Fashion Muses: Dressed to Inspire

Nan Kempner and Pat Buckley and friend in the front row at the Carolina Herrera fall 1982 fashion show in New York.
Nan Kempner and Pat Buckley and friend in the front row at the Carolina Herrera fall 1982 fashion show in New York.
Designer Yves Saint Laurent, Betty Catroux and Loulou de la Falaise at the home of Yves Saint Laurent in Paris on March 15, 1978
Princess Diana attending the Savoy Centenary Ball, a benefit for Birthright on March 17, 1989, in London. Diana wears a gown by Catherine Walker.
Twiggy arrives at Kennedy International Airport wearing an orange fleece tent coat on March 21, 1967, in New York.
Rihanna on the red carpet at the Met Gala celebrating the opening of Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between on May 1, 2017.
Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor attend a party during Taylor’s weekend-long 40th celebration in Budapest, Hungary, in February 1972.
Bianca Jagger attends a party in New York City on Jan. 13, 1977.
Jane Birkin attends a party at Regine’s in Paris on Jan. 18, 1977.
Comtesse Jacqueline de Ribes in a turquoise georgette Dior evening ensemble sits with socialite Gloria Guinness in black St. Laurent chiffon during businessman Robert Mahoney’s private party at Maxim’s de Paris during the Battle of Versailles events on Nov. 26, 1973.
Designer Yves Saint Laurent and model Mounia Orosemane during a fitting for Yves Saint Laurent’s 1979 spring couture line in Paris on Jan. 29, 1979.
Model Iman walks the runway during the Laura Ashley spring 1979 fashion show on Feb. 13, 1979, in New York City
Jennifer Lopez and Donatella Versace on the catwalk at the Versace spring 2020 fashion show on Sept. 20, 2019, in Milan.
Models Diane Washington, Sandi Bass and Lynn Watts at the Givenchy Atelier. On Feb. 21, 1979, Givenchy debuts the first and only Black couture model cabine in fashion’s history.
Cher walks the runway during an event, supporting the Campaign for Economic Democracy’s anti-nuclear energy “Plug in the Sun” program, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on May 22, 1979.
Model Kate Moss poses in a look from the CK by Calvin Klein fall 1996 collection on Feb. 16, 1996, in New York City.
Tina Turner performs at a concert during the MAGIC trade show in Las Vegas on Sept. 30,1982.
Paris Hilton on the runway at Christian Cowan show fall 2017 fashion show on Feb. 9, 2017, in New York.
Diana Ross attends a welcome dinner at the Fairmont Hotel in Denver on Oct. 8, 1983.
Fran Lebowitz, Karl Lagerfeld, Tina Chow and Michael Chow attend an event, featuring a fashion show at Saks Fifth Avenue and a dinner-dance after party at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City on May 24, 1984.
Fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy leaving the L’Orangerie restaurant with actress Audrey Hepburn and model Capucine in Paris.
Actress Ali MacGraw poses during an interview in Central Park during the filming of “Love Story” on Dec. 12, 1969.
Madonna and Jean Paul Gaultier participate in a benefit event for amfAR at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sept. 24, 1992
Kim Kardashian and Sarah Jessica Parker at the front row of the Fendi spring 2023 fashion show at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Sept. 9, 2022, in New York.
Jacqueline Kennedy leaving The Colony restaurant in New York on June 28, 1965.
Models Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista on the runway during the finale of the Anna Sui spring 1984 fashion show during New York Fashion Week on Nov. 4, 1993.
Jennie Kim at the WWD Portrait Studio at Cannes Film Festival at the Carlton hotel in Cannes, France, on May 22, 2022.
Designer Stephen Burrows dresses model Pat Cleveland in a look from his fall 1971 collection. Photo shoot took place at the designers Greenwich Village apartment in New York.
Grace Jones attends a party at Studio 54 in New York City on Jan. 17, 1980
The Halstonette’s, Karen Bjornson, Margaret Donahue, Alva Chinn, Connie Cook and Carla Araque pose in looks from the spring 1981 collection at the designers Olympic Tower design studio and showroom.