A Collection of Horst P. Horst Classics (1930s)

Horst P. Horst (1906 – 1999) was a German-American fashion photographer. His first exhibition took place at La Plume d’Or in Paris in 1932. It was reviewed by Janet Flanner in The New Yorker, and this review, which appeared after the exhibition ended, made Horst instantly prominent.

Horst made a portrait of Bette Davis the same year, the first in a series of public figures he would photograph during his career. Within two years, he had photographed Noël Coward, Yvonne Printemps, Lisa Fonssagrives, Count Luchino Visconti di Madrone, Duke Fulco di Verdura, Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, Princess Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Daisy Fellowes, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Cole Porter, Elsa Schiaparelli, and others like Eve Curie.

Horst rented an apartment in New York City in 1937, and while residing there met Coco Chanel, whom Horst called “the queen of the whole thing”. He would photograph her fashions for three decades.

Horst P. Horst, Mainbocher Corset, 1939 via

Horst P. Horst Classics, Lisa with Harp, 1939 via

Horst P. Horst Classics, Coco Chanel, Paris, 1937 via

Horst P. Horst Classics, Still Life, 1937 via

Beautiful Vintage Portraits of Gloria Vanderbilt by Richard Avedon (1950s)

Gloria Vanderbilt by Richard Avedon, 1953 via

Gloria Vanderbilt in Mainbocher Dress, photographed by Richard Avedon for Harper’s Bazaar, 1955 via

Gloria Vanderbilt by Richard Avedon for Harper’s Bazaar, 1955 via