Showing posts with label Harper's Bazaar October 1950. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harper's Bazaar October 1950. Show all posts

Friday, January 6, 2012

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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FROM THE ARCHIVE
devodotcom posts on Dovima

Avedon and Dovima in Paris          1.6.12
Spot the Difference                 1.6.12
In Praise of Ernst Beadle           9.8.11
Dovima – Mid-Century Supremodel     7.3.11
December 1950                     11.30.10
Dovima With Elephants, Evening…   11.25.10