Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Sunny Harnett and Renée Breton in Balmain evening gowns, photo by Richard Avedon, Casino Le Touquet, August 1954

Barbara Mullen wearing hat by Lilly Daché, photo by Richard Avedon, New York 1951

British fashion model Veronica Compton, hat by Paulette, photo by Avedon, Paris July 1946

Twiggy in a dress by Roberto Rojas, photo by Avedon, New York studio, April 1967

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Actress Valerie Hobson wearing a party dress by Rahvis, stands in the burnt remains of Vogue's studio in London, photo by Cecil Beaton, November 1941

'Way to look in suits' by Lachasse: in fine Irish wool, 'brigand collar', curvaceous lines, jacket slits at the back, photo by Don Honeyman, 1951

"Fashion is Indestructible", 1941, photo by Cecil Beaton

Cecil Beaton's "Fashion is Indestructible" shoot illustrated, even in the midst of bombing and destruction, fashion survives, 1941

Friday, January 2, 2015

Simone d'Aillencourt in sequined dress by Frederick Starke, photo by Claude Virgin, Vogue, September 1958

Fiona Campbell-Walter wearing mink stole from Calman Links, photo by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, August 1954

Celia Hammond in fashion by Jean Allen, photo by David Montgomery, Vogue, October 1968

Jean Shrimpton, photo by David Bailey, Vogue, October 1962

Veruschka in "Sea Dream", photo by Franco Rubartelli, Vogue, July 1966

Maxime De La Falaise wearing fish-tailed striped gown by Paquin, photo by Cecil Beaton,Vogue, January 1950

Thursday, January 1, 2015