VINTAGE FASHION - PHOTO LOVE - JEAN PATOU (10)

While surfing this afternoon on internet I found this lovely vintage photo from Jean Patou, haute couture vintage gown, 1957. Earlier I wrote more blogs about Vintage Fashion, SEE HERE Be Inspired ........  

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Photo via Pinterest/Vintage Fashion

VINTAGE FASHION - PHOTO LOVE - NORMAN PARKINSON (16)

Would like to share with you today this interesting photo from fashion photographer Norman Parkinson: The Art of Travel on Artnet Auctions. Love his beautiful fashion photos. Norman Parkinson was a pioneer of fashion photography. Famous for his iconic sense of style and glamour, Parkinson’s unexpected and unique approach brought a freshness to the sometimes staid genres of fashion and portrait photography. Be Inspired ........ 

More about Norman Parkinson (1913 - 1990)

Norman Parkinson established his first photographic studio in 1934 and following World War II rapidly became one of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar most prominent photographer. Sharing with Toni Frissel the honor of being the first to have brought models outdoors, the British photographer privileged a realistic and impulsive aesthetic. He brought glamour and fantasy to his narratives that featured colorful and elegant yet humorous compositions that often took place in exotic landscapes - ‘I like there to be a joke in practically every photo I take.’ He discovered such models as Grace Coddington and Jerry Hall whom he depicted in 1975 in the USSR and pushed a certain Brian Ferry fascinated by her portrait to ask her to pose for a Roxy Music album cover and become her girlfriend. Rigorous yet surrealist are adjectives that would perfectly describe not only his images but also the man. The quintessential British charmer had an incredible allure and attitude dedicated to style. 

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Sources: Artnet Auctions, Elliott Gallery and Wikipedia

More photos via my Pinterest moodboards Vintage Fashion/HC 

Vintage Fashion: Iconic look from American couturier Charles James

I was inspired by this beautiful vintage photo from the American couturier Charles James. Below you will find a model who is wearing a Charles James silk dress from 1956. I wrote this blogpost earlier on 12-06-2014. I found this article then in Marie Claire. However, the direct link towards the article is not active anymore. I added below some extra information about the couturier himself. Be Inspired ........... 

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Sources: Marie Claire + Couturier Charles James

In Memory of Brigitte Bardot ........

On 28-12-2025 Brigitte Bardot died at the age of 91. She was a legend of cinema and one of the most recognizable faces in the international film history. As a figurehead of French cinema, she became a cultural icon in the 1950s before she left her career to dedicate herself entirely to animal rights activism. Rest in Peace, Brigitte ........ 

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Source: Who What Wear. 

Ph. Pressefoto Kindermann-ullstein bild via Getty Images.
Earlier I wrote more blogs about Brigitte, SEE HERE

Fashion Photography: Elegance & Style in Black & White

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Photo found on Twitter. Source unknown.

Dovima with Elephants by Richard Avedon, 1955

I am a huge fan of the stunning photos from fashion photographer Richard Avedon. Below you will find some gorgeous photos from Dovima shot by Avedon. She was a Supermodel during the 1950s and reputed to be the highest-paid model of her time. ”Dovima with Elephants” was one in a series of pictures Avedon began making in Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, in August 1955, has become an icon. The gown was the first evening dress designed for Christian Dior by his new assistant, Yves Saint-Laurent.

Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955

When it took place, New York-born Avedon was 32 and had been a professional  photographer for ten years. He had been recruited to work as a staff photographer for Harper’s Bazaar in 1945 soon after completing his military service, by the influential art director Alexey Brodovitch. Avedon, with his enthusiasm, inventiveness and instinctive visual flair, soon established himself  as a significant new voice in fashion photography.

