Barbara Miura was a prominent fashion model working in London during the early-to-mid 1950s. She appears in editorial and catalogue photography of the period, modeling couture and ready-to-wear for magazines and advertisers.
Her work includes photographs by noted fashion photographers such as John French (images for Harper’s Bazaar and commercial shoots) and credited studio shots attributed to photographers of Vogue and other British titles. Several surviving prints show her wearing Christian Dior, Ceil Chapman and other couture of the time.
Through these portraits, Barbara Miura embodies the grace and poise that defined London’s fashion scene in the 1950s — timeless, refined, and effortlessly glamorous.
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| Barbara Miura in white tulle dress with a flounced bertha, flounced stiffened skirt, and silver embroidery on hips and bosom by Arthur Banks, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, December 1950 |
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| Barbara Miura in town/country suit in fine smooth, worsted whipcord at Harvey Nichols, Harper's Bazaar UK, February 1950 |
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| Barbara Miura wearing a navy wool suit under a cafe-au-lait surah coat by Christian Dior, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue, Paris, April 1950 |
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| Barbara Miura wearing a satin gown shaped with gold and silver lamé leaves by Christian Dior, photo by Skilford, Vogue, Paris, October 1950 |
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| Barbara Miura wearing a white satin gown lightly embroidered with pearly sequins and adorned with feathers covered with a pleated tulle cape by Maggy Rouff, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue, Paris, April 1950 |
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| Barbara Miiura in gray-striped wool suit by Hebe Sports, Harper's Bazaar UK, February 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in black velvet dress with satin appliques edged in sequins by lady in Black, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in cotton evening dress with a pen-and-ink print of flowers on a creamy ground, the bodice tucks edged with black petersham by Atrima, photo by Keith Ewart, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in grey worsted suit with natural shantung blouse by Christian Dior, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, March 15, 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in navy blue wool gabardine suit, its collar faced with navy velvet and navy velvet appliqués on the pockets by Hershelle, hat by Hugh Beresford, mink marmot tie from Renard, photo by Keith Ewart, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in navy-blue lace and taffeta dress, the short full skirt pleated alternately in each material, by Mary Black, photo by Maurice Tabard, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in perfect dinner dress in deep blue velvet, ankle-length, sleeves are buttoned to the wide neck, by Dorville, hat by R.M. Hats, photo by Henry Clarke, Harper's Bazaar UK, February 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in short romantic party dress, red and yellow roses are embedded into the one-sided fullness of tiered black taffeta beneath a strapless top, by Guiseppe Mattli, photo by Henry Clarke, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in short summer dress in sharp white piqué with black ric-rac outlining its diagonal lines, comes with a brief fitted bolero, by Atrima, photo by Keith Ewart, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in softly-cut box-jacket suit in royal blue wool, collar and pockets faced with black velvet, by Spectator, hat by Hugh Beresford, photo by Keith Ewart at Beauchamp Place, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in steel-gray worsted suit, the square shoulders accentuate the small waistline, by Massey, hat by Hugh Beresford, photo by Keith Ewart at Beauchamp Place, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura wearing satin evening gown with floating chiffon side panels by Balenciaga, 1951 |
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| Barbara Miura in cocktail dress in black ottoman with a white piqué vest and brilliant emerald cummerbund by Marcus, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1952 |
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| Barbara Miura in Dior's pleated day dress in white crépe, photo by Henry Clarke, 1952 |
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| Barbara Miura in elegant town-suit by Frederick Starke, Vogue UK, February 1952 |
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| Barbara Miura in gray wool dress, gathered under the breast and has a stiffened horseshoe collar by Digby Morton, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1952 |
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| Barbara Miura's short hair is swept round from a high side-parting and brushed up from the nape in dovetailed ends by René, photo by Maurice Tabard, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1952 |
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| Barbara Miura in a Christian Dior cotton pique jacket with grosgrain collar and cuffs, photo John French for Harper's Bazaar, 1953 |
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| Barbara Miura in blue-black wild silk organza blouse with a shirt-front yoke of white marcella piqué at Janet West, photo by John French, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1953 |
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| Barbara Miura in short evening dress of dark blue silk paper taffeta with an enormous white organdy cape-collar with jutting bow at the bosom by C.D. Models, photo by John French, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1953 |
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| Barbara Miura in starched white waffle-piqué, domino-fronted jacket tipped with black grosgrain on collar and cuffs by C.D. Models, hat by Simone Mirman, photo by John French, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1953 |
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| Barbara Miura is wearing a necktie and fabric bag in rayon poult of striped gray, chestnut, white and chartreuse by Mme. Crystal, photo by John French, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1953 |
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| Barbara Miura wearing a hat circled with petals shaded by a huge rose set on one side at Edelle, photo by John French, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1953 |
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| Barbara Miura in lovely Bianchini silk dress by Maggy Rouff, photo by Guy Arsac, L'Art et la mode, March 1954 |
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