3956_1201 Dior fashion models in Christian Dior-New York collection (Spring-Summer 1956) 1956 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1133 Dior fashion model, forefront, wearing 'Television' dress (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, Vivante line) 1953 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1121 Dior fashion models wearing ensembles from the Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, Vivante line 1953 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1190 Dior fashion model Odile wearing 'Arsene Lupin' ensemble (Autumn-Winter 1954 Haute Couture collection, H Line) 1954 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1167 Dior fashion model Alla wearing 'Enigme' coat (Autumn-Winter 1954 Haute Couture collection, H line) 1954 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1087 Models on carousel, Bois de Boulogne, Paris (photographed by Mark Shaw for the September 2, 1957 article in Life ìDaytime Suits,î this image was taken at the children's playground in the Bois de Boulogne. Dresses are (left to right) by designers Dior, Laroche, Cardin, Lanvin-Castillo and Patou) 1957 © 2011 Mark Shaw

3956_1040 Evelyn Tripp 1954 © 2010 Mark Shaw

3956_1088 Models on train, Bois de Boulogne, Paris (models clad in designer evening dresses posing on the childrenís miniature train in the Bois de Boulogne as photographed by Mark Shaw for the September 2, 1957 issue of Life. Designers (left to right) are Lanvin-Castillo, Cardin, Dior, Laroche, Lanvin-Castillo, Cardin, Laroche and Patou) 1957 © 2011 Mark Shaw

3956_0936 Dior fashion model wearing "Chimene" dress (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, H line) 1954 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_0940 Model Paulette backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show in Paris, France 1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw

3956_1180 Illustrator Carl Erickson sketches Dior fashion model Alla wearing 'Artamene' evening ensemble (Autumn-Winter 1954 Haute Couture collection, H line) 1954 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1117 Dior fashion model circa 1958 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_0869 Dorothy Tristan wearing the Dior "Soiree etoilee" dress (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, Y line) 1955 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1186 Dior fashion model wearing 'Palais de glace' dress (Spring-Summer 1957 Haute Couture collection, Libre line) 1957 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1183 Dior fashion model Alla wearing a 'croque-mitaine' model (Autumn-Winter 1953 Haute Couture collection, Vivante line) 1953 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_0935 Dior fashion model Victoire wearing "Zaire" dress from the Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection H Line 1954 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1091 Dior fashion models at the Pont Alexandre in Paris wearing "Coupole," "Nuit Blanche," (worn by Cynthia Peters) and "Florentine" ensembles (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, Vivante line) 1953 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1073 Model Victoire during the general rehearsal showing off the Zaire dress to Christian Dior, surrounded by his close collaborators including, Raymonde Zehnacker, Mizza Bricard, Marguerite Carré and Jacques Rouët (Autumn–Winter Haute Couture collection, H line) 1954 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1047 Photographed by Mark Shaw for the Jan. 14, 1957 issue of Life, this model poses in a Givenchy designed tunic with a Moorish pattern made of elasticized cotton. The Life article, "French Flavor for U.S. Beaches" featured fashions photographed on the beach at Trouville and the harbor of Honfleur, France © 2010 Mark Shaw

3956_1053 Dior fashion model wearing the "Palais de glace" dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Libre line) 1957 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3846_1789 Cars 1955 Nash Ambassador Country Club circa 1955 © 1978 Herman V. Wall

3956_0924 Models backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show in Paris, France 1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw

3846_0457 Cars (Ferrari / MG) 1954 © 1978 Sid Avery

3684_0008 "Rebel Without a Cause" James Dean, Natalie Wood 1955 Warner Brothers ** I.V.

3448_0051 "Giant" Elizabeth Taylor 1955 © 1978 Sanford Roth / A.M.P.A.S.