POWERGLIDE 1962

The Line on Land and Sea

Hawksbill Beach
Beach chair, suntan lotion, alarm clock for tanning, Geist and Geist cotton shirt over short shorts; Lilly Dache sombrero; Terrycloth robe and beach bag by Porthault

High-key pastel on the high-seas... hooded parka by White Stag
On The Harbinger, Antigua

White in Mohair and simulated patent leather

Cover up: Chic and Casual 

Bold and Brilliant on the Beach of the Anchorage Inn
B.H.Wragge nylon jersey







Harper's Bazaar
May 1962
Photography: Avedon
Model: Suzy Parker

A decade before Twiggy and The Shrimp disrupted fashion’s runways and the pages of high-fashion magazines, Suzy Parker reigned supreme. The forties and early fifties belonged to Suzy’s sister, Dorian Leigh, Mary Jane Russel, Jean Patchett, and a hand full of other top models, the mid-fifties to mid-sixties were all about Suzy.

Raised in Highland Park, New Jersey, Suzy Parker started as a model in her early teens with the encouragement of her sister, Supermodel, Dorian Leigh. Both beauties were dominant forces in the fashion scene, but soon Suzy would break out and be hailed as the epitome of Fifties Glamour. 

Though initially reluctant to use her, she became a muse of Avedon, often a feature of his Paris Openings fashion portfolios in the September Issues of Harper's Bazaar. In Leigh's bio, The Girl Who Had Everything, The Story of the Fire and Ice Girl, he is quoted as saying "I don't know if I can work with someone so beautiful. There may not be enough that I can do to create something of my own." Ultimately they both did. They left behind a plethora of stellar fashion images both intimate and easily accessible.

Gorgeous, with natural beauty and demeanour, she soon successfully transitioned to Model/Actor, blending a career in both disciplines with the support of an adoring audience.

The Wow Factor

Suzy Parker

1932  - 2003

PREDICTIONS: 1964 - AVEDON

eyes open on what's AHEAD

eyes - clear, unblinking - looking into the new year with interest and a hint of humor, ready to take on what's coming - and like it! the wide-open eye, set off by a thick maze of lashes and a delicate tint of lavender - smoky lavender, a good hint at what's ahead at revlon. lashes, dipped in fabulash, also by revlon.

now in knits: the STRONG SHAPE

slim shock of cerise by larry aldrich
cape hat by halston at bergdorf's

































sky blue swimsuit, fuchsia lined and string-tied by cole of california

wool knit bikini by rudi gernreich

herbert levine clogs

now in knits: the STRONG SHAPE  kimberly

maidenform's snap of pea green swimsuit, turtlenecked

tasseled, two-piece wool knit dress by cisa

two-piece wool knit swimsuit under cover of v-necked pullover 

 rose marie reid

Eyes Open On What's Ahead

Harper's Bazaar January 1964

Photography: Richard Avedon

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AVEDON - PARIS 1956

PARIS BARES THE SHOULDERS

mille-feuille layerings of snowy white net burst into a great ruffly fantail - by lanvin-castillo

strapless in purple velvet over white chiffon

lanvin-castillo

A GREAT WAVE OF CHIFFON

balmain winds two shades of chiffon - one rosy, one rosier - over the bosom of a straight-shafted evening dress falling in long, sinuous draperies into the hemline; then floats a huge, rose satin scarf from one shoulder

WINTER FLOWERINGS, PRINTED ON SATIN

suzy parker wears dior's full-skirted ball dress of satin flowered like lace in deep gray over red

suzy parker in dior's sea green chiffon crossing in folds at the bosom and knotted high and to the side

THE CAPES OF PARIS

dior

THE SUITS OF PARIS

dior

PARIS HAS A NEW HAT

jacques fath's plushy, pure white felt toque

PARIS COATS: INFLUENCED BY CAPES

dior mounts the sleeve of his giant greatcoat almost at the waist - and channels its fullness into a narrow cuff

Carmel Snow's Paris Report
Harper's Bazaar September 1956
Photography: Richard Avedon

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BOB DYLAN 1965

Bob Dylan, the teenager's troubadour came out of the West to wander restlessly through the country, playing and singing his own folk tunes, like '"Blowin' in the Wind."' More of a words man than a musician, he sets his verbal flashes of insight to simple melodies that hush his audience. Now, five years later, his restless wanderings include brief but profitable stops at Columbia's recording studio which is releasing his latest L.P., Bringing It All Back Home.

Harper's Bazaar April 1965

Photography: Richard Avedon

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THE LOOK FANTASTIC 1952

mainbocher

the dinner dress 

day-length with an intricacy of straps that makes a great point of good chest and shoulders - silk lame brocaded with golden threads. Jewels, van cleef and arpels

the dinner suit

jean patchett in mainbocher's gray cut velvet dinner suit. the jacket buttons to fit like a bolero, the strap of the bodice is mounted with a big bow of pale gray mousseline de soie.

this is the way givenchy grows roses

"everywhere one looks in paris there are those roses - sometimes in tapestry, once in ivory, often of beads - heaped on shoulders, hidden in petticoats and, particularly, when used by givenchy, flamboyantly romantic."

above - king sized, planted above a black velvet dress. the stole rises above bare shoulders like a ruff - the woman's arms plunge through great rosy handcuffs.

suzy parker in givenchy's deep red roses. a bolero of a thousand chiffon petals piled above a strip of black wool. darker than the roses, and velvet, the back-of-the-head turban.

the fifties party face

"brush your hair upwards for the lifted look it gives. make your eyes with pencil lines slanting towards the temples. make your mouth to tilt high in the corners. this is the season that shows in your face."

the italian haircut

on the rock shores of ishia and capri, the film studios of rome - another shape. studied but with great naturalness, front and sides full and wavy, high behind the ears but gripping the back of the head, well down the neck with feathery, nibbled ends. the head looks bigger, the hair never moves. 

... eyes on the fifties at devodotcom

SEVENTIES CHIC

Ara Gallant

Angelica Huston

Cardin's white mink wrap ... Christian-Dior jacket ... white broadtail wrap by Ben Kahn at Cartier ... wrapped and tied in sealskin and sable from Emeric Partos

Alixandre Fox Cardigan over Blonde Cashmere

Issey Miyake

Chanel's Black Sequined Pant Suit

Karen Graham

 

Missoni angora wrap sweater ... Lynx-collared broadtail over flannel by Fernando Sanchez for Revillon ... Ralph Lauren suede jacket ... Bonnie Cashin turtleneck long pull ... Missoni's printed lurex dolman sleeved top and skirt ... Milena Mosele cardigan with marabou sleeves.

Veruschka

Time and Beauty

Vogue October 1972

Photography: 

Richard Avedon

Bob Stone