Rare 1950's British Vogue magazine dated February 1957.

Much of this issue is themed in the colour blue.

Cover by - Henry Clarke in Portugal.

Contents - 

"TRUE BLUE", a 10 stunning pages of beautiful fashion illustrations by Alfredo Bouret. 8 of the pages are on a lovely blue matt paper stock, some of them a dark rich navy.  Absolutely stunning.

2 pages of fashion illustrations by Rene Bouche, portraits of Mrs John Knowles

The magazine features Portugal and Madeira.

11 pages of  Portugal with photographs by Henry Clarke.

6 pages on the island of Madeira with photographs by Henry Clarke.

The French legend Jacques-Yves Cousteau is photographed by Irving Penn.

Carroll Baker photographed by Norman Parkinson.

Perlita Neilson by Tony Armstrong Jones (Snowdon).

Leslie Caron and her first baby - Norman Parkinson portrait

4 page feature maternity clothes

10 more pages of fashion including ageless clothes all photographed by Norman Parkinson.

Vogue's Masters of Art - Pierre Bonnard is featured 2 pages.

Alexander Liberman writes about the artist PIERRE BONNARD - see pic, 2 page+ feature.

Portrait of CARROLL BAKER by Parkinson - see pic.

ELIZABETH DAVID cooking feature, with photo by Anthony Denny.

Eric Stemp fashion drawings - see pic.

FABRIC swatches of the colours of the moment including GINGER, GREEN, TRUE BLUE and Clover.  2 page feature.

PATTERNS photographed by Donald Silverstein, models wear looks you can purchase at the haberdashery.

RENE BOUCHE illustrations - see pic.

Excellent condition.  The photograph shows the actual magazine that you will receive.  

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