1950s couture fashion

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Feast your eyes on the genius of haute couture. Jean Desses created this stunning gown for the spring of 1952. White satin is molded to ...

Design House: House of Jacques Fath (French, founded 1937). Designer: Jacques Fath (French, 1912–1954). Date: ca. 1951. Culture: French. Medium: silk, gla...

In the new exhibit by photographer Mark Shaw, we (finally) get to see what went on behind the scenes at Paris couture in the 1950s.

Click the "All Sizes" button above to read an article or to see the image clearly. I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history of People of Color. Please feel free to leave any comments or thoughts or impressions... I look forward to reading them!

Evening gown by Perlmutt &Co 1954. Does anyone recognize this striking model? My thanks to Stephen for the original image.

Born 1934 in Montmorency in the northern suburbs of Paris, French model and actress Marie-Hélène Arnaud started at Chanel as a house model a...

Jacqmar was a British company, founded in 1932 as a fabric retail shop. Its name is an amalgamation of its founders: Joseph “Jack” Lyons, and Mary Lyons.

Image file to download and vintage original printpublished in 1951 Jacques Fath Robe