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Carmen Dell’Orefice in the Vogue Archives

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    Carmen Dell’Orefice photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, July 1, 1946
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    One of Carmen Dell’Orefice’s first appearances in Vogue.

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    Photographed by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, July 1, 1946
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    Dell’Orefice, left, in a pink cloque gown by Mark Mooring at Bergdorf Goodman

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    Photographed by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, July 1, 1946
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    In a white eyelet dress by Sophie of Saks Fifth Avenue and Tatiana du Plessix hat

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    Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, December 15, 1946
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    As Snow White, with “dwarves,” from left: Eddy Duchin, Hank Greenberg, Ray Bolger, Jack Kriendler, Frank Fay, John Kieran, and Constantin Alajalov

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    Photographed by Erwin Blumenfeld, Vogue, October 15, 1947
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    Covered in diamonds from Van Cleef & Arpels

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    Photographed by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, June 1, 1948
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    Dell’Orefice, second from left in brown dress, was one of nine models to don a Charles James confection for this famous image snapped in French & Company’s 18th-century French paneled room,

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    Photographed by John Rawlings, Vogue, November 1, 1948
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    All dressed up

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    Photographed by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, April 1, 1949
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    Feeling jazzy with Jean Patchett, in Traina-Norell on the cover of Vogue

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    Photographed by Richard Rutledge, Vogue, May 1, 1951
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    Dell’Orefice went platinum before silver

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    Photographed by John Rawlings, Vogue, May 1, 1955
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    Dell’Orefice, an avid swimmer, makes a splash