Geoffrey Beene (1927-2004) was an American fashion designer considered as a design pionner. He launched his own label in 1963 and known immediately a great success. He was an influent designer in the sixties : mix of patterns and fabrics, white and black prints, elaborate seams, jersey clothes… Recognized by his peers, he won several awards : 8 Coty awards (first in 1964) and the Neiman Marcus Award (1965).

Vogue 1964

Photo by Irving Penn for Vogue US 1967

1960s

Sewing patterns of 1960s dresses

Brigitte Bauer and Sue Murray for Vogue 1966

Photo by Clive Arrowsmith for UK Vogue 1971

Horst, Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1967

Marisa Berenson by Henry Clarke wearing Geoffrey Beene (Iran, 1969)

Geoffrey Beene – Anne St Marie. Harmay, 1957

1969

Benedetta Barzini in a Geoffrey Beene coat for Vogue, 1967

Cover of Harper’s Bazaar Feb 1967

Vogue – January 1978

Veruschka for Vogue 1967

Black and white patterns by Geoffrey Beene, mid-1960s

Twiggy photographed by Richard Avedon for Vogue Fall 1967

Anne St Marie wearing Harmay designed by Geoffrey Beene 1957

1960s

Photographed by Arthur Elgort for American Vogue 1989

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Dress, 1992

1960s red linen babydoll dress

1970s gold lame dress

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1969 red wool dress

Late 1960s

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1990 evening gown

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Mod print mini dress, 1960s

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