Vintage Fashion Photography

Finally, I’m highlighting an issue from the month we’re actually experiencing and not something totally unseasonable! This February 1970 issue of Harper’s Bazaar was full of amazi…

A look back at the era of elegance.

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I was at a pretty picked over estate sale a couple of weeks ago - you know what I mean, lots of junk left but nothing to get excited over - and I was almost ready to leave. I popped into the garage, and there under a table were a few of those cardboard magazine holders - I thought now HERE is something that could be good - and oh was I right! Over 40 vintage 70's and 80's Vogue pattern catalogs - more like fashion magazines than catalogs really. I've been working on getting them listed for…

Vintage fashion photography art: Berlin en Vogue

Gorgeous dresses from the 1950s and 1960s, captured by the famed lensman.

Little is know about Nina Leen, the Russian born photographer that emigrated to the United States, and whose photos graced over 50 Life magazine covers. What is known is that she studied painting in Berlin, and that she also lived in Italy and Switzerland--but when she died in 1995, there wasn't even anybody who knew her exact age.

Somehow, the name Richard Avedon always rings a bell. He's known equally for his eerie portrait of the bee-covered man, and the iconic fashion photo of supermodel Dovima with elephants. The former was part of a documentary project on the American ...

I was excited to add a Vogue to my collection of vintage magazines! This one is from December 1976. I felt like it started slow, but by the end I felt I’d found a winner! Except for the adver…