Golden is as golden does

Jerry Hall in 1976 for British Harper's Bazaar.

Jerry and Marie Helvin.

Yves Saint Laurent Rive gauche from the spring 1977 collection.

Lily pads and Grès

This ad did not run long enough, judging by the selection of magazines from 1977 that I have managed to get my hands on, to become a classic in the general sense, but to me it certainly is. The perfect bottle of Grès replacing the flower of the lily is simple but ingenious.



A less frequently featured image by Guy Bourdin.


Janice Dickinson in a tripple skirt by Basile.


Jerry Hall for Pinault.

Not even in your wildest dreams....

....could you conceive of anything like this. The butch biker school girl. Impeccable Kansai Yamamoto look on the runway in 1980.


Former graphics designer Michaele Pollock made this outfit together with Nancy Pollock - just stunning.


Jerry Hall in Versace with a bunch of guys at her feet.


A shot from the same mag but in fact from 1974, by Serge Lutens, it's a take-out from a Dior perfume shoot.

Let there be Yves

These images are from a retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent made in 1982. Looking at these images, that regrettably stems from a source of decidedly subpar quality, it is easy to see why companies go through such trouble to revive/resuscitate brands created by a genius like YSL. But obviously, once the person is gone so is the soul that put that final, crucially important stamp on everything he did.

First off, a return to the 40s from the collection of 1971.


Center is of course Yves Saint Laurent himself with Brigitte dressed in saharan unisex.


The pink Jean Cocteau tribute alongside a runway shot of Jerry Hall and others, all the 1980 collections.


Catherine Deneuve, 1970.

A sweet switchblade knife

Bitten Knudsen, effortlessly pulling you right through the lens, as she modeled Corum watches in 1977.




Jerry Hall with Halston bikini and a horse.



Juli Foster in a Giorgio Sant' Angelo sheer lace camisole and harem pants.



Some pretty perfume bottles from Elsa Peretti.

Visited only by moonlight

Sarah Moon's beautiful study of Louise de la Valliére, the Sun King's mistress, of whom it was said that she should be visited only by moonlight - and in this image it looks like even that was too much. This is one of the rare occasions when I don't think there is any description of what the model in question is wearing. Like all the images in this post it stems from December 1981.



Jerry Hall was the face for YSL's Opium for a number of years. Possibly, the first one came out in 1977.


Halston fragrance.


Rosemary McGrotha showing us all how to best devour shellfish.

Red Ahead

Now, Prada already revived this look recently, though not with the same rustic soles and cotton panties to match. All the images are from 1977.