Photos: Excerpt of Vogue: The Editor's Eye Book
Photographed by Bert Stern, Vogue, 1962 / Courtesy of Abrams1/17A Lens on a Legend
In 1962, editor Babs Simpson dressed Marilyn Monroe in Christian Dior Haute Couture for Bert Stern’s famous last portraits of the actress.
Photographed by William Klein, Vogue, 1963 / Courtesy of Abrams2/17Face in the Crowd
With a surrealistic flourish, William Klein photographed Marie-Lise Grès among a swarm of faceless onlookers in front of the Paris Opera, 1963. Klein was “very good-looking, easy to work with, but completely selfish,” editor Babs Simpson recalls.
Photographed by Herb Ritts, Vogue, 1989 / Courtesy of Abrams3/17Double Exposure
Editor Polly Allen Mellen worked with photographer Herb Ritts to capture Carré Otis (left) and Stephanie Seymour in all their tousled glory in 1989.
Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, 1966 / Courtesy of Abrams4/17Work of Art
With photographer Horst P. Horst, Mellen juxtaposed Veruschka with George Segal’s Walking Man at Sidney Janis Gallery, 1966. “My motto was always: Be daring!” says Mellen.
Photographed by Helmut Newton, Vogue, 1975 / Courtesy of Abrams5/17Splendor in the Grass
Helmut Newton staged Lisa Taylor mid-seduction in 1975. Taylor was one of “the two women who most turned Helmut on,” editor Polly Allen Mellen recalls. “You had to turn Helmut on, or you wouldn’t get what you wanted.”
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Photographed by Hans Feurer, Vogue, 1983 / Courtesy of Abrams6/17Taken in Stride
Jade Hobson looked to Blade Runner and to Japan’s avant-garde designer Yohji Yamamoto for her 1983 shoot with Hans Feurer.
Photographed by Steven Meisel, Vogue, 1994 / Courtesy of Abrams7/17Walk This Way
Photographer Steven Meisel and editor Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele showcased a six-pack of supermodels in 1994, all dressed in ultrashort sherbet-colored Chanel suits.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, 2003 / Courtesy of Abrams8/17Curiouser and Curiouser
In one of _Vogue’_s most ambitious shoots, photographer Annie Leibovitz and editor Grace Coddington reimagined Natalia Vodianova as Alice, with milliner Stephen Jones as the Mad Hatter, and designer Christian Lacroix as the March Hare, 2003. Says Leibovitz: Coddington is “the best fashion editor in the world.”
Photographed by Steven Meisel, Vogue, 1992 / Courtesy of Abrams9/17On the Road
In 1992, Coddington and photographer Steven Meisel led Kristen McMenamy through the gardens at the Château de Champs.
Photographed by Ellen von Unwerth, Vogue, 1992 / Courtesy of Abrams10/17Desert Siren
At the Marrakech market in 1992, Grace Coddington and photographer Ellen von Unwerth styled Nadja Auermann as Marlene Dietrich in Morocco.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, 2011 / Courtesy of Abrams11/17Arch Attitude
For _Vogue’_s annual Shape Issue in April 2011, editor Tonne Goodman dressed the singer Rihanna in a cutout swimsuit to emphasize her spectacular curves, photographed by Annie Leibovitz.
Photographed by Mario Testino, Vogue, 2011 / Courtesy of Abrams12/17Transformer
In 2011, Tonne Goodman dressed Lady Gaga in a pink wig for the cover of the March issue, shot by Mario Testino.
Photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Vogue, 2011 / Courtesy of Abrams13/17Lady of Shalott
Rooney Mara swoons like a Pre-Raphaelite heroine, photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. “The process of arriving at a very good fashion photograph,” says Goodman, “is, for me, complicated.”
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Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, 2007 / Courtesy of Abrams14/17Court Dressing
Working with the photographer Irving Penn, editor Phyllis Posnick styled Cate Blanchett in a Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière dress in 2007, inspired by a costume Blanchett wore in the movie Elizabeth.
Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, 2002 / Courtesy of Abrams15/17Masquerade
In 2002, Penn and Posnick used a deflated football to illustrate the effects of overtreated skin.
Photographed by Steven Klein, Vogue, 2011 / Courtesy of Abrams16/17Dreaming in Technicolor
Camilla Nickerson teamed up with photographer Steven Klein and model Amber Valletta (together with her son, Auden) to create this arresting image in 2011. Nickerson describes her work as “harnessing the clothes to what’s going on.”
Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, 2005 / Courtesy of Abrams17/17Miss Mouse
Irving Penn collaborated with Phyllis Posnick to photograph Lisa Cant in a lace mask in 2005. Julien d’Ys sprayed her hair white, save for one stray wisp. “There are no accidents,” says Posnick. “There’s that curl—her own dark hair unsprayed.”
