If you happened to watch the "Late Show with David Letterman" with Caroline Kennedy as a guest, you would have seen Caroline in the most fabulous jacket. Vintage ~ but not just any vintage. A jacket her mother Jackie wore in 1964.
Vintage means so much more when its inherited, and treasured, Just as Caroline did to honor her mother.
Jackie Kennedy by Mark Shaw c:1961
The name Mark Shaw may not be familiar to you, but I'm sure his work is, especially the famous photograph above. Mr. Shaw was one of the most amazing photographers ever.
I discovered him about 10 years ago while researching Vanity Fair and immediately became an avid collector of his advertising for their line, which ran for 10 years begining in the 1950s. His work decorates my office walls and brings peace and beauty to where I work.
He portrayed lingerie as elegant and beautiful, rarely showing the model's face, focusing instead on the glamorous lingerie and adding to the mystic of it.
Vanity Fair Ad
Designers adored Mark Shaw, and he was in high demand from them as he could portray their fashions like no other. He was one of the rare photographers allowed back stage before run way shows.
Givency c:1955
Celebrities trusted him. He photographed many Hollywood stars like Elizabeth Taylor, Brigitte Bardot, Princess Grace Kelly, and became the photographer for Audrey Hepburn on the set of the movie Sabrina. He brought out the beauty in all of his subjects, be it a fabulous couture gown, Audrey sitting on a sofa or Bridgitte sitting on stone stairs:
Bridgitte Bardot c:1958
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The 1960's was a decade of great change in fashion from the full skirted styles with shorter hemlines of the early years, to the sleek and ladylike fashions made popular by Jackie Kennedy, to the wild Mod years with mini skirts reigning supreme as the decade came to a close.
Here are some great vintage 1960's fashions available from VFG sellers!
60s Vintage Mini Flapper Cocktail Party Dress Black Crepe & Feathers M
Metallic Hong Kong pantsuit in a small size, from
Metallic brocade mini dress by Paraphernalia from
See more fab 60's finds on the public board at the VINTAGE FASHION GUILD!
"Jacqueline Kennedy is one of history's great style icons," said Hamish Bowles, editor-at-large of European Vogue. "Her profound influence on the way an entire generation wanted to look, dress and behave cannot be overestimated." Show us some Jackie style!
Legendary Designer Oleg Cassini Dies at 92
An American designer and manufacturer, Cassini was born in 1913 to a Russian count and his wife. His career in fashion started at Patou as a sketch artist. He opened Cassini Studios in Rome in the 1930s, closing it and moving to NY in 1936. Several positions and a divorce later, he move to California, where he was hired by Paramount as an assistant to Edith Head.
In California, Cassini married Gene Tierney in 1941(divorced 1952), designing her costumes for The Razor's Edge among others. With partner Paul Portanova, he ran a company called Casanova that sold ready to wear suits. Relocating to New York again in 1950, he opened Oleg Cassini, specializing in ready-to-wear and was an immediate success. His early designs are very feminine and romantic with taffeta, chiffon, lace, and minute waistlines. Cassini became known for Glamour. He also used military details.
Cassini began his collaboration with Jacqueline Kenney in 1961. He became her primary designer as First Lady. The two of them had an enormous influence on the dress of American women. His designs simplified and became much easier in fit, featuring boxy jackets, straight lines, sleeveless shells, restrained use of trim, often self fabric buttons and small details.
Since the mid 1960s, he has done little top line ready-to-wear and has licensed his name extensively in swimwear, hosiery, foundations, sportswear, fur, and costume jewelry, to name but a few.
Film credits: solo : 1941 - 1967. Tales of Manhattan, Born to Speed, It's a Joke, Son, Repeat Performance, The Mating Season, Rampage, The Ambushers. with Royer: The Shanghai Gesture. with Charles LeMaire: The Razor's Edge, That Wonderful Urge, Whirlpool, Where the Sidewalk Ends, On the Riviera (also with Travilla).
Courtesy of pastperfectvintage.com & fuzzylizzie.com. Originally published for the VFG Label Resource.
Shop for Oleg Cassini designs from VFG members on eBay and at the Babylon Mall.
