AVEDON AND DOVIMA PARIS 1950

THE BEAUTIFUL INDIVIDUALIST

PARIS AND THE PERSONAL APPROACH

DIOR 

Violet taffeta cocktail dress

BALENCIAGA

Steel-gray lace cocktail suit

DIOR

SCHIAPARELLI

BALENCIAGA

GRES

BALENCIAGA

Electric-blue lace dinner dress

DESSES

Black velvet with tulle point d'esprit overskirt

Dior

Black taffeta cocktail dress

DIOR

Black faille two-piece evening dress, tulle underslip

DIOR

Tucked narrow pink crepe

BALENCIAGA

Black taffeta dress with harem skirt and cuffed shoulder

Perfection is Nine-Tenths of the Law

Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba

DOVIMA

1927-1990

ONCE A GREAT BEAUTY

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December 1950                     11.30.10

Dovima With Elephants, Evening…   11.25.10