Transgressive German photographer Helmut Newton, established a prolific body of work in his signature voyeuristic style that changed the landscape of 20th-century fashion photography. Intimate friends with model and jewelry designer Elsa Peretti, Newton would often privately photograph her nude. However, Newton did not publish any of these nude photographs
For the November 1, 1949 issue of Vogue, Irving Penn photographed wife and model Lisa Fonssagrives, who represented the graceful, mature female fashionable archetype of the period. The close of WWII marked a return to glamour and a heightened femininity; this shift is exemplified in the magazine cover’s heading “Fashions for a Man’s Eye,” which
In 1971, a nude Yves Saint Laurent was photographed by Jeanloup Sieff for the brand’s first male fragrance, Pour Homme. Ironically, the provocative ad did not cause much of a stir initially, as the photo was hardly published. Today, the image has reached an icon-status within YSL’s transgressive milieu and served
On the eve of the 1970s, Yves Saint Laurent’s transgressive designs would propel the fashionable woman into the new decade, dressing her in bifurcated garments with an unabashed sexuality on display. In 1968, Franco Rubartelli photographed model and reported girlfriend Veruschka wearing a YSL front-laced Safari tunic that had been
Upon hearing that Nastassja Kinski was fond of animals, particularly snakes, Richard Avedon photographed the German actress naked, apart from a large Burmese python coiled around her nude body. Although Avedon captured the precise moment the snake would touch his tongue to Kinski’s cheek, Avedon does confess it was an incredibly difficult
German born photographer Horst P. Horst built a prolific body of work photographing high society, fashion and architecture for American and French Vogue. Submerged in the avant-garde culture of the interwar years, Horst photographed surrealist artist Salvador Dali’s costumes for the ballet entitled Bacchanale, of which Dali designed the set, costumes and wrote the libretto. Taking
Guy Bourdin’s ad campaigns for Charles Jourdan would often feature a pair of disembodied legs clad in little but a pair of Charles Jourdan shoes. Bourdin’s titillating images have been a source of inspiration for countless photographers, particularly Terry Richardson. Photographer Tim Gutt seems to have also looked to Bourdin’s work in
Directed by Albert Lamorisse, the 1956 short film Le Ballon rouge tells the tale of a boy, played by Lamorisse’s son, and his animate red balloon. Capturing the spirit of childhood innocence, the beloved film has inspired countless artists and storytellers alike. In 2009, photographer Tim Walker shot the fragrance
Penelope Tree’s beauty is commonly described as otherworldly, she herself referred to her looks as alien-like. The waif of a model embodied the youth-centric culture of the 60s and was often photographed by Richard Avedon, whose imagery of impossibly perfect women of the 50s transitioned to boyish gamines of the 60s, mimicking the shift in society’s ideal
Vivacious fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar, editor-in-chief of Vogue and Curator at the Costume Institute, Diana Vreeland is often referred to as the Empress of Fashion. Vreeland’s impact on the fashion industry is immeasurable, responsible for the bikini’s first appearance in a fashion editorial, photographed Toni Frissell, and for the careers of many