Head of the House

// Yves Saint Laurent on the day before the opening of his first collection for Dior, Paris, 1957.
// Coco Chanel puts the finishing touches to a new creation in her Parisian fashion atelier, 1959.
// Cristóbal Balenciaga in his study at La Reinerie, 1962.
// Elsa Schiaparelli testing out hats on the model’s head, 1951.
// Pierre Balmain and Paulette Caillaud, Paris, 1952.
// Hubert de Givenchy at his design house at the Plaine Monceau in Paris, 1955.
// Jeanne Lanvin sitting at her desk, 1934.
// Christian Dior in one of his ateliers, amply stocked with luxurious fabrics, 1948.