Eva Gerney (l) and Lisa Fonssagrives in linen separates by Nelly de Grab, white straw sailor by Harryson and veiled pillbox by Betmar, photo by Horst, Vogue, March 1, 1950

 

Lisa Fonssagrives is wearing the Hamlet coiffure created by Michel of Helena Rubinstein, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, March 1, 1949

 

Lisa Fonssagrives in gray linen dress and jacket by Mary Stevens, wearing magnificent necklace of 52 diamonds from Van Cleef & Arpels, Columbian gold bracelet and earrings are borrowed from the Brooklyn museum, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, May 1, 1950

 

Lisa Fonssagrives in gigantig flower petals of taffeta stiffened with horsehair over fragile lace by Nettie Rosenstein, diamond jewelry by Cartier, shoes by I.Miller, photo by Leslie Gill, Harper's Bazaar, Sept. 1947

 

Lisa Fonssagrives is wearing the Hamlet coiffure created by Michel of Helena Rubinstein, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, March 1, 1949

Lisa Fonssagrives in worsted, pin-checked black and white dress with white pique collar and cuffs by Conti, white piqué beret, Coro pearls, photo by Horst, Vogue, March 1, 1949

Remembering first supermodel Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn on her birthday, May 17, 1911 - February 4, 1992

Lisa Fonssagrives in silk and lace evening dress, photo by Genevieve Naylor, 1948

Lisa Fonssagrives, photo by Horst, Vogue, October 1938

Lisa wearing short coat by Balenciaga, photo by Irving Penn, 1950

Lisa in the 'Little Great Coat' by Balenciaga, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, Sept. 1, 1950

Lisa in evening gown by Marcel Rochas, photo by Irving Penn, Paris, Vogue, Sept. 15, 1950

Lisa in hat by Lilly Dachè, photo by Irving Penn, New York, Vogue, April 1, 1950

Lisa in robe by Jean Dessès, La Bahia Palace in Marrakech, Morocco, 1951, photo by Irving Penn, published in Vogue, January 1952

Lisa Fonssagrives in a harlequin dress by Jerry Parnis, photo by Irving Penn for Vogue US Apr. 1950

Lisa Fonssagrives, photo by Irving Penn, New York, 1949

Lisa in coat by Balenciaga, photo by Irving Penn, Paris, Vogue, Sept. 1, 1950

Lisa wearing fashion by Jo Copeland, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, July 1952

Lisa Fonssagrives wearing a bicorne skimmer by Lilly Dachè, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, Feb. 15, 1950

Lisa in a cocoa-colored cocktail sheath made from hundreds of scalloped bands of silk chiffon sewn on a straight slip by Balenciaga, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, Sept. 1, 1950