#Repost from @documentingfashion_courtauld - Leaning against the counter of #dorothygray's salon, the model is surrounded by seductive reflective surfaces. Perfectly groomed - hair just so, makeup perfect - she stands between the salon, with its intimacy and secret beauty rituals, and the city street glimpsed in the window behind her - ready to face the outside world. Dressed in a soft, knitted #paulinetrigere dress, with matching chiffon scarf, glimmering jewellery and neat gloves, she embodies the fashionable ideals of 1948 - as decreed by #vogue and captured by #francesmclaughlingill. #1940sfashion #1940sbeauty #fashionstudies #fashionhistory #dresshistory #vintagefashion #newyorkfashion #americanfashion #theamericanlook