• Hubert de Givenchy 1st collection BALENCIAGA Harpers Bazaar magazine April 1952
  • Hubert de Givenchy 1st collection BALENCIAGA Harpers Bazaar magazine April 1952
  • Hubert de Givenchy 1st collection BALENCIAGA Harpers Bazaar magazine April 1952
  • Hubert de Givenchy 1st collection BALENCIAGA Harpers Bazaar magazine April 1952
  • Hubert de Givenchy 1st collection BALENCIAGA Harpers Bazaar magazine April 1952
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HARPERS BAZAAR

Hubert de Givenchy 1st collection BALENCIAGA Harpers Bazaar magazine April 1952

Hubert de Givenchy 1st collection BALENCIAGA Harpers Bazaar magazine April 1952

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This is a rare issue of the British edition of Harper's Bazaar. 

This is a very special issue as it contains the very first mention of Hubert de Givenchy designs.  His very first collection was launched just before this magazine was published and here you will find the first hats and clothes designed by Hubert under his own label, photographed on models and mannequins over different editorials within this issue.

Cover by Hats by Jacques Fath Maurice Tabard.

Full report from Paris, 17 pages, with a lot of Balenciaga, Givenchy and Dior shot on the streets of Paris.

Other fashion shown includes Givenchy, Griffe, Desses, Fath and more.

Dark of Evening - Evening dresses including Hardy Amies, John Cavanagh, Peter Russell, Victor Stiebel - 4 pages shot in English houses.

Italian Collections including Mirsa, La Boutique, Gabriella Sport - 4 pages from Florence & Rome.

Focus on new hat designs including a Givenchy style.

Several pages of full colour studio beauty image photographed by Richard Dormer.

2 pages of outfits for flying.

4 pages of corsets including photography and some wonderful illustrations.

'The Well Spent Pound' - The black suit and it's Entourage, 2 pages.

The Necklines of Balenciaga shot in Paris by KAREN RADKAI.

We are almost certain that one of the models inside is IVY NICHOLSON.

Photography inside by Alan Dale and Richard Dormer.  

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Excellent condition.  Light wear to paper cover of spine.  Cover clean and vibrant, as visible in the photo.

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