Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Interesting: Lillian Bassman and the Corset

Lingerie, 1951
[http://theredlist.fr/wiki-2-16-601-793-view-fashion-1-profile-bassman-lillian.html#photo]



Fashion study, for Harper's Bazaar, 1951
 [http://theredlist.fr/wiki-2-16-601-793-view-fashion-1-profile-bassman-lillian.html#photo]



[http://blog.winstonwachter.com/?p=5545]

I originally found her on the Red List under fashion photography.  Interesting for a number of reasons: the way in which the model handles the corset, the lack of location or time and the way the corset, in turn, handles the female body (physical distortions/exaggerations). 

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