, June 26, 2021

Benedetta Barzini in chiffon smock haltered pajamas, silk print in chrome yellow and bougainvilla, by Hanae Mori, coiffure by Pierre of the House of Revlon, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, January 1, 1967

 

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Remembering American fashion designer Bill Blass on his Birthday, June 22, 1922 - June 12, 2002

 

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Wilhelmina in aquamarine brocade matelassé dress, the top has a stiff stand-away neck over a short, full skirt that's sashed, by Givenchy, gloves by Grandoe, coiffure by Verdi, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, November 15, 1962

 

Anne de Zogheb in deep blue ottoman shell top with rounded seaming worn with short skirt puffed under a loopy sash, by Givenchy, necklace by Richelieu, coiffure by Verdi, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, November 15, 1962

 

Suzy Parker in the Chanel spirit with her thick red hair cut into long heavy bangs, pulled back and pinned with a Camelia, coiffure by Kenneth, earrings by Chanel, photo by Horst, Vogue, February 1, 1964

 

Suzy Parker in misty white mousseline dress, bowed and banded in sky blue moiré, bodice is shirred and the skirt is long, by Chanel, coiffure by Alexandre, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, December 1962

 

Wilhelmina in long black crêpe dress and jacket with a deep slanted flounce at the hem and flounced sleeves by Givenchy, coiffure by Verdi, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, November 15, 1962

 

Evelyn Kuhn is wearing a v-shapd bib of mirror squares by Maison de Fou and doll-size silvery boxes, twinkling front and back from a little bellboy cap by Halston, photo by Irving Penn, December 1966

 

Evelyn Kuhn is wearing a tumble of doll-size silvery boxes, twinkling front and back from a little bellboy cap by Halston, coiffure by Ara Gallant, cover photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, December 1, 1966
 

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Remembering Irving Penn, one of the most important and influential photographers of the 20th century, on his Birthday, June 16, 1917 - October 7, 2009
Clockwise from top left: Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Wilhelmina, Editha Dussler, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Katharine Pastrie, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Wilhelmina, Audrey Hepburn, Evelyn Tripp, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, Dovima, beauty editorial shot, Irving Penn by Cecil Beaton, London 1950.

 

Remembering beautiful fashion model Anne St. Marie on her Birthday, June 16, 1926 - ?, 1986

 

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Remembering innovative photographer Lillian Bassman on her Birthday, June 15, 1917 - February 13, 2012
Clockwise from top left: Lillian Bassman, photo by husband Paul Himmel 1955, Suzy Parker, Carmen Dell' Orefice, Evelyn Tripp, Barbara Mullen, Dovima, Barbara Mullen, Carmen Dell' Orefice.

 

Friday, June 11, 2021

Astrid Heeren in white crystal beaded tunic worn over chalk-white grainy silk pants with straight legs, by Larry Aldrich, coiffure by Sebou of House of Revlon, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, June 1, 1964
 

Suzy Parker in long navy blue crêpe, the white front of its blouson bodice is overlaid in chalk beads by Harvey Berin, coiffure by Enrico Caruso, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, March 1964

 

Anne St. Marie in a softly curled wig styled by Coiffures Americana, photo by Henry Clarke, Vogue, September 15, 1958

 

Anne St. Marie wearing a tousled blond wig styled by Coiffures Americana, photo by Henry Clarke, Vogue, September 15, 1958

 

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Remembering photographer Fernand Fonssagrives on his Birthday, June 8, 1910 - April 23, 2003
He was married to Lisa Fonssagrives from 1935 -1949. They had a daughter Mia Fonssagrives-Solow. Lisa is in all the photos here.

 

Friday, June 4, 2021

Lauren Hutton in a black satin Cossack blouse bound with gilt soutache at the neck by Lynn Stuart for Mr. Pants, coral beads held by platinum owl with diamonds by Tiffany, cover by Bert Stern, Vogue, November 15, 1966

 

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Happy 90th Birthday to the indefatigable Carmen Dell' Orefice, June 3, 1931

 

Happy 94th Birthday to the lovely Barbara Mullen, June 3, 1927

 

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Ivy Nicholson in magnificent kidskin jacket lavishly embroidered with gold threads and gold lamé skirt by Samuel Robert, Photo by William Ward at Havana Riviera Hotel, Cuba, Harper's Bazaar, February 1958

 

Ivy Nicholson in pale blue linen dress and jacket by Patou for Vogue Pattern 1298, photo by Karen Radkai, Paris, Vogue, June 1, 1955

 

Ivy Nicholson in late-day dress and short jacket of black and white faille designed by Paquin for Vogue Pattern 1299, photo by Karen Radkai, Paris, Vogue, June 1, 1955

 

Ivy Nicholson in putty-colored silk jersey that flows in one long unbroken line with loose sleeves and centered pockets worn with hat of starched cotton, both by Balenciaga, photo by Henry Clarke, Vogue, March 1, 1954

 

Ivy Nicholson in black velvet dinner sheath with ballooning sleeves which makes the body seem slender as a wand by Jacques Fath, photo by Henry Clarke, Vogue, September 1, 1955

 

Ivy Nicholson in lovely white on cafe-au-lait dress with a gathered skirt and mantelet collar, worn with straw cloche with cut-out triangle, by Fabiani, photo by John Antill, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1956

 

Ivy Nicholson in porcelain white satin gown covered with small pink velvet flowers with bouquets arranged into sleeves and neckline by Simonetta, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar U.S. December 1954

 

Ivy Nicholson in black faille gown with a high white satin bodice shaped like a tiny bolero trimmed with black paillettes by Jacques Fath, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1951

 

Ivy Nicholson is wearing a side-dipping pirate's cap of champagne and white straw twisted and tied over one ear with a rolled brim by Paulette, photo by Maurice Tabard, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1952

 

Ivy Nicholson is wearing a diminutive white and black-banded sailor anchored by a puff of black veiling, by Rose Descat, photo by Maurice Tabard, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1952

 

Ivy Nicholson is wearing a chestnut straw hat with a black velvet bow at the side and a wide-meshed veil scattered with huge black chenille spots by Svend, photo by Maurice Tabard, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1952

 

Ivy Nicholson is wearing a little champagne-colored straw hat, crisply veiled and a stiff brush of feathers standing up on the crown by Rose Descat, photo by Maurice Tabard, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1952

 

Barbara Miura's short hair is swept round from a high side-parting and brushed up from the nape in dovetailed ends by René, photo by Maurice Tabard, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1952

 

Patricia Goldworthy's coiffure is Emile's version of the poodle-cut, curled over the forehead and ending in a ducktail in back, photo by Maurice Tabard, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1952

 

Fiona Cambell-Walter is wearing an unparted coiffure that is wide at the temples, springing back and cut in semi-shingles behind, by French's Salon, photo by Maurice Tabard, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1952