Tag: fashion photography
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At Sea Level
Flame-coloured brushstrokes form the backdrop for this chic, striking Vogue Patterns catalogue cover from June, 1964. Does the swimwear pattern featured on the cover look familiar? You might recognize it from the photographs Helmut Newton took for the May 1st, 1964 issue of American Vogue. (Read all about it in my post, Patterns in Vogue:…
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Lanvin at the Cinémathèque
With the 78th edition of the Festival de Cannes starting today, here’s a look at a couture pattern with a fun cinematic connection. When Vogue’s Clifford Coffin photographed the first batch of Paris Originals on location in Paris, circa 1949, he shot the Lanvin design in a museum setting, beside a fantastical red figure that’s…
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