The Old Hollywood costume designer Edith Head
Edith Head (1897-1981) was an American costume designer who worked with the most famous Hollywood actresses and directors like Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder. Between 1924 and 1967, she worked at the Paramount Pictures in the costume department. In 1967, she left Paramount to join Universal Pictures. She worked on many…
The costume designer Marion Boyce
Marion Boyce is an Australian Emmy Award nominated costume designer. She is best known for her work for the movie “The dressmaker” ; she created glamorous 1950 Haute couture clothes. She is also known for her contribution to the Australian serie “Miss Fisher’s murder mysteries”. The 1920’s clothing and art deco jewels are fabulous! She…
In front of a beautiful house
Parosh dress. I used as background a beautiful Raoul Dufy’s painting named “La grille” (“The grid”).
The British vintage fashion photographer Norman Parkinson
Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) was one of the most famous fashion photographers of the 20th century. His fashion pictures were elegant, sophisticated, inspired and creative. He shot also celebrities such as Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. He was one of the first to shoot models out of the studio, outside. The background was important in his…
The vintage fashion photographer William Klein
William Klein (Born in 1928 in New-York) was a Franco-American painter, photographer and film director. He was nicknamed “bad boy” because he broke the rules of photography. He is famous for his creative fashion photoshoots, his portraits of Audrey Hepburn, his street photos and his photos of New-York. Sources : projectcurve.in ; http://www.photoforager.com/ ; https://pleasurephoto.wordpress.com/…
Elizabeth Locke
Fascinated with the Antique jewelry of the Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Elizabeth Locke creates neo-classical hand-made 19k gold jewelry. Each stone and design are made by herself. Her gold jewels are decorated with gemstones or Venetian glass intaglios. The centuries old goldsmithing techniques are used to realize the Elizabeth Locke’s jewelry. The website : http://www.elizabethlocke.com
The vintage fashion photographer Clifford Coffin
Clifford Coffin (1913-1972) was an American fashion photographer considered as the greatest of Vogue’s photographers. During the 1940s and 1950s, he produced elegant, graceful and creative fashion photoshoots. He played an important part in fashion history : he covered the inauguration of the “new look” in 1947 by Christian Dior, encouraged the careers of famous…
The Brazilian photographer Paulo Vainer
Paulo Vainer is a Brazilian photographer and filmmaker based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He begun his career in 1978 as an assistant to photographer Bob Wolfenson. He realizes fashion photoshoots for many magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. He shoots also fashion ad campaigns. His photos are powerful, graphic and colorful.
The vintage fashion photographer F.C. Gundlach
Franz Christian Gundlach (born in 1926) is the most significant fashion photographer of Germany’s post-war years. Gundlach covered the evolution of fashion : “from the optimistic postwar years to the beginning of postmodernism, from Paris Haute Couture to Prêt-à-Porter, and from Berlin Chic to the colorful designs of the 1980s”. His work is namely inspired…
