Joan Pedersen, Three-Time Vogue Cover Girl, Talks Mainbocher, Dior’s New Look, and True Love Inline

  • Joan Pedersen by Richard Rutledge
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    Photo: Courtesy of Joan Pedersen
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    Joan Pedersen by Richard Rutledge.

  • Pedersen left in Mainbocher
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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, October 15, 1942
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    Pedersen, left, in Mainbocher

  • Pedersen left
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    Photo: Courtesy of Joan Pedersen
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    Pedersen, left, on tour with the USO.

  • Joan Pedersen and Norman Norell
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    Photo: Courtesy of Joan Pedersen
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    Joan Pedersen and Norman Norell.

  • Joan Pedersen left
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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, October 15, 1942
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    Joan Pedersen, left.

  • In fur in Paris.
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    Photographed by Serge Balkin, Vogue, July 1, 1947
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    In fur in Paris.

  • Pedersen right in a “djeuner sur lherbe” scenario that took place in a studio.
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    Illustrated by René Bouché, Vogue, June 15, 1947
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    Pedersen, right, in a “déjeuner sur l’herbe” scenario that took place in a studio.

  • Pedersen one cool cucumber.
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    Photographed by Richard Rutledge, Vogue, July 1, 1947
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    Pedersen, one cool cucumber.

  • With Norman Norell
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    Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, September 1, 1947
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    In Norman Norell.

  • Joan Pedersen by John Rawlings
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    Photo: Courtesy of Joan Pedersen
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    Joan Pedersen by John Rawlings