Slim Aarons (1916–2006), was an American photographer noted for photographing socialites, jet-setters and especially celebrities. And here are 30 stunning color photos of classic female celebrities chosen from his large photo collection.
(Photos by Slim Aarons)
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| Madame Jean Serpieri, 1961 |
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| Austrian-born American photographer Inge Morath sunbathes by a swimming pool next to the sea in Acapulco, Mexico, 1960 |
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| Mara Lane at the Sands in 1954 |
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| Babe Paley at her Round Hill Villa in Jamaica in 1959 |
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| Marisa Berenson in Capri, 1968 |
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| Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap and Marina Rava wearing bikinis on the rear of a boat, on the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy, 1958 |
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| Swiss actress Ursula Andress poses in a hammock, in Rome, Italy, 1955 |
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| Countess Consuelo Crespi with her daughter, Pilar, in Costa Smeralda, 1968 |
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| Film star Diana Dors in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed, 1955 |
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| Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed, 1955 |
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| Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed, 1955 |
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| Gloria Guinness swimming in her pool, Palm Beach, Florida, 1959 |
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| Greek actress Melina Mercouri sitting at a street cafe in Athens, 1961 |
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| Lady Daphne Cameron on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959 |
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| Lady Daphne Cameron on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959 |
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| Marilyn Monroe wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released, 1952 |
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| Mexican film star Dolores Del Rio floating in a swimming pool in Acapulco, 1952 |
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| Mexican film star Dolores Del Rio floating in a swimming pool in Acapulco, 1952 |
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| Mrs A Atwater Kent Jr dressed in a simple shift dress is crossing the road barefoot in the rain in 1964 |
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| Poet Gwendolyn Brooks on the back steps of her home in Chicago in 1960 |
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| Princess Colonna with her son Prospero, in the gallery of the Palazzo Colonna, Rome, 1960 |
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| Rita Aarons enjoying a swim amid a pool full of sparkling Christmas ornaments, 1955 |
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| Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 |
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| Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach, 1959 |
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| Swiss actress Ursula Andress reclines on a hammock in Rome, 1955 |
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| Virna Lisi and Marcello Mastroianni in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, August 1968 |
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| Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera in the Bahamas, 1961 |
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| American socialite C. Z. Guest at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955 |
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| American swimmer and actress Esther Williams at a swimming pool, ca. 1940s |
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| American swimmer and actress Esther Williams at a swimming pool, ca. 1940s |
(Photos by Slim Aarons)






























