The Nifty Fifties

Diana Dors

James Dean

Summer fashions from Cole of California, 1954.

Joan Collins photographed by Sid Avery.

Brigitte Bardot

Marilyn Monroe

Victoria Von Hagen photographed by Erwin Blumenfeld for Vogue, April 1954 ‘Beauty Ready to Sleep’ (outtake)

Eartha Kitt backstage, 1959.

Chet Baker, 1955.

Model in swimwear photographed by Anton Bruehl, 1951.

Tony Curtis

Diana Dors

Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe

Elvis Presley

June Carter and Johnny Cash, 1956

Anouk Aimée on the roof of The Hotel Excelsior in Venice, 1955. Photo by Carlo Bavagnoli.

A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on a beach at Rimini / Italy - Emilia-Romagna region, Rimini, 1957

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Alla and her dog sitting at Cafe de Flore,Paris, 1952. Photo by Robert Capa.

Marilyn Monroe, 1956.

Fashions for the Simplicity Summer 1959 Pattern Book