Erwin Blumenfeld and Peter Lindeberg

Erwin Blumenfeld photographed a reportedly unharnessed Lisa Fonssagrives swinging her Lucien Lelong dress off the side of the Eiffel Tower in celebration of the monument’s fiftieth anniversary for French Vogue in 1939.  In August of 2009, the subscriber cover of Harper’s Bazaar shot by Peter Lindbergh portrayed Kate Winslet in a similar fashion, wearing a Ralph Lauren gown in front of the Chrysler Building.


The Eiffel Tower by Erwin Blumenfeld, Paris Vogue 1939

The Eiffel Tower by Erwin Blumenfeld, Paris Vogue 1939

Peter Lindbergh, Harper's Bazaar August, 2009

Peter Lindbergh, Harper’s Bazaar August, 2009

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