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The Blind Side: Lynn Yaeger Reveals Why She Never Remembers a Face
Photograph by Irving Penn, Vogue, November 1996
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NOSTALGIA: Photographed by Irving Penn for the December 1, 1959 Issue of Vogue
NOSTALGIA: Shalom Harlow Photographed by Irving Penn for the April 1995 Issue of Vogue
NOSTALGIA: Caroline Trentini Photographed in Nina Ricci for Vogue in 2007 by Irving Penn
NOSTALGIA: Jean Patchett Photographed by Irving Penn for Vogue in 1950
After watching the parade of guests wearing intricate toppers and feathery fascinators file into Westminster Abbey for the royal wedding, is it possible the hat—that ladylike wardrobe staple of the forties and fifties— is destined for a comeback stateside as well? While it’s hard to predict, there’s one annual event that always calls for some serious millinery —the Kentucky Derby. In honor of Saturday’s big race in Louisville—and the tradition of ladies wearing hats, big and small, that this race inspires— we sifted through our archives to find iconic images of women wearing headpieces straight from the pages of Vogue.
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NOSTALGIA: Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn in Dior
Photographed by Irving Penn for Vogue in 1950
NOSTALGIA: Model in Balenciaga for the 1950 September Issue of Vogue
Photographed by Irving Penn
NOSTALGIA: Model Wilhelmina on the March 1965 Cover of Vogue
Photographed by Irving Penn