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Models wearing swimsuits and relaxing on a beach in Florida, United States, 1950. Learn more about the photographer behind this idyllic image, Nina Leen, by clicking the link! ☀️ (📷 Nina Leen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #NinaLeen #1950s #Swimsuits #SaturdayStyle #Fashion #Beach 50s Beach, Surf Vintage, Vintage Surfing, Jean Renoir, Life Magazine Covers, Anna Pavlova, Robert Mcginnis, Surfing Photos, Surf Poster
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Photographer Spotlight: Nina Leen
Models wearing swimsuits and relaxing on a beach in Florida, United States, 1950. Learn more about the photographer behind this idyllic image, Nina Leen, by clicking the link! ☀️ (📷 Nina Leen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #NinaLeen #1950s #Swimsuits #SaturdayStyle #Fashion #Beach
Woman modeling a tweed outfit in Grand Central Terminal - New York, New York, 1951. The September 11, 1950 issue of LIFE featured an essay that showed off the mink-trimmed satin coats, tweed suits, and rhinestone buttons of American fashion at its finest and most fabulous. Read the article from the magazine and see more 1950s fashions by clicking the link. (📷 Nina Leen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #NinaLeen #Style #Fashion #GrandCentral #NYC #NewYork Cute Vintage Outfits, Nina Leen, Tweed Fashion, Tweed Outfit, National Cat Day, Grand Central Terminal, Grand Central Station, Fashion 1950s, Grand Central
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Grand Central
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Woman modeling a tweed outfit in Grand Central Terminal - New York, New York, 1951. The September 11, 1950 issue of LIFE featured an essay that showed off the mink-trimmed satin coats, tweed suits, and rhinestone buttons of American fashion at its finest and most fabulous. Read the article from the magazine and see more 1950s fashions by clicking the link. (📷 Nina Leen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #NinaLeen #Style #Fashion #GrandCentral #NYC #NewYork
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The Birth Of Venus Painting
Birth Of Venus Painting
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The Birth of Venus
Visitors at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts during the 1957 American Federation of Arts Convention viewing "The Birth of Venus" painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli. (📷 Eliot Elisofon/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #Art #Painting #HoustonTexas #ArtMuseum #Venus #Botticelli #1950s
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Croquis
Haute Couture
1950s Photos
Group Portrait
Vintage Fashion Photography
50 Style
Vintage Portraits
St Mary
Vintage Glamour
Ribbon Hats
Four women modeling ribbon hats, 1955. (📷 Yale Joel/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #1950s #Models #Ribbon #Hats #Accessories #Fashion #Style
a woman in a polka dot dress stands on a ladder and looks at another man
Vintage Atelier
Balmain Style
Backless Evening Dress
Latest Dress Design
Designer Evening Dresses
French Fashion Designers
Pierre Balmain
Pierre Balmain
Pierre Balmain observing a young lady modeling an evening dress designed by him, 1951. (📷 Nina Leen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #1950s #NinaLeen #Balmain #PierreBalmain #Designer #Fashion #FashionFriday
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Porto
Las Vegas
Vegas Clubs
Mamie Van Doren
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Las Vegas Boulevard
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Sands Hotel
Rita Moreno
Las Vegas, 1955
Actresses Jayne Mansfield (in red) and Rita Moreno (middle), with model Gloria Paul (right) at the roulette table in the Dunes Casino - Las Vegas, Nevada, 1955. (📷 Loomis Dean/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #1950s #LasVegas #Nevada #JayneMansfield #RitaMoreno #GloriaPall #Casino #Roulette
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American Literature
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Iconic Photographs
Margaret Bourke White
Ballet Lessons
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Gordon Parks
Katharine Hepburn
Time Life
The Most Iconic Photographs of All Time - LIFE
Women attending a ballet lesson in Louisville, Kentucky - 1957. (📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #AlfredEisenstaedt #1950s #Louisville #Kentucky #Ballet #Ballerinas
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Puerto Rico Art
Puerto Rico History
Puerto Rican Pride
Puerto Rican Culture
Life Cover
March 1
Sophia Loren
Rita Moreno: Unpublished Photos of a Show Business Legend
