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Signalled in Smoke

Vogue 1962

Photography: Horst

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Vincent Price

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Photography: John Timbers

Harper's & Queen 1975

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THE POWER OF LOVE - 60's

M83 - Midnight City

little girls in their autumn dresses

Horst 1962

The Medium is the message

Elemental Fury

Prints colliding with atom-smashing colors

Fire, air and water bubbling in motion. Pajamas by Donald Brooks

Awning stripes in the jet age

Oscar de la Renta for Jane Derby

Fiery Rocket Trails of orange 

Teal Traina

Horst

Kaleidoscope Whirls of Tiny Triangles

Tiffeau and  Busch

Sonic Blast of Color

Pajamas by Tiffeau and Busch

Horst

The Translucent Silk Kimono

Geoffrey Beene

Horst

Radar Sweeping Beaded Curves

Geoffrey Beene

Jigsaw Dynamite

Geoffrey Beene

Earrings Sandor Goldberger

Horst

Polka Dot Explosion

Power Play with Houndstooth

Chester Weinberg

Earrings- Yves Saint Laurent

Signals in Rays

Teal Traina

Powerhouse Plaid

Chuck Howard for Townley

Horst

Powerlines

Soundwaves

Bill Blass for Maurice Retner

Shattering Pajamas

Adele Simpson

Driving Beat Stripes

Andrew Woods

Horst

Shock-Strong

Rudi Gernreich

Earrings - Kenneth Lane

The Power of Print

Harper's Bazaar February 1967

Photography: Hiro Wakabayashi

Coiffures: Richard of Henri Bendel


Little Girls in Their Autumn Dresses
Photography: Horst
Vogue August 1962

for tay ... both of you

namaste

POSTCARDS FROM IRAN - 1969

PERSIAN PERSUASION

Top: The mosaic walls of the Shaikh or  Shaykh Lutfullah Mosque built in 1617 situated in the grand royal square of Isfahan.

Above: Snapshot of the Friday Mosque of Isfahan. Expressing the architecture of the Seljuk rule in Persia between 1038 and 1118.

Fashion:Gino Paoli

More mosaics of the Shaikh Lutfullah Mosque frame a wool pullover with collared inset by Prince Dinori.

Below: The Khwaju Bridge and a striped wool sweater-coat by Europe Craft.

The Khwaju Bridge was built by Shah Abbas II in 1650 in the Safavid style. The Safavid dynasty ruled one of the greatest Persian empires since the Muslim conquest of Persia. The Safavids ruled from 1501 to 1722.

The arabesqued dome of Isfahan's Shaykh Lutfallah Mosque. Isfahan lies 340 km south of Tehran. 

Top Left: The Ali Qapu Palace. It has seven floors, each accessible through a spiral staircase.It's name means "The High or Great - Gate" 

Fashion: Oleg Cassini for Burma-Bibas

Belted in Isfahan

Navarro belted snap-closure sweater-jacket

Backdrop: The Royal Mosque of Isfahan's Maidan Square. The supreme achievement of Persian Islamic architecture built by Shah Abbas

More belted finery above. Gold leather stand-up collar and  brass-buckled gold leather belt braces gold wool yokes curving down the blue wool body-shaped sweater jacket by Pierre Cardin.

The belted sport coat in gold and black hounds-tooth with green pverplaid; fly-front with leather trim at the pointed-flap pockets, high center vent. Michaels/Stern.

BRAVURA AT THE BAZAAR

Isfahan's answer to Macy's - the Royal Bazaar

Fashion: Blue and grey box-plaid wool and acrylic leisure suit. Edwardian collared, wide belted, wide  bell-bottomed, by Tempo.

  

BUCKLE UP!

The Shah Abbas Hotel on the site of an ancient caravansary (an inn with a central courtyard for bedouin travelers)

Fashion: Lamb's wool check jacket by Hollywood Clothes, Gant shirt, Damon tie.

Hadish, winter palace of Xerxes, King of Kings, where he enjoyed his night of nights in Persepolis.

Fashion: Three-quarter coat in wool checks with big notched-collar and side-vents by Mighty-Mac. Stetson hat.

PERSEPOLIS PERSPECTIVE

One of the mightiest cities of the ancient Near East...The ultimate most eloquent expression of its culture... The Majestic ruins.

Fashion: Above - buttoned and belted sleeveless orange cardigan by Forum. Top - popcorn stitchblue wool sleeveless knot pullover by Lord Jeff.

College Students from The Theological College of the Mother of the Shah, built in 1707-1714. It is so-named because it was a gift to Isfahan from the mother of Shah Sultan Husain.

Fashion: Bold gold plaid and yellow knitted Ban-Lon pullover by Trend.

Vakil, a 19th century mosque frames a sweater of gold wool circles and diamonds on pony skin mock-turtle sweater from Catalina Martin. 

Shiraz - 18th century capital of Persia, famous for its fine wine and beautiful gardens.The birthplace of Persia's two greatest poets, Hafiz and Saadi. 

At right, an alcove at Naranjestan, an 18th century house converted into a workshop for artisans, and a cardigan in three shades of blue with leather diamond front panels on textured orlon by J.S.I.

THE GARDENS OF ERAM

Leather-fronted wool knit pullover crossed by super-sized darts  Blye of Florence

Maidan-e-Shah Square

The heart of Isfahan, built by Shah Abbas in the 17th century. A place for meeting and marketing.

Fashion: Double-breasted orlon pile lined raincoat by Gleneagles.

Hide and Seek in the Mountains of Iran where the game is a swift-footed goat, and camp meals consist of a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and Persian caviar.

Illustration: Reynold Ruffins

The Shah and Farrah entertain Thailand's King

Below: at Persepolis

Informal family portrait with Crown Prince Reza Pahlevi in the foreground.

Photograph: Michael Teague

Persian Excursion

Gentlemen's Quarterly

October 1969

Photography: Leonard Nones

MILA SCHON - UGO MULAS - 1970

MILA SCHON SPRING 1970

VOGUE ITALIA MARCH 1970

PHOTOGRAPHY: UGO MULAS

UGO MULAS

1928-1973

Once a Great Beauty

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UGO MULAS

A law student who left his studies to become a photographer, Ugo mulas was entirely self-taught. He was a handsome man, noted for his unique fashion photography and acclaimed for his images that documented the society in which he lived and those he travelled to. His reportage documented every Venice Bienale from 1954 through 1972, a year before he died at the young age of 45.