Dovima in beautiful bare-shouldered evening dress of Italian silk, then pleats of black net to below the calf, by Leslie Morris, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, April 1951
Model Anne St. Marie in navy blue and white polka-dot dress of silk shantung with a full skirt and puffy sleeves. Photo from Vogue, February 1, 1959.
Left: Rose Marie is wearing emeralds and diamonds by Cartier and an elegant tulle by Jean Barthet.
Right: retouch using Brushstroke and Affinity to make the image more Romney-esque.
Gigi in a black faille cocktail dress by Jeanne Lafaurie, black straw hat is adorned with yellow flowers and short black voilette by Paulette, photo by Georges Saad, 1951
Sondra Peterson in off-shoulder black silk dress with bell skirt, by Jean Patou, photo by Pottier, 1959
Warmed by the sun, beside the blue ocean, pretty in pink. A supremely serene womanly moment captured by Gordon Parks for Life c1950.
They give us those nice bright colors They give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world's a sunny day
Camilla Sparv in a pale blue wool suit with mandarin collar and braid buttons by Seymour Fox, photo by Helmut Newton for Vogue, 1965
August Vogue 1953 Nina De Voogt is wearing a putty coloured tweed coat and a turtle neck dress, both by B.H. Wragge
Barbara Mullen in dinner dress of black faille with panels falling at both sides and sexy cuffed décolletage worn with pirate hat by Christian Dior, photo by Lillian Bassman at the Ritz in Paris, Harper's Bazaar, April 1949
