Tag: Schiaparelli
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Paris, je t’aime
In honour of Paris, a selection of postwar fashion photography shot on location in the city. Vogue’s earliest Paris Originals were photographed in Paris, by Vogue editorial photographers including Clifford Coffin and Norman Parkinson. The eight colour photos were first seen in the March 1st, 1949 issue of Vogue magazine, to announce the new couturier…
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Schiaparelli Patterns, Part 2
This week, the second part of my series on commercial sewing patterns by Elsa Schiaparelli. (See Part 1 here.) Schiaparelli was one of the eight couturiers who licensed designs for the first Vogue Paris Originals in 1949. Vogue’s first Schiaparelli pattern was a skirt suit with double pockets and one-sleeved blouse, Vogue 1051: The suit…
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