The model chosen for the Cirque d’Hiver shoot was known as Dovima. Her real name was Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba, but she created her professional name from the first two letters in her three given names. Tall and slender, Dovima epitomised 1950s style and was said to be one of  the highest-paid models of the period. She and Avedon often worked  together and Dovima later commented that the two of them ‘became like mental Siamese twins, with me knowing what he wanted before he explained it. He asked me to do extraordinary things, but I always knew I was going to be part of a  great picture.’ For this particular Harper’s Bazaar shoot, Dovima was asked to pose close to four circus elephants. The shoot took place on a hot summer’s day. Avedon later recalled that when he entered the area where the elephants were kept, he saw that the animals were beautifully lit by natural light. ‘I saw the elephants  under an enormous skylight and in a second I knew … there was the potential here  for a kind of dream image.’ 

Richard Avedon, selfportrait

Avedon went on to become one of America’s most celebrated and influential photographers, particularly for his fashion and portraiture and was still creating new work up to his death at the age of 81 in 2004. About Dovima: ‘She was  the last of the great elegant, aristocratic beauties,’ said Avedon, ‘the most remarkable and unconventional beauty of her time.

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Source: A.G. Nauta Couture
Photos: courtesy of Richard Avedon

RUNWAY: ODE TO CHANEL (02)

 
Would like to share with you this delightful collection from Chanel S/S 1992 RTW. It's a flashback from 1992 but still so delightful to see. Be Inspired ...... Earlier I wrote more blogs about Chanel, SEE HERE

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Source: CHANEL and VOGUE 
Photos: courtesy of Chanel

Vintage Fashion: Givenchy Haute Couture by Henry Clarke

Would like to share with you today this lovely vintage photo from Givenchy Haute Couture by Henry Clarke.

Givenchy

"The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress", 

the French designer has said. This blogpost is a repost of my blog of 06-12-2014. Be Inspired ......

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Source: Vanity Fair.
Photo: Courtesy of Vogue and Givenchy.
For more Inspiration, see also my PINTEREST account

Vintage Fashion: Katherine Pastrie in Nina Ricci by photgrapher Georges Saad

While surfing on internet I found these lovely photos from fashion model Katherine Pastrie in grey wool for Nina Ricci, 1959, Paris. Photos shot by photographer Georges Saad. This is a repost from my blogpost from 24-06-2015. Be Inspired ....... 

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Source: Pinterest
Photos: Georges Saad

Dovima dressed in Cristobal Balenciaga & lensed by Richard Avedon, 1940

Would like to share with you today this beautiful vintage photo from fashion model Dovima, dressed in Cristobal Balenciaga and lensed by photographer Richard Avedon. Be Inspired ........ This is a repost of my blogpost of 25-10-2014

Photo found on Google+. 

Website: Avedon Foudation

VINTAGE FASHION - PHOTO LOVE (13)

Long-time readers of my weblog know already how much I love vintage fashion photos. Would like to share with you today some lovely vintage photos from Dovima, Doris Day, Dior, Lanvin-Castillo, Schiaparelli, Georges Hobeika and Marlene Dietrich. This is a repost of my blogpost of 06-05-2016. Be Inspired ...... 

Dovima.

Vintage Dior dress, breathtaking.

Classy Lady. Source: Window to the World of Fashion.

1957 Model in elegant wool dress with bolero by Lanvin-Castillo.

Doris Day - so beautiful.

Elsa Schiaparelli dress, 1951. Photo by Regina Relang.

Georges Hobeika.

Marlene Dietrich.

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Vintage Fashion: Dovima posing for the July 1952 issue of Vogue

Love this beautiful vintage photo from Dovima posing for the July 1952 issue of Vogue by fashion and portrait photographer Horst P. Horst. Be Inspired ...........