Today is the 70th Anniversary of LIFE's Rita Moreno cover! Read an excerpt, below. "Rita Moreno is a 22-year-old starlet who can sing, dance, and even, to the extent that this ever becomes necessary in Hollywood, act. With such eye-catching attributes as are shown here and on LIFE's cover... her most engaging talent is her eye for gentile satire." (📷 Loomis Dean/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #RitaMoreno #Actress #Cover #ThisDayinHistory #Anniversary
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1950 Fashion Women Classy
1950 Fashion Women
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LIFE Magazine's Fashion Photography of the 1950s
Model wearing a 'Joan Crawford' inspired look - February 1959. Click the link for more! ✨ (📷 Nina Leen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #NinaLeen #JoanCrawford #FashionFriday #Style #1950s
three women sitting on top of a building looking out at the city skyline in black and white
Vintage New York
Walker Evans
Gordon Parks Photography
Park In New York
Park Photography
Park Photos
Glamour Photography
1950s Fashion
Girls wearing bandanas and looking out over Central Park - taken for a series on spring hat fashions in New York City, 1952. Gordon Parks' fashion photography captured the beauty and opulence of the 1950s elite with carefully orchestrated framing and composition. Click the link to see more! (📷 Gordon Parks/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #GordonParks #Fashion #1950s #NYC #NewYork #CentralPark #Models #Spring
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Berenice Abbott
Sheet Photography
Dennis Stock
Camera Life
Contact Sheet
Famous Portraits
History Of Photography
The Most Iconic Photographs of All Time - LIFE
Contact sheet of portraits of American photographer and journalist Dennis Stock as he holds a camera and looks through the viewfinder, 1951. (📷 Andreas Feininger/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LIFEPictureCollection #1950s #DennisStock #AndreasFeininger #Portrait #ClassicLIFE #Photography
Portrait of a model, in a tweed coat and knit gloves and cap, posing near a newsstand in Grand Central Terminal - New York City, New York, 1951. Revisit more ‘American Elegance’ in 1950s fashion by clicking the link! ✨ (📷 Nina Leen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #NinaLeen #NYC #NewYork #Fashion #Style #1950s #Model #GrandCentral 1950s New York, Dress And Gloves, Design Moda, Fifties Fashion, Look Retro, 1950s Style
1950s New York
Dress And Gloves
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Fashion Photography of the 1950s
Portrait of a model, in a tweed coat and knit gloves and cap, posing near a newsstand in Grand Central Terminal - New York City, New York, 1951. Revisit more ‘American Elegance’ in 1950s fashion by clicking the link! ✨ (📷 Nina Leen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #NinaLeen #NYC #NewYork #Fashion #Style #1950s #Model #GrandCentral
a woman sitting at a table with a glass of wine in her hand and wearing a scarf around her neck
Fashion Photography School
1950’s Style
Vintage Fashion 1950s
Cafe Shop Design
Retro Photo
Stunning Photography
Street Fashion Photography
Fashion Photography of the 1950s
Model posing with a drink while wearing a caterpillar-inspired outfit, 1955. 🐛 Click the link to revisit American elegance in the 1950s with photographs taken by Nina Leen who captured American fashion at its finest and most fabulous. (📷 Nina Leen/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LIFEPictureCollection #NinaLeen #1950s #Fashion #Style #Elegance
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Inspired Outfits
Vikki Dougan
1950s Fashion Women
1950s Women
Lady Godiva
Backless Gown
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90s Inspired
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Back in the Day: Vikki Dougan's Head-Turning Moment - LIFE
Vikki Dougan wearing a low-cut backless sequined gown while entering a bus full of people, Los Angeles, 1957. Click the link to learn more about the model and actress nicknamed "The Back". (📷 Ralph Crane/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #RalphCrane #VikkiDougan #1950s #Fashion #Style #TheBack #LosAngeles #California
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1951 Fashion
Formal Evening Wear
Anna Karenina
Pure Black
Posters Framed
Fashion Wall Art
Vintage Magazines
Anna Karenina Inspired Gowns
From an unpublished 1951 fashion shoot of models wearing Anna Karenina-inspired gowns. See more fab fashions from the LIFE archive by clicking the link! (📷 Peter Stackpole/LIFE Picture Collection) #LIFEMagazine #LIFEArchive #LIFEPictureCollection #PeterStackpole #AnnaKarenina #Fashion #Gowns #Style #1950s