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A Century of Fashion Photography at Condé Nast

Over the past 100 years, high-fashion images have jumped from the magazine page to gallery walls and private collections. A new exhibit looks back at the photographs that paved the way.

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By The Fashion Beast Team
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Fashion images are no longer restricted to advertisements and magazine spreads. Over the years, high-fashion editorials have begun to surface on the walls of prestigious museums and in the homes of art collectors around the world. Partly due to legendary publisher Condé Nast and his eye for talent, his flagship publication, Vogue, has been responsible for launching the high-profile careers of history’s most talented fashion photographers. A new exhibit, Coming Into Fashion: A Century of Fashion Photography at the Palais Galleria in Paris, highlights 160 prints and 100 original magazines featuring works by Edward Steichen and Helmut Newton—who created a niche for this photography genre in the early 20th century and were among some of the publication's first hires—as well as some of today’s most recognized fashion photographers, including Bruce Weber, Corinne Day, Steven Meisel, Peter Lindbergh, and Mario Testino. The exhibition is on display through May 25.


Left, Edward Steichen, American Vogue, December 1923

© 1923 Candé Nast

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John Rawlings, American Vogue, March 1943

© 1943 Condé Nast

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Erwin Blumenfeld, American Vogue, March 1945

© 1945 Condé Nast

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Constantin Joffé, American Vogue, September 1945

© 1945 Condé Nast

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Clifford Coffin, American Vogue, June 1949

© 1949 Condé Nast

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Norman Parkinson, American Glamour, October 1949

© Norman Parkinson limited, courtesy of Norman Parkinson Archive

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Henry Clarke, American Vogue, May 1951 (unpublished)

© Henry Clarke/Galliera

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Henry Clarke, French Vogue, May 1951

© Henry Clarke/Galliera

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Guy Bourdin, French Vogue, February 1955

© Estate of Guy Bourdin, courtesy of Art + Commerce

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David Bailey, American Vogue, April 1962

© 1962 Condé Nast

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Deborah Turbeville, American Vogue, May 1975

© 1975 Condé Nast

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Albert Watson, American Vogue, May 1977

© 1977 Condé Nast

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Peter Lindbergh, Vogue Italia, March1989

© Peter Lindbergh

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Miles Aldridge, Vogue Italia, September 2002

© Miles Aldridge

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Inez & Vinoodh, French Vogue, October 2002

© Inez & Vinoodh, courtesy of Gagosian Gallery

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