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And now, a blast of mid-Century glamour and chicness, courtesy of the man many consider to be the greatest fashion photographer of all time. Richard
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René Gruau (4 Feb 1909 – 31 Mar 2004) is one of the most well known and best fashion Illustrators. Everything he did, he evoked the glamour and style of the world of high fashion Gruau's first position as artistic director for advertising was in 1947 with Christian Dior. Gruau worked for the most famous magazines such as Marie-Claire,Elle,Vogue,Harper's Bazaar & Flair. Today Gruau’s works are collected and exhibited by the finest art institutions including the Louvre in Paris. All illustrations are amazing but I just chose some of them... They are vintage, but you can see that some of them reminds us the trends of today... Finally fashion goes round in circles... source: tumblr, google, pinterest and wikipedia
Vintage illustration of edible and poisonous mushrooms; lithograph, 1937.
Jean Patchett Vogue cover by Erwin Blumensfeld, January 1950. The picture is described as “a visual haiku”..Who does not recognize the picture above…? It’s one of the most publis…
