Very rare French edition of Elle magazine

Elle France March 1956 

The cover model wears a Christian Dior matching pink rose floral print bolero cropped jacket and circle skirt dress, photographed by Kazan

SUMMER COLLECTIONS issue, with 22 pages dedicated to the new designs.

Spring 1956 preview report.

Fashion edit shot by Kazan, models wear Lanvin-Castillo, CD, Patou and more.  Approx 9 pages.

Suits and dresses by Fath, Cardin and Lanvin shot amongst the cafes and on the streets of Paris.  8 pages.

Coats by Dior, Lanvin etc in a colour blocked studio, 2 pages.

Beautiful ball / evening gowns in a grand hotel / house setting won by elegant models; more Dior, Lanvin, Heim, Guys etc.  One of the models is Ivy Nicholson and there's 6 pages shot by Kazan.  

Advert illustrations by - Oleg Zinger, Rene Gruau, Dupuy, Pierre Simon, Le Bourget and more.

Two pages of Givenchy ads, both full page, one photographed by Claude Anger, the other illustrated.

Guerlain advert, full page, shot by Draeger.  

Along with interiors, crafts, children's wear, cooking, cinema etc.  

There are lots of beautiful vintage advertisements for clothes, shoes, cosmetics and lingerie inside.

108 pages.

Condition: Magazine is in used condition, Cover does show signs of age (See first photo) and up to page 18 there's a small middle section of the magazine that is torn: stops from page 18 on-wards (See 2nd and 3rd photo on the listing that represent this matter). Otherwise magazine is in good condition for its age and pages are intact and don't show major signs of age.

Parcel will be safely packed with cardboard

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