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 […]
Philippe Pottier (1905-1991) was a French fashion photographer. His photos were magnificent, graceful, lovely and elegant. He often photographed models wearing Christian Dior, Lanvin or […]
Jacques Heim (1899-1967) was a famous French fashion designer. He founded his own couture house in 1930. In 1936, he launched young outfits with the […]
Lionel Kazan (1930-2016) was a fashion photographer of Russian origin who had known a great success during the Fifties and Sixties. He is especially famous […]
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
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 […]
One of the key pieces of the fifties is the Corolla dress : a tight bust and an oversize petticoat. The French couturier Christian Dior […]
Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was a black American photographer who worked for Life magazine from the 1940s to the 1970s. Multi-talent and activist, he produced fashion […]
Norman Norell (1900-1972) was an American fashion designer who dressed beautifully women from his first Traina-Norell collection in 1941 to his death in 1972. His […]