Tag: fashion photography

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  Jean Patchett

  Today is the 90th anniversary of Jean Patchett’s birth. Jean Patchett (1926-2002) moved to New York City from her home in Preston, Maryland to pursue a career in modelling. She signed with Ford Models in the spring of 1948, and soon became one of the new agency’s top models. Patchett appears on some of Vogue’s…

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  Sarah Sheehan

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  February 16, 2016

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  The Look of Courrèges

  André Courrèges died early this month. He was 92. (See WWD, “André Courrèges: Space Age Couturier,” or Vanessa Friedman’s obituary for The New York Times.) Born in Pau, France, André Courrèges (1923-2016) initially became an engineer at his father’s behest. He changed careers after the Second World War, spending ten years at Balenciaga and founding…

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  Sarah Sheehan

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  January 29, 2016