Tuesday, July 8, 2014

CARMEL SNOW'S PARIS REPORT FALL 1954


Balmain
The Casino it Le Touquet

Left - a frieze of leaves at the V of a blue and silver brocade dress, stem-slim and taught as hammered foil at the waist.
Right - creamy spun-metal brocade, leafed over in pinks and browns, crushed into slender drapery below a pink satin sash.



Gres

Finely shafted pleated white jersey wound loosely with golden ribbons.




Balmaine's Ermine Evening Shirt
At Le Pre Catelan



Balenciaga's Ermine-Bibbed Evening Dress
Le Pre Catelan




Dior

Subtly fitted two-piece silhouette. Satin binds the thin black wool moving in a deep, attenuated V past a high, filled-in decolletage.
At Theatre Marigny




Givenchy

Shoulder-banding white satin. Tapered slashed skirt melts into a carved waistline. The satin shawl is threaded with mink.




Dior

Elongated line in pink satin. A high neckline with a narrow skirt drawn into a flat bow on the hip.



Dior

Grey satin dancing dress - the decollete is shallow, gliding from a high bosom to the hip where its short skirt swings out like a tutu.


Carmel Snow's Paris Report
Harper's Bazaar September 1954
Photography: Richard Avedon


... eyes on the fifties at devodotcom


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