More about the fashion photographer

Horst P. Horst was a German-born American fashion photographer considered one of the masters of the medium. Best known for his glamorous images of women and fashion, Horst meticulously posed his models in elaborate, sophisticated tableaus. His unique aesthetic can be described as a mixture of Surrealism and Neoclassicism with its reverence for ancient Greek ideals and focus on form and mystery, creating a vibrant sensuality that set his work apart. Born Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann on August 14, 1906 in Weißenfels-an-der-Saale, Germany, he went on to study architecture in Paris with Le Corbusier in 1930. Horst began working for Vogue magazine in 1931 and moved to New York in 1937 where he met Coco Chanel, with whom he would collaborate for over three decades. Horst’s photographs have since been featured in many books including Horst, His Work and His World, Form/ Horst and Horst: Photographer of Style. In 1989, Horst received the Lifetime Achievement Award of The Council of Fashion Designers of America and in 1996, the Master of Photography Award from the International Center for Photography. He died on November 18, 1999 in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

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Sources: Vogue, Artnet, Fine Art America and Flickr

Graphic Design: Vintage Style Art Deco Print Love Me, Love My Dog

What a lovely vintage style Art Deco print from Red Gate Arts 'Love me, Love my dog'. Be Inspired ...... 

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Source: Etsy - RedGateArts

Vintage Fashion: Beautiful photo from Dovima by Richard Avedon, 1950s

I guess long time readers have discovered already that I am a huge fan of the American fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon. Below you will find this beautiful fashion photo from Dovima in Balenciaga photographed by Richard in the 1950s. Dovima has such an elegant and sophisticated style. For more blogs about this inspiring fashion photographer, SEE HERE Be Inspired ...... 

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Sources: Pinterest and The Richard Avedon Foundation

Flashback: Elegant design from the Givenchy S/S 1996 couture show

A flashback from a delightful design from the Givenchy S/S 1996 coutureshow. Be Inspired ......

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Source: Vogue

Vintage Fashion - Photo Love (19) Christy Turlington by Patrick Demarchelier 1992

What a stylish fashionphoto from Christy Turlington by fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier, 1992. Be Inspired.

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Sources: Harper's Bazaar and Patrick Demarchelier

More vintage photos via my Pinterest moodboard Vintage Fashion/HC 

Vintage Fashion: Dovima lensed by fashion photographer Richard Avedon

Get inspired by this great vintage fashion photo. This photo is from Dovima lensed by fashion photographer Richard Avedon. What a delightful photo. 

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Source: photo found on Pinterest. 

Happy Weekend! So Elegant & Classy (04)

Just love all the photos. Wish you a lovely Weekend!

Vintage fashion, 1960s

Ralph Lauren at New York Fall 2011

Source: The Tie Guy

Lovely pink - Dior Haute Couture

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Source: Pinterest/Irene Pouw NL

Editorial: Lovely vintage magazines cover from the past (03)

I guess you've noticed already that I love vintage fashion photos and covers. Below you will find a vintage Vogue cover from February 1961. What a lovely photo! Be Inspired ......

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Source: GOOGLE

Vintage Fashion: Travel Clothes for Vogue 1953 by Norman Parkinson

Lovely vintage fashion photo 'Travel Clothes' for Vogue 1953 from one of the twentieth century’s best-known fashion photographers Norman Parkinson. Be Inspired .....

More about Norman Parkinson

Norman Parkinson was one of the twentieth century’s best-known fashion photographers. He was active for over 50 years and was instrumental in taking portrait and fashion photography beyond the stiff formality of his predecessors and injecting an easy and casual elegance into his images. His impulsive and unstructured style changed forever the static, posed approach to fashion photography, while his enchanting, idiosyncratic persona charmed his sitters and projected an alluring and glamorous public image. Standing at 6 feet 5 inches tall, Parkinson was unable to remain unobtrusive behind the lens and instead created ‘Parks’, the moustachioed, ostentatiously elegant fashion photographer – as much a personality as those who sat for him, and frequently more flamboyant. His flawless professionalism, manners and well-rehearsed eccentricities reassured the uneasy sitter and disarmed the experienced. His photographs of celebrities, artists, the British Royal Family, as well as leading figures from the worlds of film, theatre, politics and music are known throughout the world and have become icons of twentieth century style.

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Source:  Peter Fetterman Gallery