3956_1077 Model Christine Mayer wears a white organdy bikini in a Japanese style beach cabana that was located at St. Tropez's fashionable Epi Club 1961 © 2011 Mark Shaw

3956_1049 A circa 1960s Corvette was photographed for an advertising campaign © 2010 Mark Shaw

3956_1064 Wanakee Pugh circa mid 1990s © 1990 Bobby Holland

3956_0999 Dior fashion model wearing the "Kabylie" dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Silhouette de demain line) 1960 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1026 Backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show 1954 © 2008 Mark Shaw

3846_0904 Cars 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra September 1966 © 1978 Sid Avery

3956_1048 Photographed for the January 1961 issue of LIFE, Christine Mayer poses on the jetty overlooking St. Tropez harbor wearing the year's biggest Riviera hit, an embroidered organdy bikini designed by Andejo of Nice © 2010 Mark Shaw

3956_1003 Ballerina circa 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw

3969_0020 Scenics 1974 © 1978 Sid Avery

3956_0990 Model in Givenchy gown in a Paris Courtyard 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw

3956_0985 Model in bright red velvet dinner dress by Chanel (location: 14th Century Cour de Rohan in Paris, France) 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw

3838_0116 "Zandy's Bride" Liv Ullmann and daughter Linn on the Big Sur Location, 1973 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

3956_0987 Fashion model circa 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw

3956_0926 Dior model in the home of couture director Suzanne Luling wearing the "Romance" dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Silhouette de demain line) 1960 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_0951 Model wearing Vanity Fair slip 1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw

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

3956_0932 Nico, later of the Velvet Underground, with dachsunds, at the apartment of decorator Henri Samuel in Paris, France 1960 © 2005 Mark Shaw

4000_0119 Donald O'Connor and Lauren Bacall on his television show 1953 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

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

3846_1819 Cars 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC 1973 © 2010 Sid Avery

3956_0937 Models backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show in Paris, France 1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw

3956_0862 "Fashion" Model wearing a Vanity Fair gown 1951 © 2000 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_0869 Dorothy Tristan wearing the Dior "Soiree etoilee" dress (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, Y line) 1955 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1117 Dior fashion model circa 1958 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3969_0058 Scenics 1981 © 1981 Sid Avery

3969_0059 Downtown Los Angeles 1973 © 1978 Sid Avery

3838_0115 "Zandy's Bride" Liv Ullmann on the Big Sur Location, 1973 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

3956_1000 Dior fashion model wearing an ensemble from Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Silhouette de demain line 1960 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3923_0001 Sid Caesar 1972 © 1978 Sid Avery

3956_1001 Dior fashion model wearing the "Belle de demain" dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Silhouette de demain line) 1960 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3838_0109 "Zandy's Bride" Liv Ullmann, Gene Hackman on the Big Sur Location, 1973 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

3838_0107 "Zandy's Bride" Liv Ullmann on the Big Sur Location, 1973 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

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

3956_1209 Tiger Morse 1962 © 2015 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_1176 Dior fashion model wearing 'Feria' ensemble (Spring-Summer 1961 Haute Couture collection, Slim Look line) 1961 © 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

3817_0328 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Elizabeth Taylor 1966 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

3956_1065 Wanakee Pugh circa mid 1990s © 1990 Bobby Holland

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_1106 Dior fashion model Kouka wearing Marc Bohan's "Hymenee" wedding dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Slim Look line) 1961 © 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_1081 St. Tropez model in white eyelet dress (photographed by Mark Shaw in St. Tropez, no version of this image ever appeared in the 1961 Life article featuring resort “play clothes”) 1961 © 2011 Mark Shaw

3956_1089 Vicki Reynaud modeling a draped chiffon gown and jeweled collar by classic Parisian designer Desses. Standing in the "dahlia-bedecked" dining room of Desses' two story apartment, Reynaud is surrounded by an 18th century Manila leather screen and a collection of English Silver. Desses' apartment was formerly occupied by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the tower builder 1953 © 2011 Mark Shaw

3956_1046 Photographed for LIFE in August of 1956, models wearing Claire McCardell creations pose in an alpine valley near the village of Lofer, Austria. The backdrop of church steeples shows the influence of Byzantine architecture © 2010 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

3956_1063 Wanakee Pugh circa mid 1990s © 1990 Bobby Holland

3817_0332 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton 1966 © Bob Willoughby