Emily and Fin’s dress and photo of a Fifties diner.
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Chic Fifties Christmas
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Fifties fashion photoshoot, my photo of dahlias (Parc Floral, Paris) and photo of fireworks (Versailles castle).
Vintage fashion photoshoots in India
The vintage fashion illustrator Ruth Freeman
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Ruth Freeman was a Canadian born fashion illustrator who worked for the magazines Vogue, She, Good Housekeeping and Harper’s Bazaar. She also worked in adversiting (brochures for the London department store Harrods). La plus belle pour aller au bal : … Continue reading
Back to the Fifties !
Savoring a milkshake in the Fifties
The American vintage fashion designer James Galanos
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James Galanos (1924-2016) was an American fashion designer who dressed America’s social elite and celebrities during 46 years.
The vintage costume jewelry house Monet
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Monet Jewelry was launched in 1937 by the brothers Michael and Joseph Chernow in New York. Before, their company Monocraft Products created handbags with gold-plated appliqués and monograms. With Monet, they wanted to create fine jewels using high quality materials … Continue reading
The duo of vintage fashion photographers Leombruno-Bodi
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Joseph Leombruno and Jack Bodi (1918-1986) were American fashion photographers based in Italy. They collaborated with famous magazines like Vogue, Glamour, House & Garden, Modern Bride, Town & Country, Novita and the NY Yimes during the 1950s and 1960s. Life … Continue reading
The German vintage fashion designer Uli Richter
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Uli Richter (born in 1926) is a German fashion designer based in Berlin who influenced like no other post-war German fashion. Â He launched the “Berlin chic” : he created modern, simple but chic, high quality, and wearable clothes for … Continue reading
The French vintage fashion designer Jacques Fath
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Jacques Fath (1912-1954) was a French fashion designer who marked Haute couture during the postwar period with Christian Dior and Pierre Balmain. He was an autodidacte, he didn’t do fashion studies. In 1937, he started his fashion business located at … Continue reading
The vintage fashion photographer Eugene Vernier
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Eugene Vernier (1920-2011) was a fashion photographer working for British Vogue from 1954 to 1967. Famous models like Jean Shrimpton and Simone d’Aillencourt had been under his objective.
Favourite 1950s movies
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My top 5 : East of Eden, Sabrina, Love in the afternoon, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman and Les diaboliques
The vintage fashion photographer Philippe Pottier
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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 Madame Grès.
Time travel : Back to the Fifties in Paris ! 
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 … Continue reading
Old Hollywood glamour
The French vintage fashion designer Jacques Heim
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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 Jeunes Filles collection to target a new audience. In addition of the clothes, Jacques Heim … Continue reading
The vintage fashion photographer Lionel Kazan
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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 for his collaboration with the French fashion magazine ELLE ; he produced 92 covers from … Continue reading
The American vintage fashion designer Anne Fogarty
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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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
The American vintage photographer Gordon Parks
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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 photoshoots, realized photos of celebrities, directed movies (“Shaft”), wrote books, but also depicted through pictures … Continue reading
The British vintage fashion photographer Norman Parkinson
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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 … Continue reading
The vintage fashion photographer William Klein
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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, … Continue reading
The vintage fashion photographer Mark Shaw
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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. … Continue reading