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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
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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
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A circa 1960s Corvette was photographed for an advertising campaign © 2010 Mark Shaw
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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
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A model wearing a Fabiani "Bag" dress is photographed outside Harry's Bar in Florence, Italy in Via del Parione
1957
© 2010 Mark Shaw
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Model in Paris
1955 © 2010 Mark Shaw
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Backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show
1954 © 2008 Mark Shaw
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Dior fashion model wearing the "Kabylie" dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Silhouette de demain line)
1960
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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Wanakee Pugh
circa mid 1990s © 1990 Bobby Holland
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Cars 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra September 1966 © 1978 Sid Avery
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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
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Ballerina
circa 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw
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Scenics 1974 © 1978 Sid Avery
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Model in bright red velvet dinner dress by Chanel (location: 14th Century Cour de Rohan in Paris, France)
1955
© 2008 Mark Shaw
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Fashion model
circa 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw
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Model in Givenchy gown in a Paris Courtyard
1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw
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Dior fashion model wearing "Chimene" dress (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, H line)
1954
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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Nico, later of the Velvet Underground, with dachsunds, at the apartment of decorator Henri Samuel in Paris, France
1960 © 2005 Mark Shaw
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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
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Model Paulette backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show in Paris, France
1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw
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Models backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show in Paris, France
1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw
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Illustrator Carl Erickson sketches Dior fashion model Alla wearing 'Artamene' evening ensemble (Autumn-Winter 1954 Haute Couture collection, H line)
1954
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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Dior fashion model
circa 1958
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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Dorothy Tristan wearing the Dior "Soiree etoilee" dress (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, Y line)
1955
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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Scenics 1981 © 1981 Sid Avery
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Dior fashion model wearing the "Belle de demain" dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Silhouette de demain line)
1960
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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Dior fashion model wearing an ensemble from Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Silhouette de demain line
1960
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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"Zandy's Bride" Liv Ullmann, Gene
Hackman on the Big Sur Location, 1973 © 1978 Bob Willoughby
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"Zandy's Bride" Liv Ullmann on the
Big Sur Location, 1973 © 1978 Bob Willoughby
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Tiger Morse
1962
© 2015 Mark Shaw
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Dior fashion model Victoire wearing "Zaire" dress from the Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection H Line
1954
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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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
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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
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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
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Wanakee Pugh
circa mid 1990s © 1990 Bobby Holland
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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
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Dior fashion model wearing the "Palais de glace" dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Libre line)
1957
© 2013 Mark Shaw
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"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
1966 © Bob Willoughby
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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
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Wanakee Pugh
circa mid 1990s © 1990 Bobby Holland
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Backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show
1954 © 2008 Mark Shaw
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Raoul Dufy art "Aphrodite" (right), "The Breakwater" (left) with French model Jackie Mazel 1955 © 2010 Mark Shaw
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Fashion model
circa 1955 © 2008 Mark Shaw
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Models backstage at the Pierre Balmain Couture show in Paris, France
1954 © 2005 Mark Shaw
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"Petulia"
Julie Christie
1968 Warner © 1978 Bob Willoughby
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"Raintree County"
Elizabeth Taylor
1957 © 1978 Bob Willoughby
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"Raintree County"
Elizabeth Taylor
1957 © 1978 Bob Willoughby
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"Raintree County"
Elizabeth Taylor
1957 © 1978 Bob Willoughby
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"Raintree County"
Elizabeth Taylor
1957 © 1978 Bob Willoughby
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"Raintree County"
Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift
Behind the scenes
1957 © 1978 Bob Willoughby