SUNSET PINK 1951

The Sunset Unlimited Coat by LoBalbo

Above: Ceil Chapman's pink velveteen top with organdie skirt

Below: Cole of California

Setting: Camelback Inn, Phoenix

Sackcloth and Jeweled

Oxford gray rayon denim, with boyish little pants and molded, shoestring strapped bodice by Bur-Mil

The Wets and The Wilds

Caltex

White terry-cloth front-zip overall

Shorter slacks and bared midriff top in navy blue French linen by John Miller

Pink Miron Flannel shorts and Miron jersey overblouse by M.Sloat

De Pinna

Burnt-orange toweling, edged with black braid worn over black toweling pants.

Sea Island, Georgia

Carolyn Schnurrer

Long straight shirt and narrow jodhpurs in buttermilk sharkskin

B.H.Wragge

Moygashel linen long shirt-dress with rhinestone buttoons

Foreground: Honan silk with black mosaic buttons

Joset Walker

Halter and tiny round shorts

Southwest Passage - Sunset Pinks
Harper's Bazaar January 1951
Photography: 
Richard Avedon
Lillian Bassman
The Wets and The Wilds
Sackcloth and Jeweled
Photography: Toni Frissell
Cover Model: Dovima

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PARIS REPORT FALL 1951

Carmel Snow Reports From Paris

Black curled hat in gold velours - one of Balenciaga's sensational new shapes.

"Once again the miracle happened. Once again in Paris I have seen fashion given new enchantment, fresh elegance, new nuances where none seemed possible - more so than ever this season by Balenciaga and Dior."

Balenciaga

"Once again I saw the vitality of the French dressmaker galvanize whole rooms full of women. There wasn't one among us who didn't see the world from a new angle as the wonderful new hats went by, who didn't pull in her midriff st the sight of the new tight-ribbed princesse dresses, who didn't feel the new cancan ruffles kicking prettily around her own knees."

Balenciaga

Fath

Dior

Smoke gray faille, the diaphragm held tight, and the bosom high, by a band of faille with moss green velvet set in at the bosom and in a wedge down the back of the skirt.

It's a Cinch

Carmen Dell'Orefice demonstrates the Warner's half-brassiere and garter belt -  all in one in this iconic photograph by Lillian Bassman.

"It laces up the back, pulls your waist in small and it has a fit as smooth as a postage stamp. Inch for inch, it's the best investment we know for a tiny-waisted, tight-ribbed decollete dress."

The Cancan

"Balenciaga's new evening silhouette. Black velvet with a kick of intensely pink ruffles to the side."

Carmel Snow's Report from Paris

Harper's Bazaar September 1951

Photography: Louise Dahl-Wolfe

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HEADED SOUTH FOR A WEEK

WISHING YOU A BOUNTIFUL NEW YEAR !

Filled with Love ... Good Health ... and Good Fortune

Things of Beauty

Harper's Bazaar April 1959

Photography: Richard Avedon

DECEMBER 2004

Vogue Italy December 2004
Photography: 
Paolo Roversi
Bardo Fabiani
Alex Cayley

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WARHOL DECEMBER 1957

Merry Christmas With Love

Andy Warhol 1957

DECEMBER 1969

Mesh Helmut by Emme

Latinas Platform Sandal

A net of chain strapped 'round the ankle

Pierre Cardin

Top - the breastplate ribbing of a little black dress.

Below - white patent sandal strapped above a silver heel.

Ginori

Lacquer grape space-age cape reveals a matching cire swimsuit.

Arnold Scassi

Silk sari cloth of shining panels of ruby red with embroidery of golden threads.

Abracadabra

Laquer red tri-corner fringed shawl over a sleeveless jumpsuit.

Mainbocher

Black net skirt ribboned in satin, over straight black silk crepe pants. White organza top, embroidered with silver on the sleeves, buttoned to the collar with diamante.

Mainbocher

Knife-pleated chiffon shadows the leg, a black silk crepe tunic wraps across one shoulder with the slim rounded elegance of a toga.

Mainbocher

Light wool dinner dress spills straight from the shoulders in serpentine sea patterns of beige and white.

Samuel Winston

Crystal beads and silver stones flash on an open network of organza.

Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Renta

Mimi di N necklace

Geoffrey Beene

Fernando Sanchez for Revillon

Long hooded black fox cape fanned with black and white cock feathers.

White Stag

One-of-a-kind patchwork robe of gold and purple passementarie embroidered in lace and lame. Buttoned once at the neck, the robe flares open at the waist over a patchwork quilt wrap skirt ablaze in orange and red. By Three Worlds - to order at Fantasia. Tassled belt and tapestry saddle by Serai Imports.

Anne Klein

Mr. John Hat

Dominique Rompollo for Teal Traina

Yards of silk organza burnished with the colors of a desert sunset.

Emme Headpiece

Christmas: Let The Spirit Shine

Harper's Bazaar December 1969

Photography: 

Bill King

James Moore

Alberto Rizzo

Hiro Wakabayashi

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