Chanel observes Marie-Hélène Arnaud, her star model, in fur-trimmed suit, photo by Boris Lipnitzky, 1958

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud, favorite Chanel model, photo by Peter Fink.

 

Chanel's cocktail dress in chiffon with pencil pleats, spaghetti straps and satin corselet to emphasize the waist, worn by Marie-Hélène Arnaud, photo by Peter Fink, 1959

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud in Chanel's Chiné tweed suit in beige and brown. Long-sleeved shantung blouse with removable cuffs. Mademoiselle loved this outfit and wore it herself. Photo by Sante Forlano, Vogue 1958

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud in Mademoiselle's apartment wearing her black suit accented with white cuffs, bow and white camelia in her hair, photo by Yurek, Marie-Claire, Sept. 1959

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud in elegant black shantung and white piqué suit by Chanel, photo by Georges Dambier, ELLE, February 11, 1957

 

Marie-Hélène in pleated skirt with piqué blouse and jacket by Jean Dessès, photo by Georges Dambier, ELLE, March 4, 1957

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud in white wool coat by Pierre Cardin, photo by Georges Dambier, ELLE, March 3, 1958

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud in wool and satin coat by Pierre Cardin, photo by Georges Dambier, ELLE, March 4, 1957

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud on the Place de la Concorde, photo by Georges Dambier, ELLE, 1957

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud at the Hotel Eden Roc, Cap d'Antibes, photo by Georges Dambier, ELLE, June 10, 1957

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud and her MG, Carlton Hotel, Cannes, photo by Georges Dambier, 1957

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud in maillot from Le Printemps, Eden Roc, Cap d'Antibes, photo by Georges Dambier, ELLE, June 10, 1952

 

Marie-Hélène Arnaud and the goldfish, photo by Georges Dambier, ELLE, 1957

 

Dolores Hawkins, photo by Lionel Kazan, Glamour, July 1960

Dolores Hawkins, photo by Lionel Kazan for the cover of Greek magazine Oheaypoe, 1960

Dolores Hawkins, photo by Lionel Kazan, c.1960

Dolores Hawkins, photo by Lionel Kazan, c.1960

Dolores Hawkins, photos by Lionel Kazan, c.1960

Tamara Nyman, photo by Lionel Kazan, c.1964