A very scarce 1950's issue of US Vogue which also showcases menswear!
It was uncommon to find men's clothing in ANY edition of Vogue from any era, any edition!!
Cover says Men's issue but the issue has both men and women's fashions.
+ a section on appealing women's fashions "for the woman who dresses for a man..."
The editor explains that the issue is a 1953 summer handbook for the husbands of Vogue's women subscribers.
Dated 15th May 1953.
Also...
People Are Talking About: Marlene Dietrich - photographed by Milton Greene. A full page colour portrait of Dietrich in a circus ringmaster outfit!
Lots of travel fashion and features too, including 10 Great French Chefs and their specialties and the Poor Man's Guide to Europe.
Cover photographed by Erwin Blumenfeld, and the models are Bob Taft and Cherry Nelms.
Kirk Douglas, Marlon Brando and John Wayne.
Photography: Erwin Blumenfeld; Norman Parkinson; John Rawlings; Horst; Irving Penn; Milton Greene, Robert Doisneau; Clifford Coffin; Henry Clarke; Herbert Matter; Frances McLaughlin
Illustration ny Dagmar; Eric; Rene Bouche
FASHION CONTENT:
Vogue’s Eye View of Men In Vogue
The 1953 Man In Vogue - report on Summer Clothes for Men
Colonel Serge Obelensky photographed by Norman Parkinson
Men on Their Way Up - BOAC and Air France Fashions
The Man on a Flying Trip: His Luggage, His Travel Suits
The 2 1/2 Piece suit for a Young Man
Fashion: And the Woman Who Dresses for a Man
The New White
The New Black
The New Slimness
The Floating Print
Dressing for Coolness
White: Under New Direction
Vegetable Embroidery: For Vogue's Young Millionaire
Young Broadway Actresses in washable Silk Prints -
Geraldine Brooks with Donald Murphy; Joan Chandler with Eric Fleming photographs by Clifford Coffin
Dressing for the Paris Season
Sports Clothes From Italy
Travel: Yachting on the Adriatic
Ten French Restaurants - Their Chefs
Canada's First Shakespearean Festival - Stratford Shakespearean Festival
Alec Guinness; Irene Worth
The Poor Man's Guide to Europe by David Dodge.
Interesting Man:
Thomas W. Phipps
Walter and Thomas Hoving
The Unique Yacht of M. and Mrs. Arturo Lopez-Willshaw - photographs by Robert Doisneau
Leland Hayward by Allene Talmey photographs by John Rawlings
Beefcake for Cheesecake: Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Maron Brando
Four of the Ivy League Tailors by John Sharnik: Cartoonishly by George Price
Recipes from 10 Great French Chefs
110 pages.
Good condition with wear to cover, contents fine - see photos of the actual magazine, we don't use stock images.
A very rare issue of USA Vogue indeed.
Insurance, sturdy packaging & online tracking is included in post. Scarce collector's item. Many more vintage magazines listed in our shop...check out our other items!
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