Muses de la Mode: Suzy Parker

Not to be outdone by her sister, Dorian Leigh, Suzy Parker is considered by many to be the world's first super model.  She was the first model to ever make more that $100,000 a year.  Though she already had an agency and had already appeared in a national Revlon campaign, Suzy is famous for making her debut with Ford Modeling Agency because Dorian would only sign with the agency if they also took on Suzy without ever having seen her.  Expecting her to be petite and fair with dark features like Dorian, Eileen and Jerry Ford were shocked when they first met the tall redhead.  Suzy Parker is also the only fashion model to have a Beatles song written about her.

Here are a few amazing photographs from her illustrious career.

Jean Patchett, Dovima, and Suzy Parker

XOXO,

Catherine

Muses de la Mode: Dorian Leigh

The first great fashion model and muse herself, Dorian Leigh!  She made her international debut on the cover of a 1944 issue of Harpers Bazaar at the age of 27.  The famously told Eileen Ford that would only sign with Ford Modeling Agency if they would also sign her sister, Suzy Parker, sight unseen.  (Of course, Ford accepted, and luckily so, seeing as the sisters are now icons of the golden age of fashion!)  At only 5'5" tall and twenty-seven years old, Dorian's assent to fashion royalty proved that a girl didn't need height or youth to be beautiful.  With five marriages under her belt, she is also thought to be the inspiration for Truman Capote's Holly Golightly.

Here are just a few of her amazing contributions to the industry.

Here she is with her equally lovely sister, Suzy Parker.

Enjoy!

XOXO,

Catherine