Posts tagged fashion
Posts tagged fashion
“Eight of Cuba’s loveliest society girls gather in a Havana garden to compare notes on their new clothes, most of which come direct from Paris”
Miss Cuba 1956 Lily Goudie (C) working as a model.
Miami, 1961
Source: Life

Celia Cruz. Date unknown. (probably 1950s)
Alba Marina, 1954
[Adelina Bannatyne de Buznego, María Luisa Rodríguez Columbié de Bustamante, Sra. De Lazo, Raimundo Lazo, María Luisa Guerrero, and Rosario Rexach de León]
Lyceum and Lawn Tennis Club, Havana, 1953
I’m not sure if these pictures were actually taken in Cuba or if the models are even Cuban, but they reflect the beach fashions of the 1950s and early 1960s. The pictures were taken by Gordon Parks for Life magazine.
Source: Life Archives

Debutante Maria Dolores Carrillo at Baile de Carnaval.
Havana, 1954
Via: Life
Via: Life
Via: Life

Chorus girl gambling at Riviera Hotel.
Havana, 1958
Via: Life