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Beautiful Fashion in Post-Liberation Paris, 1944 || These fashion shots were taken by LIFE photographer Bob Landry—who had covered the war in North Africa as well as in other parts of Europe—in Paris in August 1944.

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Jean Dessès joins the ranks of the great designers - The top models drooping in dresses by Dior, Fath, Desses, Balenciaga, Balmain, Schiaparelli - the best of the buyers and fashion editors from around the

In the 1950s, the petticoat crinoline made a triumphant return to the fashion scene for skirts and dresses, with a bounce in its step and a swish in its sway.

Another fabulous volume in the series of Fashion sourcebooks by Emmanuelle Dirix from Goodman Fiell, edited by Charlotte Fiell. As in the 30s Fashion volume (which I reviewed here), there's a wealth of fashion plate drawings, many previously unseen, and Hollywood stills, and there's a truly fascinating introduction by fashion historian Emmanuelle Dirix in which she counters a conception of fashion as irrelevant in wartime and the prevailing view of the war-time forties as a time when fashion…

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Une Journée à Paris - Celebrating its 26th anniversary, the October issue of Harper's Bazaar China travels to Paris for a story featuring classic style. In

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Skirts have always had a special place in fashion history as both a high and low fashion item. Due to fabric rationing during the war, the 1940s created limited wardrobes for women. The 1940s skirt became not just a casual clothing item, but one that all other wardrobe elements revolved around. They were the foundation