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Edward Steichen's Manual of Style

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by Edgar Allen Beem

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Gary Cooper
Actor Gary Cooper by Edward Steichen 1930
Marion Morehouse
Marion Morehouse and unidentified model wearing dresses by Vionnet by Edward Steichen. 1930
Alexandre de Salzmann
Alexandre de Salzmann by Edward Steichen 1932

For many years I had a postcard propped up on a bookshelf in my office, a portrait of actor Gary Cooper looking suave in a suit and tie. Though I'm a fairly disheveled sort myself, this picture of a casually elegant Gary Cooper was the apotheosis of style to me.

I see now that the photograph was taken in 1930 by Edward Steichen, but I probably couldn't have told you that until I saw the announcement for Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, The Cond

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