#1950s vogue

[mote-historie]

Norman Parkinson, The Art of Travel, British Vogue, May 1951.

“The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin’s bullet,” the photographer Norman Parkinson once said, “or it can be the lotion of the heart.” Parks, as he is often called, was a leading figure in shaping the image of 20th-century fashion. After apprenticing with royal court photographers Speaight and Sons Ltd., he spent the rest of his life working at leading fashion magazines, including Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, where he photographed subjects ranging from the candy-colored ensembles of Dior’s New Look to the bold style of the 1970s supermodel Jerry Hall. A frequent collaborator of Grace Coddington, Parkinson pushed the limits of fashion photography by traveling to far-flung destinations and by infusing his work with an irreverent dose of British humor. (x)

[kitsunetsuki]

Cecil Beaton - Margot Fonteyn, 1950, from Unseen Vogue: The Secret History of Fashion Photography by Robin Derrick and Robin Muir (2004)

[smokeprettyeve]

Audrey Hepburn & Dovima photographed by Richard Avedon on the set of Funny Face (1957) ♡

[eirene]

Photographer: Frances McLaughlin-Gill

Vogue, March 1st, 1952

[darlingdawnvintage]

Photograph taken at a French cafe in 1952 by Vogue photographer Regina Relang

[diana-andraste]

Skirts, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London, England, 1950 by Lee Miller

© Lee Miller Archives

[brittsekland]

British fashion model Wenda Parkinson wears a Burberry loose raglan raincoat in mole wool gaberdine; matching rain hat. Lamb-lined overboots by Lilley & Skinner, Gloves, Fausta. For a feature entitled “Deep-Country Quality”, for British Vogue magazine, February 1951.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Model Barbara Mullen on a construction scaffold overlooking rooftops in midtown, February 15, 1946. She is wearing a yellow fleece coat over a gray worsted suit by Vincent Coppola with gray shoes, gloves, and a plumed cloche hat.

Photo: Erwin Blumenfeld for Vogue via the Condé Nast Store

[lisamarie-vee]

[fayegonnaslay]

Carmen Dell'Orefice by Milton Greene.

[voguefashion]

Grace Kelly photographed by Tom Palumbo for Vogue, 1955.

[kitsunetsuki]

Cecil Beaton - Anya Linden, 1955, from Unseen Vogue: The Secret History of Fashion Photography by Robin Derrick and Robin Muir (2004)

[eirene]

Pump shoe by Delman. Diamond ring by Harry Winston. Nails painted with Revlon nail enamel, in Snow Peach.

Photographer: Richard Rutledge

Vogue, August 15, 1956

[chicinsilk]

Vogue Paris Octobre 1950

N°14

Balenciaga Haute Couture Collection Fall/Winter 1950-51. Régine Debrise in a wool suit with very pure lines, draped with a soft wool velvet stole by E. Meyer. Velvet beret trimmed with feathers.

Balenciaga Collection Haute Couture Automne/Hiver 1950-51. Régine Debrise dans tailleur de lainage aux lignes très pures, drapé d'une étole en velours de laine souple de E.Meyer. Béret en velours garni de plumes.

Photo Irving Penn

[wh0-is-lily]

Audrey Hepburn as Gigi, NYC, 1952 ੈ♡˳

[satinribbonwaif]

the lovely audrey hepburn—love in the afternoon