#simonetta visconti

[voguefashion]

Dorian Leigh in a gown by Simonetta Visconti, photographed by Genevieve Naylor for Harper's Bazaar, in Rome, 1952.

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue August 15, 1951

Two coats from the Italian collections, here those of Simonetta Visconti, worn by two Italian beauties. 💚❤️💚❤️💚

(top) Countess Uberto Corti wears a short coat with a longer back panel. In dark gray chinchilla fabric, with red taffeta lining, worn over a strict suit in a light shade of gray wool tweed.

(Below) Countess Ludovico Ceriana di Mayneri, wears a fleece greatcoat – the novelty in the way the collar rises high, the way it falls and merges into deep, wide sleeves, caught at the cuffs. Copied by Swansdown, in Forstmann wool fleece, beige with a greenish cast.

Photo Frances McLaughlin

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[madamerochas]

A black corduroy bathing suit, photo by Mark Shaw 1955 por kristine

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue October 1, 1960 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Model Unknown

Simonetta's new couture, rough stitch that looks like crochet, in a cornflower blue dress, with sleeves ending in rows of knit armbands.

Photo William Klein

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[borosmarlin]

SIMONETTA VISCONTI

[borosmarlin]

SIMONETTA VISCONTI

[cobblestonestreet]

Model Dorian Leigh in Simonetta Visconti evening gown. Rome, 1952. Photo Genevieve Naylor

[books0977]

Dorian Leigh in a black evening gown with beaded waist by Simonetta Visconti. Photographed for Harper’s Bazaar by Genevieve Naylor, Rome, 1952.

Through images like this 1952 Harper’s photo showing an evening gown of embroidered silk, Simonetta and other Italian designers defined and redefined midcentury feminity. It was the heady combination of celebrity and style that proved the truly irresistible combination, and ultimately it was Hollywood that fully propelled Italian style onto the global stage.