Lisa Fonssagrives

Lisa Fonssagrives was a Swedish-American fashion model whose career spanned the 1930s through the 1950s. Her sustained prominence in major fashion magazines helped establish the modern idea of the supermodel.

Irving Penn: Irving Penn was an American photographer known for fashion portraits and spare studio compositions. His photographs of Fonssagrives became among the most recognizable images of her modeling career.
Vogue: Vogue is a fashion magazine first published in the United States in 1892. Fonssagrives appeared on its covers and in its fashion editorials throughout her career.
Sweden: Sweden is a Nordic country in northern Europe. Fonssagrives was born in Sweden before building her career in Paris and the United States.
Model (person): A fashion model is a person who presents clothing and accessories in images or live displays. Fonssagrives exemplified the shift from anonymous garment presentation toward individually recognized models.
Twiggy: Twiggy is an English model and actor who became a major fashion figure in the 1960s. Her youth-driven 1960s fame contrasts with Fonssagrives’s mature, sustained career in mid-century couture.
Richard Avedon: Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer whose work appeared in Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. He photographed Fonssagrives for fashion editorials during the peak of her career.
Harper's Bazaar: Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine founded in 1867. Its fashion pages featured Fonssagrives in photographs by leading mid-century image-makers.
Paris: Paris is the capital of France and a major center of art, fashion, and culture. She moved to Paris in the 1930s, where her fashion modeling career began.
Celebrity: Celebrity is public recognition that makes a person widely known beyond their immediate profession. Magazine attention made Fonssagrives recognizable as an individual, not merely as the wearer of clothes.
Naomi Campbell: Naomi Campbell is a British fashion model who rose to international prominence in the late twentieth century. Her global celebrity and runway era show how the supermodel role expanded after Fonssagrives.

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