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The Best Topiaries in Vogue

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    Photographed by Matsy Wynn Richards, Vogue, July 1923
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    1920s actress Claire Windsor strikes a pose.

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    Photographed by Sonia, Vogue, March 1929
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    A fountain illuminated at nighttime in a Paris courtyard.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, July 1965
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    Cattle graze beyond this topiary chess set garden.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, February 1970
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    Gloria Vanderbilt’s bedroom.

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    Photographed by Arthur Elgort, Vogue, September 1995
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    Model Kirsty Hume wears Oscar de la Renta in England while gazing at a large topiary bird.

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    Photographed by Arthur Elgort, Vogue, September 2004
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    Caroline Trentini stands in front of a cat-shaped topiary.

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    Photographed by François Halard, Vogue, April 2005
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    Lord Lambton’s formal fruit gardens in Siena, Italy.

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    Photographed by François Halard, Vogue, April 2005
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    The exterior of the home known as Villa Cetinale includes topiaries, lemon trees, and statues of the four seasons.

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    Photographed by François Halard, Vogue, April 2005
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    An aerial view of the Villa Cetinale garden.

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    Photographed by François Halard, Vogue, February 2006
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    At the chapel of a château on the Loire, yew topiaries frame the entrance.

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    Photographed by François Halard, Vogue, September 2004
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    A bull at the French estate of Janet de Botton.

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    Photographed by Steven Meisel, Vogue, December 2006
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    John Galliano’s haute couture topiary gowns for Dior transform models Caroline Trentini and Gemma Ward.

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    Photographed by Christopher Sturman, Vogue, July 2010
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    Patrick Kinmonth’s valley garden.

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    Photographed by Christopher Sturman, Vogue, July 2010
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    A second topiary garden on the grounds.

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    Photographed by Eric Boman, Vogue, July 2011
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    Raúl Àvila designed this Temple of Dendur–set bird topiary for the 2011 Met Gala, which celebrated an exhibition on Alexander McQueen.

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    Photographed by Christopher Baker, Vogue, January 2012
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    Catie Marron’s Southampton retreat.

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    Photographed by François Halard, Vogue, March 2012
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    Tory Burch’s marble gallery leads into her wood-paneled library.

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    Photographed by Robert Fairer, Vogue, August 2012
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    Flower girls frolic at the wedding of model Jacquetta Wheeler.

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    Photographed by Allan Pollock-Morris, Vogue, November 2013
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    The Appleton Manor court hedge provides a peek at a single pointed topiary.

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    Photographed by Allan Pollock-Morris, Vogue, November 2013
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    At Appleton Manor, beech topiaries in an oxeye daisy–filled meadow.

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    Photographed by François Halard, Vogue, March 2014
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    The path to Dries Van Noten’s Swiss cottage guesthouse at his Belgian estate.

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    Photographed by François Halard, Vogue, November 2014
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    Irish yew topiaries at an English countryside estate where Plum Sykes visited for a horseback-riding trip.

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    Photographed by François Halard, Vogue, November 2014
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    Pyramid-shaped Irish yew topiaries in a nearby garden.

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