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RICHARD AVEDON SEPTEMBER 1961 “NEW BEAUTY in the making—the lowered lid, the lifted brow, the wondrous jewel, the great fashion; each and all, part of the eternal excitement,” Harper’s Bazaar proclaimed in the pages of the September 1961 issue in a feature on that fall’s Paris collections. It was a period when designers like Marc Bohan at Dior, Antonio del Castillo at Lanvin, Pierre Cardin, and Nina Ricci were all infusing the hallowed ateliers and salons of French fashion with a new energy for a new decade. The story, shot by Richard Avedon, opened with a portrait of model Margot McKendry dressed in a Dior suit, cap, and leopard cape, with her makeup half applied and a single 60-carat Harry Winston diamond earring dangling from her right ear. The image nodded at…

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Harper's Bazaar (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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