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Favourite 1950s movies
My top : East of Eden, Band wagon, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Les grandes manœuvres, Pillow talk, Sabrina, Love in the afternoon, Mogambo ane Les diaboliques
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The vintage fashion House Larry Aldrich
Larry Aldrich (1906-2001) was an American fashion designer and art collector. In 1927, he started his own label in New York. In 1957, Marie McCarthy was designated head designer. He founded in 1964 the innovative Aldrich Museum for Contemporary Art in Ridgefield. Inspired by art, he created in 1965 a dress collection with Op art…
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Fifties fashion
At the end of the Second World War, women are looking for feminity, elegance and chic. Christian Dior responds to this demand in 1947 with the “New look” (name given by Harper’s Bazaar editor Carmel Snow). The “New look” is characterised by soft shoulders, wasp-waisted (bonet corset) and hip-padded designs. The 40’s short skirt is replaced by a large…
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Among wonderful flowers
I used a part of the Gustav Klimt’s painting “Roses under the Trees” (1905) : Source : http://www.wikiart.org/en/gustav-klimt/roses-under-the-trees
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The American vintage fashion designer Anne Fogarty
Anne Fogarty (1919-1980) was an American fashion designer who created feminine and elegant clothes for the woman in domestic life in the 1950’s. From the 1940s to the 1980s, she dressed elegantly and beautifully the women. Anne Fogarty said about her work : “Everyone’s on the move. And so they need clothes that look right…
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1950’s vintage dresses
One of the key pieces of the fifties is the Corolla dress : a tight bust and an oversize petticoat. The French couturier Christian Dior created the Corolla dress ; it belongs to the “New Look” style. In 1954, Dior presented the “H-line” : a silhouette relatively straight from the shoulders to the hips. It…
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The vintage fashion photographer Frances Mclaughlin-Gill
The American Frances McLaughlin-Gill (1919-2014) was one of the rare female photographers in the 40’s. She was the first female photographer to sign a contract with Vogue in 1943. She said about her work “everyone was wearing beautiful clothes, sitting in an elegant chair, or leaning against a pillar, looking into the camera.” Her photos…
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The vintage fashion photographer Mark Shaw
Mark Shaw (1929-1969) was an American fashion and advertising photographer. He shot the most famous celebrities of the fifties such as Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly… Besides, he is also known for his photographs of Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy.