ART KANE - OUR MAN IN MANHATTAN

The New Boeing 747

Great cloak 

Lisa Spain

Fawn jersey Cossack suit 

Michael Fish) Mr. Fish, London

Belts

Blades of London

Hat 

Carlo Pallazi

Primary-coloured fine silk shirt in abstract tree design, frilled button cuffs and deep collar. Shiny velvet waistcoat - black snakeskin belt, red and green silk brocade trousers in oriental pattern.

Blades, Burlington Gardens, London

 Norfolk jacket-inspired sand-coloured silk tunic shirt

Yellow on white art nouveau patterned silk neck square

Turnbull and Asser

Cream snakeskin belt - deco rising sun brass buckle

Blades, London

Pale green trousers with yellow windowpane overchecks

Mr. Fish, London

Cream woll wide-brimmed hat

Herbert Johnson, London

White silk trench shirt

Beige and white rope-stranded brass-buckled belts

Turnbull and Asser

Silver-grey trousers with white chalk stripes

Green and brown optic design long silk scarf worn as a hatband

Mr. Fish

Cotton wide-brimmed hat

Herbert Johnson 

Yellow and white floral-design cotton brocade version of the Norfolk suit. 

Blades, London

Silk ascot, green cotton hat with white band and brim binding

Herbert Johnson, London

Our Man In Manhattan

Harper's Bazaar and Queen October 1970

Photography: Art Kane

Photographed in the trophy room of his studio in Carnegie Hall

... eyes on the seventies at devodotcom

SUGAR AND SPICE

and all things nice ...

The Blithe Sleep Dress

top - Van Raalte

above - L'Intrigue

Kayser

Paris When It Floats

top left - Balmain

top right - Patou

above - Nina Ricci

Paris When It Parties

Francoise Dorleac in Cardin

Catherine Deneuve in Dior

Paris When It Burns

top - Gres

above - Castillo

Redhead Rage

Photograph - Art Kane

Trigere's Persian Spiral

Castillo for Elizabeth Arden

The Norell Shape

The Secret Chemistry of Beauty and Fashion

Harper's Bazaar April 1966

Photography: 

James Moore

Francesco Scavullo

... eye on the sixties at devodotcom

STAR EYES

JAMES WEDGE

JEAN SHRIMPTON

DAVID BAILEY

THE TIGHT IDEA

CAPEZIO TIGHTS - JULIANELLI SHOES

ART KANE

VAN RAALTE DIAMOND-PATTERNED TIGHTS

HERBERT LEVINE SHOES

 ROMAN STRIPE TIGHTS

DELMAN SHOES

GARTER-HIGH BOOTS - SAKS FIFTH AVENUE

BLACK LACE TIGHTS - BEAUTIFUL BRYANS

BLACK-RIBBED TIGHTS - HANES

CHRISTIAN DIOR-NEW YORK SHOES

HERRINGBONE TIGHTS - FRANCESCA

ANDREW GELLER SHOES

THE NEW LEGS

MARILYN EVINS

EVINS SHOES

OK

Vogue August 1964

Photography:

David Bailey

Art Kane

HEARTBREAK WARFARE

John Mayer

heartbreak warfare

ART KANE

VOGUE AUGUST 15, 1964

Marilyn Monroe "The Last Sitting" Vogue September Issue 1962

Vogue

September 1, 1962

“The Last Sitting”

Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern

This issue contains seven pages of the last photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe six weeks before her death on August 5th, 1962. Vogue published the pages in this issue the day after Monroe died for the September 1, issue. It is arguably, the most famous of  Vogue’s “September Issue”.


More than 2,500 photographs were taken over a three-day period by renowned fashion and commercial photographer Bert Stern, who was commissioned for the shoot by Vogue magazine. He was the last photographer to be granted a sitting by Marilyn Monroe. The session included fashion, portrait, and nude studies of Monroe. It was the last time Marilyn would pose in front of a camera. Six weeks later, the actress was found dead in her home.


As they were the last posed photographs taken of Monroe, the portfolio became known as “The Last Sitting”. The portfolio remains the world’s largest and finest tribute to Marilyn Monroe.




The Cover photograph of this issue is by acclaimed art director and photographer Art Kane. The cover features a suit by Ben Zuckerman and a hat by then hat designer, Halston of Bergdorf Goodman.


Halston achieved fame after designing the pillbox hat Jacqueline Kennedy wore to her husband’s 1961 inauguration and went on to become one of the top fashion designers of the seventies, known for designing fashions worn by entertainers and the jet set of that era. In 1990, Halston died from complications of AIDS. His clothing line has been recently resurrected, and features strongly in the fashions and promotion of the new “Sex and The City 2”.


Early in Art Kane’s career, he created page layouts for Esquire Magazine. He left Esquire when he was made art director of Seventeen Magazine. An award-winning art director, Kane was also interested in photography and studied with Harper’s Bazaar art director, Alexey Brodovitch - mentor to Avedon and others. Kane’s first assignment as a photographer was back at Esquire. His photo of 57 jazz musicians in Harlem was featured in Esquire’s January 1959 issue which became the basis for the documentary, “A Great Day in Harlem”.


This Marilyn Monroe Fashion feature  is re-visited on our September 1, 2011 blog

Marilyn Monroe

1926-1962

Once a Great Beauty

monroe admin girl @devodotcom

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