Tuesday, April 15, 2014

TINY, TIDY HEADS 1958


A HEAD LIKE THE BUD OF A ROSE ON ITS STEM
Compressed and perfect ...


Tiny Tiny Heads: The Coiffures
"This season, the most beautiful shapliness to have is that of a well-shaped head. The dandelion has blown out of the fashion and the rage for raggle-taggle hair, however well-planned or well-kept, is becalmed.




THE TIDY LOOK OF A SMOOTH CAP

The thing is a civilized study of the head - a study as close to phrenology as flattery will allow. It's a style both enchanting and demanding. Demanding marvelous carriage, a pride of throat and shoulders, and an ever-present awareness of profile and back-view.




THE TINY, TIDY HEAD

All that will be seen is perfection of line, sleekness and shine. This demands total control - a place for every hair and every hair in place.




Tiny Tidy Heads: The hats
Christian Dior - New York





Irene of New York turban. Narrow panels of golden-flowered white silk brocade fasten high at either side with a bow. Dinner dress by Mollie Parnis





Mr. John dinner hat. Civet cat striations stenciled on lapin line a wool coat dropping two-thirds the length of the matching empire dress that falls from a bodice no wider than a yoke-band. By Monte-Sano and Pruzan.




Bands of pale beige fitch inside the square-cut jacket of a sleek satin dinner suit by Trigere.




Magenta roses warp-printed on black ottoman evening coat over a wide-skirted dress by Jane Derby 



Lace-covered sheath by Oleg Cassini
Sally Victor Hat

Scarlet satin bodice - Billowing Black lace skirt
One-piece dinner dressing by Larry Aldrich


Silk theater costume by Marquise
Lilly Dache Hat




Mr. John evening hat. Transparent lace coat cut as full as a crinoline and ending in a great pouf of taffeta widely circling a slender lace filmed taffeta dress by Anita Modes.




The White Evening Blouse


Tiny,Tidy Heads
Harper's Bazaar October 1958
Photography: Gleb Derujinsky
Models: Carmen Dell-Orefice; Ruth Newman





















... eyes on the fifties at devodotcom






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