Happy 81st Birthday to Italian model/writer Benedetta Barzini, September 22, 1943
Photo right: February 20, 2020 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vincenzo Lombardo/Getty Images)

 

Happy 74th Birthday to Dame Leslie Lawson DBE (AKA Twiggy), September 19, 1949

Photo top center: May 18, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
 

Remembering master photographer, Richard Avedon, on his Birthday, May 15, 1923 - October 1, 2004
Clockwise from top left: Suzy Parker, Maya Plisetskaya, Julie  Driscoll, Sophia Loren, Julie Christie, Janis Joplin, Barbra Streisand, Catherine Deneuve, Richard Avedon.

 

Happy 86th Birthday to British photographer David Bailey, January 2, 1938
 

Happy 81st Birthday to model extraordinaire, Jean Shrimpton, November 7, 1942

 

Remembering leading post-war French designer, Pierre Balmain, on his birthday, May 18, 1914 - June 29, 1982.

 

Remembering the great Richard Avedon on his Birthday, May 15, 1923 - October 1, 2004
Clockwise from top left: RA with Sophia Loren, RA with Carmel Snow, Vogue editor, RA with Dorian Leigh, RA with Veruschka, RA with Audrey Hepburn, RA with Twiggy, RA with Audrey Heoburn, RA in front of Veruschka photo, center RA by Herman Landsdorf, 1948.

 

Happy 85th Birthday to model/actress Millie Perkins, May 12, 1938
 

Happy 91st Birthday to Italian fashion designer Valentino, May 11, 1932

 

Happy 82nd Birthday to British model Paulene Stone, May 10, 1941
 

Happy 77th Birthday to model/actress Candice Bergen, May 9, 1946

 

Remembering our beloved Audrey Hepburn on her Birthday, May 4, 1929 - January 20, 1993
Audrey Hepburn loved hats and no one wore them better!

Remembering model/actress Elizabeth "Betty" Threatt on her Birthday, April 12, 1926 - November 22, 1993

 

Remembering fashion designer Oleg Cassini on his Birthday, April 11, 1913 - March 17, 2006
Clockwise top left: Oleg Cassini with fiancée Grace Kelly, Ivy Nicholson, with wife, actress Gene Tierney, Lucinda Hollingsworth, models wearing "The Jackie Look", Benedetta Barzini, Marilyn Monroe, Dorothea McGowan, Oleg Cassini.

 

Happy 86th Birthday to fashion photographer Franco Rubartelli, March 23, 1937

 

Rememebering milliner Mr. John on his Birthday, March 14, 1902 - June 25, 1993
Clockwise from top left: Jean Patchett, Evelyn Tripp, Wilhelmina, Carmen Dell' Orefice, Lillian Marcuson, Carmen Dell' Orefice, Sondra Peterson, Lucinda Hollingsworth, Mr. John (John P. John).

 

Remembering milliner Sally Victor on her Birthday, February 23, 1905 - May 14, 1977

 

Happy 75th Birthday to model/actress/author Jennifer O'Neill, February 20, 1948

 

Happy 78th Birthday to model/actress Maud Adams, February 12, 1945

 

Remembering innovative photographer, Erwin Blumenfeld, on his Birthday, January 26, 1897 - July 4, 1969
Clockwise from top left: Elise Carlson, Nina de Voogt, unknown, Muriel Maxwell, Nancy Berg, Ruth Knowles, Jean Patchett, Evelyn Tripp and center Erwin Blumenfeld and model.