Fashion reflects the mood of the times and photography captures its image.  In the 1950’s, a time of affluence following the constraints of the war years, fashion photography enjoyed a previously unprecedented prominence. 

On one level, fashion photography’s basic function is to show and sell clothing. But they can also be a record of social trends. These images are an index of culture and society, of people’s aspirations, limitations and tastes. They are about clothes and the conventions and attitudes of the people who wear them.

The publication featured iconic fashion photographs by Bruno Benini & Athol Shmith.