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Edith Head, the legendary Hollywood Designer (part one)
Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will—like an instinct.” –Edith Head . Biography The legendary costume designer Edith Head loved to refer to herself as Hollywood’s “dress...
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Edith Head, the legendary Hollywood Designer (part two)
A small diminutive woman, famous for her Anna May Wong inspired crop and signature sunglasses – Edith Head may not have been a fashion visionary, but she knew how to concoct screen glamor like nobody...
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Lee Radziwill: Sister, Princess & Fashion Icon
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis will forever be remembered for bringing a sense of style to the White House, but her younger sister, Lee Radziwill, who is direct, free-spirited and true to her own ideals,...
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Halston, a true American Designer
The name Halston evokes a highly decadent moment in our cultural history: the nightlife-as-performance days of Studio 54, electrified by seventies disco, drugs, and celebrity. But Halston was also...
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Francesca Woodman’s intriguing Photographs
Years ago I got a the book about Francesca Woodman‘s work as a present from a friend. I’d never heard of Francesca Woodman, but I was immediately intrigued by her photographs. Her short life was...
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Nettie Rosenstein, a Multilateral Designer
The only portret of Nettie Rosenstein . Years ago, on a flea market, I found a label that said: Nettie Vogue model. Although spelled different from my first name (Netty), it’s pronounced the same and...
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Jean Patchett, Vogue & Irving Penn (part 1)
Jean Patchett Vogue cover by Erwin Blumensfeld, January 1950. The picture is described as “a visual haiku”. . Who does not recognize the picture above…? It’s one of the most published images ever,...
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Paul Poiret, the self-proclaimed “King of Fashion” (part 1)
. The story of Paul Poiret is one of a working class son, who used his natural charisma to gain entry into some of the most exclusive ateliers in Paris and eventually became one of the twentieth...
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Paul Poiret, le Magnifique (part 2)
Paul Poiret was the first couturier to embrace draping over the more traditional techniques of tailoring and corsetry; in doing so he played a key role in liberating women (Madeleine Vionnet also...
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Serge Gainsbourg, Effortlessly Cool
Style is not just about beauty, it’s about finding out what fits you well and putting it all together. Serge Gainsbourg was a french rock star with great style and always surrounded by sexy girls....
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Antony Price, Master Tailor who created Rock’n’Roll Fashion
Intro In many ways Antony Price made Roxy Music the in crowd that they used to sing about. Often called the silent member, he created a look ahead of its time: fetish wear fused with fantasy, the 80s...
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Pat McGrath, “The most influential make-up artist in the world”
Pat McGrath, ph Steven Meisel Short Biography Pat McGrath is born in 1970. She was raised by her mother, Jean McGrath, a Jamaican immigrant, in Northampton. Pat didn’t have a formal training as a...
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Polly Mellen styled the controversial Bathhouse Series & Nastassja Kinski
. Polly Mellen by Richard Avedon, 2002 . In a career that spanned more than half a century, Polly Mellen , today 90 years old, helped create some of the most indelible imagery in the history of...
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Deborah Turbeville, described as the anti-Helmut Newton
Deborah Turbeville was born in Massachusetts and raised in New England. When she was twenty years old she moved to New York City to become a sample model and assistant for designer Claire McCardell,...
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Claire McCardell originated The American Look (part 1)
Claire McCardell modeling her own design . Paris reigned the fashion world, also in New York untill Claire McCardell came along. Before Seventh Avenue was mass producing copies of French creations,...
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Claire McCardell once named The High Priestess of Understatement (part 2)
Claire McCardell . Claire McCardell was the founder of American ready-to-wear fashion, and in doing so defined what has become known as The American Look. She created casual but sophisticated clothes...
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Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, a multi talent (part one)
Irving Penn & Lisa Fonssagrives, 1951 Which photograph can open my story about Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn……? I mean, the’re so many amazing pictures of the woman widely credited as the first...
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Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, a multi talent (Part two)
Lisa Fonssagrives wearing a dress by Lucien Lelong in death-defying pose high on top of the Eiffel Tower overlooking the city of Paris. Photo by Erwin Blumenfeld, French Vogue, May 1939 . In 1952, Lisa...
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Mona von Bismarck topped the List of World’s Best Dressed Women (part one)
Mona von Bismarck. Ph. Cecil Beaton. Vogue, October 1, 1936. . From her humble beginnings in Kentucky, a girl named Edmona Strader transformed herself into Mona Schlesinger Bush Williams...
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Mona Von Bismarck cried Three Days when Cristobal Balenciaga retired (part two)
Mona von Bismarck. Ph. Cecil Beaton. Vogue, October 1, 1936. . Countess Mona Bismarck (February 5, 1897 – July 10, 1983) was an American socialite and fashion icon. She married five times and was...
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