Elsa Martinelli (l) and Fiona Campbell-Walter in tapered, striped cotton pants worn with white cotton Aegean shirts, all by Greta Plattry, photo by Henry Clarke, Sicily, Vogue, January 1, 1955

 

Remembering Italian model/actress Elsa Martinelli on her Birthday, January 30, 1935 - July 8, 2017

 

Elsa Martinelli in a blue-gray chevron design sheath dress by Rembrandt, worn with white and gray strands of faux pearls, photo by Henry Clarke in Portofino, Italy, Vogue UK, February 1955

Elsa Martinelli, British Vogue cover by Henry Clarke, May 1953

Photographer William Helburn with model Elsa Martinelli, photo by Jerry Schatzberg (an assignment for Alexey Brodovitch's class), New York, 1954

Elsa Martinelli (l), Candy Tannev (c) and Nancy Berg (r) all wearing Balenciaga, photo by Clifford Coffin, Paris, July 1954

Actress/model Elsa Martinelli in a design by Dior called "Zemire", photo by Clifford Coffin, Paris, UK, U.S. and French Vogues, Sept. 1954