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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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

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A FOOT IN COLD WATER

The Ice Shoe by Charles Jourdan

Tiny Jacket - Suspendered Trousers

Cuddlecoat

Endless Summer Dress 

Ginori

Bracelet by Jules Van Rouge

Hussar Pantsuit

Cuddlecoat

Orange Zip-in Knickersuit

Ginori

Muff-Pocket Tunic

Navy Top and Tights

Helmut and Mittens

Halston

Pab

John Moore

Donald Brooks

Miss Branell

Harvey Berin

Gino Charles

Sarmi

Balenciaga

Saint Laurent

Balmain

Givenchy

The Thirst For Adventure

The Taste For Splendour

The Night of the Individualist

Paris: Color Power

Photography: 

Bill Silano

Neal Barr

Hideoki

Hiro Wakabayashi

Harper's Bazaar October 1967

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CARMEL SNOW'S PARIS REPORT FALL 1954

Balmain

The Casino it Le Touquet

Left - a frieze of leaves at the V of a blue and silver brocade dress, stem-slim and taught as hammered foil at the waist.

Right - creamy spun-metal brocade, leafed over in pinks and browns, crushed into slender drapery below a pink satin sash.

Gres

Finely shafted pleated white jersey wound loosely with golden ribbons.

Balmaine's Ermine Evening Shirt

At Le Pre Catelan

Balenciaga's Ermine-Bibbed Evening Dress

Le Pre Catelan

Dior

Subtly fitted two-piece silhouette. Satin binds the thin black wool moving in a deep, attenuated V past a high, filled-in decolletage.

At Theatre Marigny

Givenchy

Shoulder-banding white satin. Tapered slashed skirt melts into a carved waistline. The satin shawl is threaded with mink.

Dior

Elongated line in pink satin. A high neckline with a narrow skirt drawn into a flat bow on the hip.

Dior

Grey satin dancing dress - the decollete is shallow, gliding from a high bosom to the hip where its short skirt swings out like a tutu.

Carmel Snow's Paris Report

Harper's Bazaar September 1954

Photography: Richard Avedon

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