Paris Designed

Paris Designed

Photograph

Bob Henriques

Maker
American, 1930–2011

Paris Designed

What to Wear to the White House?


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (23.8 × 12 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0197
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (White House) 3/62 12) PARIS DESIGNED: Mrs. Jacob Javits, wife of the \ New York Republican Senator, ordered her gown especially \ for the White House ball from couturier Bob Bugnand. A \ silk print by Stavon, it combines all the new spring \ colors: coral, shocking pink and turquoise, in a mottled \ design. Like the First Lady, Mrs. Javits will be coiffed \ by Mr. Kenneth. \ Credit: Elliott Erwitt © 1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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