Fifty years of style and fashion

by Norman Parkinson

The photographer from Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Queen, and Town and Country collects some of his fashion photographs and accompanies them with anecdotes, incidents, and personal revelations

Genres: Photography, Fashion

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Esther · Rating 4 out of 5]

From my husbands photography book collection. Despite being battered and with no dust cover, I noticed this is actually signed by Parkinson in 1983 when this was published. Given he spanned from the 30s through to the 80s, it’s a good visual survey of a period of such huge change. Little essays recalling shoots full of of the time details I enjoyed, calling up London modeling academies in the 50s to review the latest young ladies. Oh Parks do go to Sri Lanka and photograph these swimsuits…