US Vogue October 1, 1971 : Donna Mitchell by Richard Avedon

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Napier
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Model Jennifer O'Neill



Charles of the Ritz The Eye Colour Game
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Christian Dior
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Alexandra de Markoff
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[Bernie Flood]

Photo Richard Avedon
Model Donna Mitchell
Hair Franklyn Welsh


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This cover from the October 1971 issue of Vogue, was one of the first under the direction of Grace Mirabella as editor. If I did not know better, I’d have guessed that it was one of Diana Vreeland’s last, as the colored fur and flamboyant makeup are more of Vreeland than of Mirabella. Under the editorship of Vreeland, Vogue had long been featuring just a head and shoulder shot for its covers. Mirabella kept up the practice, though with predictably more beige results.

 

[Young Ling]

Coty
Pam Suthern, Lucy Angle, Unknown

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Gossard
Lauren Hutton

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[Young Ling]

Monsanto
Barbara Carrera

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Jaeger
Veronica Hamel


Revillon
Evelyn Kuhn


Lillie Rubin
Barbara Carrera


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Lucy Angle


Qiana
Maud Adams

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Spain
Photo Henry Clarke
Model Elio Berhanyer
Hair Duran

Model Diane de Monbrison

 

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This cover from the October 1971 issue of Vogue, was one of the first under the direction of Grace Mirabella as editor. If I did not know better, I’d have guessed that it was one of Diana Vreeland’s last, as the colored fur and flamboyant makeup are more of Vreeland than of Mirabella. Under the editorship of Vreeland, Vogue had long been featuring just a head and shoulder shot for its covers. Mirabella kept up the practice, though with predictably more beige results.

Hi Bernie,
I really liked your comment and was tempted to respond. This cover has always bothered me a little. The delicacy of the twenties and at the same time the heavy, almost theatrical makeup, the inappropriate jewelry in her hair...
That's it! Diana was gone... but when does a dynasty really end?
There is a beautiful text (I can't remember the author now) that talks about someone's "presence". The perfume someone leaves in the room when they go, the words they said still in the air, the sound of their laught.
If you put a finger over her eyes you will see an elegant woman dressed in cashmere and furs, the look that Grace always bet on as her vision of glamour. But they are red (and you understand why, remembering Diana's room-in-hell apartment, her kabuki blush, her Valentinos...)
The first Grace cover in red and purple, and "purple is the navy blue of India", ou something like that. Could it be a tribute?
Your comment made me understand and love this cover. The eternal search for the new, since we are built from what existed before us.
Thank you.