Thread by @dean_frey

For Dorian Leigh's birthday a great shot by her sister, Suzy Parker.
Vogue, 1954
"She instinctively knew what every photographer wanted, and she came alive just at the moment the shutter clicked."
- Eileen Ford

Dorian Leigh being photographed by her sister, Suzy Parker
📷 Peter Stackpole, 1953
Dorian was the oldest of four sisters: Florian (Cissie), Georgiabell & Cecilia (Suzy), who was 17 years younger than her.

Dorian Leigh by Georges Dambier
Elle, Paris, 1953

Dorian Leigh at the Swedish-American Line pier, New York
📷 Toni Frissell for Harper’s Bazaar, 1949

Georges Dambier
Dorian Leigh at the balcony, 1954
Unflappable!

A spectacular shot of Dorian Leigh by Genevieve Naylor
Italy, 1952

Richard Avedon photographs Dorian Leigh, "Fire & Ice"
📷 Barrett Gallagher, 1952
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Dorian Leigh by Horst P. Horst for Vogue, May 15, 1947

Dorian Leigh by Henry Clarke for French Vogue, 1955
"Posing Leigh against the background of a Courbet painting of two naked figures locked in a passionate embrace, Clarke made a picture of an angular elegant woman exuding both disdain & intense sexuality."
- Val Williams

Dorian Leigh by Genevieve Naylor
Rome, 1952

Another wonderful shot of Dorian Leigh by Georges Dambier
For Elle, March 1957

Richard Avedon took this shot of Dorian Leigh in Helena Rubinstein's Apartment, Île St. Louis, Paris, August 1949

Irving Penn's portrait of Vogue photographers included Vogue's top model, Dorian Leigh.
Slocum estate, Locust Valley NY, 1947
Left to right: Serge Balkin, Cecil Beaton, George Platt Lynes, Constantin Joffe, Horst P. Horst, John Rawlings, Alexander Liberman, Erwin Blumenfeld

This one is very odd: from the same photoshoot, Cecil Beaton & Dorian Leigh by Irving Penn
bromide silver print, 1947
@NPGLondon
You have to look closely to pick out Leigh in the background. Penn could've used a spotlight here, I think.

Dorian Leigh & Robin Tattersall by Norman Parkinson
Susan Small Advertisement, Vogue, 1958

Dorian Leigh had so many moods & styles. Mysterious, sexy, elegant, self-possessed, direct.
Cecil Beaton doubles down by often including a mirror in his shots of Leigh.
Reddish House, 1950s

Lillian Bassman for Harper’s Bazaar
The Well-Dressed Leg
New York, 1948
Celebrating Dorian Leigh's birthday today with some amazing photographs of the great model. This is one of my favourite Bassman shots!