Showing posts with label Mollie Parnis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mollie Parnis. Show all posts

Friday, April 3, 2015

THE GREAT WHITE WAY 1952



white organdie tied with red velvet ribbon
Hannah Troy










white chiffon gathered and draped, wrapped again around the waist
Bon Ray

sculptured white chiffon with diamante straps
David Klein









wool jersey tube, a collar that turns into crisscross back straps
Claire McCardell


wool jersey bound at the neck, the sleeves, the waist in white satin
Ceil Chapman










white wool evening sweater, chiffon skirt, grosgrain belt
Sportwhirl

wool lace haltered and full skirted
Greta Paltry










white wool jersey, the longer short dinner dress, pleated, haltered
Filcol











white silk organdie, shawl collared, tucked midriff
Mollie Parnis







The New White Way
Harper's Bazaar December 1952
Photography: Gleb Derujinsky


... eye on the fifties at devodotcom

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

TINY, TIDY HEADS 1958


A HEAD LIKE THE BUD OF A ROSE ON ITS STEM
Compressed and perfect ...


Tiny Tiny Heads: The Coiffures
"This season, the most beautiful shapliness to have is that of a well-shaped head. The dandelion has blown out of the fashion and the rage for raggle-taggle hair, however well-planned or well-kept, is becalmed.




THE TIDY LOOK OF A SMOOTH CAP

The thing is a civilized study of the head - a study as close to phrenology as flattery will allow. It's a style both enchanting and demanding. Demanding marvelous carriage, a pride of throat and shoulders, and an ever-present awareness of profile and back-view.




THE TINY, TIDY HEAD

All that will be seen is perfection of line, sleekness and shine. This demands total control - a place for every hair and every hair in place.




Tiny Tidy Heads: The hats
Christian Dior - New York





Irene of New York turban. Narrow panels of golden-flowered white silk brocade fasten high at either side with a bow. Dinner dress by Mollie Parnis





Mr. John dinner hat. Civet cat striations stenciled on lapin line a wool coat dropping two-thirds the length of the matching empire dress that falls from a bodice no wider than a yoke-band. By Monte-Sano and Pruzan.




Bands of pale beige fitch inside the square-cut jacket of a sleek satin dinner suit by Trigere.




Magenta roses warp-printed on black ottoman evening coat over a wide-skirted dress by Jane Derby 



Lace-covered sheath by Oleg Cassini
Sally Victor Hat

Scarlet satin bodice - Billowing Black lace skirt
One-piece dinner dressing by Larry Aldrich


Silk theater costume by Marquise
Lilly Dache Hat




Mr. John evening hat. Transparent lace coat cut as full as a crinoline and ending in a great pouf of taffeta widely circling a slender lace filmed taffeta dress by Anita Modes.




The White Evening Blouse


Tiny,Tidy Heads
Harper's Bazaar October 1958
Photography: Gleb Derujinsky
Models: Carmen Dell-Orefice; Ruth Newman





















... eyes on the fifties at devodotcom






Wednesday, March 26, 2014

THE BIG PICTURE


Chanel
Lucille of Paris Handbag



Herbert Sondheim



Mollie Parnis



Monte Sano & Pruzan



Harrods



Monte Sano & Pruzan



Jablow



Talmack


Lesco Lona Handbag



The Bazaar Look
Harper's Bazaar February 1962
Photography:
Melvin Sokolsky
Tom Kublin
Frank Horvat

... eyes on the sixties at devodotcom

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

THAT FACE - THAT FACE - THAT BEAUTIFUL FACE


Audrey Hepburn


In Herbert Sondheim


Photographed By


AVEDON


Adolfo Hat


Oleg Cassini


Parnis copies of  Hubert de Givenchy designs for Funny Face


Mollie Parnis


Mollie Parnis


Modelia - Sydney Gould Sweater 
Pants - Jamison Classics  Capezio Moccasins


Car Coat - Modelia
Umbrella - Mark Cross



Summer Fashion - Cotton Is Queen
Harper's Bazaar May 1957
Audrey Hepburn
Photography: Richard Avedon

fashion icons at devodotcom