Sunday, March 29, 2015

60'S - NICELY NEHRUED





printed cotton velvet by d'avenza





crimson-colored cotton velvet brass-buttoned-boasting coat with nehru collar by stanley blacker








the nehru jacket in olive-brown antique leather by bert paley.





gold brocade, medallion-designed on champagne-shaded silk nehru jacket by phil hime-viscount. nehru hat by dobbs. background, canaries by the river porvoo.







silver and black jacquard, black satin nehru collar, blak satin buttons - after six... hat by oleg cassini for resistol.



Gentlemen's Quarterly November 1968
Photography: Leonard Nones

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

PANAME 1950



Paname  - from group photo collection of the paris issue of flair magazine april, 1950... credits include andre kertesz, fritz henle, roger koster, earl leaf, edmund motikha

























ballerina yvette chauvire






marcel mouloudji






juliette greco







hotel de sully







saint catherine





design inspiration









rene gruau

dior's black taffeta






baronne frederic de cabrol in Schiaparelli





lady granard and comtesse andree de contades wear dior versions of the uneven and the even hemline.






dior's capelet-necklace












dior






gruau





Flair Paris Issue April 1950
Illustration: Rene Gruau

... eyes on paris at devodotcom

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

WHY III LOVE THE MOON












be careful where you look for love...



The Freedom Face - Cathee Dahman in Strega Rings - Richelieu






Strega






Leo Narducci










Edie Gladstone for Deebs - Halston hat - Herbert Levine boots








Anne Klein - Viola Sylbert








Givenchy







Balmain







Dior








Saint Laurent








Gres







Ektor






Cardin







Chanel







just be careful where you look for love ...


Make-up and coiffure, Arnold of Elizabeth Arden



Paris October 1967
Photography: Hiro Wakabayashi



... eyes on the sixties at devodotcom


Monday, March 16, 2015

today



"chic is: THE SHELTERED WOMAN, provocatively half-revealed by a hot pink swimsuit that's coolly mobile as a moonsuit." Sweeping dolman sleeves, wide neckline slit in front and closed by a gilt button. In stretch nylon by Cabana - Bob Richardson May 1964