Vogue 1947
Ph: Horst. Click on images to open larger versions.
This is the cover of the oldest fashion magazine I own: British Vogue, January 1947. And what an eye-catching cover it is. Minimal and striking, that amazing silhouette says more on its own than the hundred coverlines today’s magazines would plaster all over it. The photograph is by Horst P. Horst; look here for more beautiful examples of his work.
What I love about old fashion magazines are the illustrations, used copiously in the editorial as well as the ads. Below are just a few pages. The black and white ads are the quaintest. Have a closer look by clicking on the images.
(Left) Ph: Cecil Beaton; (right) ph: Coffin
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