Remembering the provocative photographer Helmut Newton on his Birthday, October 31, 1920 - January 23, 2004

 

Happy 78th Birthday to model/actress Joanna Shimkus Poitier, October 30, 1943

 

Dovima in narrow halter dress in pink crêpe oblique tucks by Christian Dior, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, October 1950

 

Dovima in cocktail suit of embroidered steel-gray lace and a black velvet hat with a border of cock feathers that ends in a swishing tail by Balenciaga, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, October 1950

 

Dovima is wearing a black brocade suit with a shawl edged with black silk tassels and black velvet hat with roses clustered in back by Balenciaga, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, October 1950

 

Dovima in barrel-shaped jacket in camel's hair color, double breasted with tiny Chinese collar by Balenciaga, photo by Richard Avedon, Paris, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1950

 

Remembering American costume designer Edith Head on her Birthday, October 28, 1897 - October 24, 1981

 

Remembering the one and only Suzy Parker on her Birthday, October 28, 1932 - May 3, 2003

 

Elise Daniels in dress that sheathes the figure in pale violet taffeta filmed over with lace, worn under a little jacket and wrapped in matching scarf by Mainbocher, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar U.S. June 1956

 

Model in a slim salt-and-pepper tweed dress and abbreviated jacket with a triple fastened gilet front by Mainbocher, photo by Philip Stearns, New York City, Harper's Bazaar UK, February 1953

 

Dovima in sleeveless dress with a little jacket and unsleeved coat over both in white cotton with blue fish-net printing by Mainbocher, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar U.S. June 1956

 

Benedetta Barzini in a silk flecked paisley pattern of navy on white silk, with an easy jacket that falls to the waist by Mainbocher, jewels by David Webb, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, May 1965

 

Remembering fashion designer Mainbocher (Main Russo Bocher) on his Birthday, October 24, 1890 - December 27, 1976
Clockwise from top left: Sunny Harnett, Mainbocher, Isabella Albonico, Anne St. Marie, Dorothea McGowan, and Anna Carin Bjork in one photo, Gloria Vanderbilt, Jennifer O'Neill, Evelyn Tripp, Mainbocher.

 

Happy 78th Birthday to the beautiful Catherine Deneuve, October 22, 1943

 

Remembering Nico (Christa Päffgen) on her Birthday, October 16, 1938 - July 18, 1988