Fashion by Charles James

Charles James with Model by Cecil Beaton, 1943

I love Charles James's (18 July 1906 - September 23, 1978) architecture structures in all his work.

His gowns are more than just fashion but art.

Evelyn Trippin in Charles James by Horst P. Horst, 1951

Charles James Gown by Lillian Bassman

Charles James Gowns by Cecil Beaton, 1948

 Charles James at work

Photography by Horst P Horst

Dalí Costumes, Paris, 1939

Vogue 1940

Jean Patchett

via Horst

Leonor Fini

 

by Arturo Ghergo, 1944-1945

Leonor Fini, surrealist painter.

André Ostier, Paris, 1948

by Dora Maar, Paris, 1936

by Eddy Brofferio, 1965 (Above 7 photos)

by Eddy Brofferio, 1970

by Eddy Brofferio, 1975

by Erwin Blumenfeld, Paris, 1938

by George Platt Lynes, New York, 1936

by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, 1933

by Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1933

Leonor Fini & André Pieyre by Henri Cartier-Bresson ,Italy, 1933

by Horst, Paris, 1946

Leonor Fini & Sergio Gajardo, Italy, 1952

Leonor Fini & Stanislao Lepri, 1945

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by Martine Franck