Sunday, November 11, 2018

Dolores Hawkins in brandy-colored silk dress with snifter-sized sleeves, widened skirt belted, dress and hat by Galanos, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, March 1, 1959

Evelyn Tripp in chrome-yellow scarf-collared coat of wicker-woven wool by Matlin, black and white turban by Irene of New York, handbag by Nettie Rosenstein, photo by Karen Radkai, Vogue, March 1, 1959

Anne St. Marie in sleeved sheath with short super-collared jacket of black Swiss cotton from Vogue Pattern 165, hat by Sally Victor, patent leather handbag by MM, photo by Jerry Scatzberg, Vogue, March 1, 1959

Suzy Parker in wool coat by Originala, hat by Mr. John, Vogue, March 1, 1959

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Sara Thom in lovely blue silk organdie dress by Harvey Berin, green beads necklace by Nettie Rosenstein, photo by Irving Penn, Vogue, March 1, 1959

Gyongyi Armstrong in shirt dress of pearl-and-primrose silk taffeta print by Oleg Cassini, photo by Richard Rutledge, Vogue, March 1, 1955

Ivy Nicholson in beautiful hydrangea-printed taffeta wrap over a floor-length dress of white and mauve-gray tulle by Jacques Griffe, turquoise jewelry by Gripoix, photo by Henry Clarke, Vogue, June 1954
Evelyn Tripp in black-dyed mink stole from Bergdorf Goodman, mink hat by Sally Victor, diamond jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels, photo by Erwin Blumenfeld, Vogue, December 1954

Evelyn Tripp in after-five jacket of black mink with collar of EMBA Jasmin mink by Maximilian, veiled headdress by Sally Victor, earrings by Van Cleef & Arpels, photo by Erwin Blumenfeld, Vogue, December 1954

Nancy Berg in broadtail lamb jacket banded in ermine and ermine hat from Bergdorf Goodman, diamond earrings from Van Cleef & Arpels, photo by Erwin Blumenfeld, Vogue, December 1954

Joan Romano in black popcorn wool jersey jacket and high-waisted skirt, with ribbon-tied, French-cuffed white cotton shirt, by Swansdown, black gros-grain ribbon cloche by Mr. John, photo by Horst, Vogue, August 1, 1954

Joan Romano and Evelyn Tripp in black rayon crêpe dresses, one with cowl neckline, the other scalloped in grosgrain, both by Samuel Winston, photo by Richard Rutledge, Vogue, August 1, 1954

Friday, September 21, 2018

Dovima's escort in all of these photos is Bob Taft, a male model, and husband of model Joan Romano. He started a modeling agency and later became a fashion photographer.
Dovima in pea de soie dress with satin cummerbund by Bloomsburg for Jonny Herbert, bolero jacket is carried by Bob Taft, photo by William Ward, Harper's Bazaar, August 1957. Dovima's escort in all of these photos is Bob Taft, a male model, and husband of model Joan Romano. He started a modeling agency and later became a fashion photographer.

Dovima in Merrimac velveteen dress with fitted bodice and dropped sleeves from a bare shoulder for Jonny Herbert, photo by William Ward, Harper's Bazaar, August 1957

Dovima in lovely crystal satin dress by Lawrence Fink for Jonny Herbert, her escort is male model Bob Taft, photo by William Ward, Harper's Bazaar, August 1957