TWIGGY | THE SUPERMODEL

I idolized Twiggy growing up and even got the famous haircut in fifth grade. The National Portrait Gallery in London celebrates Twiggy and her 60th birthday with a photographic exhibition highlighting definitive moments in her cover girl career. Twiggy's iconic status exemplified Swinging London—named for the city's vibrant fashion and cultural scene in the 1960s. With her boyish haircut, waif-like bod and bold lashes, Twiggy created a look that illustrates an era. To accompany the exhibition [on through March], The National Portrait Gallery has published a book | Twiggy: A Life in Photographs.

JEANLOUP SIEFF | PHOTOGRAPHY

Thank you to the lovely English Muse for bringing this photo to my attention—an intense and sudden encounter with a slightly shadowy but captivating fellow. This photograph was taken by art and fashion photographer, Jeanloup Sieff in Palm Beach for Harper's Bazaar in 1964. Sieff's work was influenced by the French "new wave" filmmakers of the 1950s. He died in Paris on September 20, 2000 at the age of 66. His daughter, Sonia is also a known fashion photographer.


Sonia Sieff, 1985 and Catherine Deneuve, 1969

This photograph was used on this Eddie Higgins Trio album cover. Listen to You Must Believe in Spring... it's beautiful.

A STREET-STYLE | GARANCE DORÉ

I love the street-style photographs of French stylist Garance Doré. I click through her vivid, soulful images with the same aesthetic bliss I feel when visiting her boyfriend Scott Schuman's brilliant Sartorialist.

Schuman & Doré ~ perfect match!

MARK SHAW | AN AMERICAN MASTER

The Andrew Wilder Gallery presents photographs by Mark Shaw who is best known for his classic Kennedy family images and as one of the fashion photographers of the 1950s. Every photo is full of celebrity glamour, sublime composition, and chic detail. Wilder's beautifully curated exhibition opens at Svenska Möbler on Tuesday, April 28 from 6-8pm, continuing through June 26. Location: 154 North La Brea Avenue • Los Angeles. If you cannot make the exhibit, see the site to snap-up your photos now. Photograph prices: $800 - $1,800
Also featured on 1stdibs.
shown: Jackie and JFK | Audrey | backstage at Pierre Balmain

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY NOW

Michael Thompson
Ruffled Neck, New York City 2007 © Michael Thompson
From January 16 through May 3, 2009 • New York's International Center of Photography will present cutting-edge fashion photography from the last few years. WEIRD BEAUTY | FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY NOW will include original photographic prints, tear sheets and covers from mainstream and independent magazines by Steven Meisel, Cindy Sherman, and others.
For more information, visit icp.org.

The exhibition is supported, in part, by public funds from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.