3956_1278 Fashion models (September 12, 1955 issue of LIFE magazine, pages 148-149, article titled, "Red, Red and More Red: Fall Styles Sizzle with Fire Engine Look from Top to Toe") 1955 © 1978 Mark Shaw

3956_0988 Dorothy Tristan wearing the Dior "Soiree cubaine" dress (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, Y line) 1955 © 2013 Mark Shaw

24293_1008 Barbra Streisand in "Hello, Dolly!" 1969 20th Century-Fox ** B.D.M.

5727_0056 Loni Anderson circa 1980s © 1980 Mario Casilli

21780_0023 "The Bing Crosby Show" Bing Crosby with wife Kathryn Grant 10-27-1963 © 1978 Gene Trindl

3956_1088 Models on train, Bois de Boulogne, Paris (models clad in designer evening dresses posing on the childrenís miniature train in the Bois de Boulogne as photographed by Mark Shaw for the September 2, 1957 issue of Life. Designers (left to right) are Lanvin-Castillo, Cardin, Dior, Laroche, Lanvin-Castillo, Cardin, Laroche and Patou) 1957 © 2011 Mark Shaw

24299_0023 Mae West circa 1930s ** I.V.

3956_1095 Dolores Guinness wearing the "Sevillane" dress (Spring-Summer Haute Couture collection, Longue line) 1959 © 2013 Mark Shaw

24293_0847 Army Archerd, Olivia de Havilland and Rupert Allan at the West Coast Premiere of the 70mm edition of "Gone with the Wind" at the Carthay Circle Theater October 11, 1967 ** B.D.M.

5370_0160 "The Sound of Music" Julie Andrews, Eleanor Parker 1965 20th Century Fox ** I.V.

0041_2024 Gina Lollobrigida talking to Danny Kaye at Screen Producers dinner circa 1960s Photo by Joe Shere

24293_0313 Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood in "Sex and the Single Girl" 1964 Warner Bros. **B.D.M.

4662_0030 Yvette Mimieux and Rock Hudson 1966 Photo by Joe Shere

1757_0013 "The 32nd Annual Academy Awards" Debbie Reynolds 1960 © 1978 Bernie Abramson

24293_0574 Alfred Hitchcock and Kim Novak on the set of "Vertigo" 1958 Paramount ** B.D.M.

22369_0011 "Porgy and Bess" (Premiere) Cyd Charisse, Tony Martin 1959 © 1978 David Sutton

3956_1279 Fashion models (December 24, 1956 issue of LIFE magazine, pages 166-167, in an article titled "Price Puzzle Proves a Point: 12 Styles Tell Why US Is Best Dressed") 1956 © 1978 Mark Shaw

24300_0385 "The 12th Annual American Music Awards" La Toya Jackson, Kenny Rogers, Janet Jackson 1985 © 1985 Gary Lewis

3956_1117 Dior fashion model circa 1958 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_1052 Fashion models (third and fourth from left (Kouka)) wearing Dior "Ondine" and "Ciel de feu" dresses (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, Charme line). Also pictured are fashions from Ferreras, Matta and Desses 1961 © 2013 Mark Shaw

3956_0936 Dior fashion model wearing "Chimene" dress (Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection, H line) 1954 © 2013 Mark Shaw

11835_0007 "Bloomingdale Party" Betsy Bloomingdale 1967 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0957_0122 Merle Oberon C. 1947 © 1978 Earnest Bachrash

0712_2267 Elizabeth Taylor circa 1956 © 1978 Sanford Roth / A.M.P.A.S.

0072_0788 Johnny Carson and wife Joanna Carson circa 1975 © 1980 Gary Lewis