Wool Overcoats, Hiver 1950 - L'Homme - Women Vintage French Fashion 1950's

The 1950s were a decisive period for French haute couture, which had suffered badly in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash and the war and was now reborn and made eternal. The list of names says it all: Jacques Heim, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Jacques Fath making up the old guard; followed by newcomers Pierre Balmain, Christian Dior, Jacques Griffe, Hubert de Givenchy and Pierre Cardin.

This illustration from L’Homme, Hiver 1950, presents two women in elegant wool overcoats — one in a double-breasted herringbone coat with blue gloves and a red scarf, the other in a camel single-breasted coat with a striped green scarf. Classic, understated Parisian winter elegance.

Giclee reproductions on luster premium photo paper.