Stunning Fashion Photography by Richard Dormer in the Early 1950s

Richard Dormer (1913–2000) was a British fashion photographer from the 1940s to 2000. He worked for many magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and Elegance Magazine.

Fashion photography by Richard Dormer in the 1950s

Dormer shot many famous models such as Anne Gunning, Suzy Smith, Barbara Goalen,… and particulary Jean Shrimpton. His photos in Egypt are really beautiful and inspired.

These stunning photos are part of his work that Richard Dormer took fashion portraits of classic beauties in the early 1950s.

Barbara Goalen in lovely white organdie dress scattered with full blown roses by Neil Roger, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1950

Barbara Goalen's antique jeweled hair adornment is a diamond and ruby spray with shaded enamel leaves on gold and silver, made in England in 1810 from S.J. Phillips, ostrich fan from Duvelleroy, photo by Richard Dormer, 1950

Model in evening dress in the palest gold satin with a peplum by Frederick Starke, jewelry by Cartier, the gloves are velvet, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1950

Model in gown of rich Lyons velvet with stiff bow at the base of the diagonal cut décolletage by Hardy Amies, jewelry from Asprey, photo by Richard Dormer at the Tate Gallery, Harper's Bazaar UK, November 1950

Model is wearing a lime-colored straw hat with rolled-up brim, striped ribbon ties in bow in back by R.M.Hats, sleek gray wool dress by Matita, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, February 1950

Pat O'Reilly in dress and jacket of mushroom foulard dotted in white by Molyneux, Barbara Goalen in lavender surah dress patterned in pink and white by Hardy Amies, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1950

Shelagh Wilson in barathea suit with velvet accents by Jacqmar, cape-stole of pearl platina mink by Molho, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1950

Anne Gunning in brilliant grosgrain evening coat over white grosgrain dress by Susan Small, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1951

Anne Gunning in reversible wrap-over coat faced with a houndstooth check by Munro, gloves and hat by Leathercraft, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1951

Anne Gunning is wearing the Mandarin hat in tangerine straw, curved over the forehead in a mist of black veiling, by Gilbert Orcel, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, April 1951

Barbara Goalen in Jacqmar stole in Duchesse satin and gilt and brilliants for earrings, choker and bracelets by Adrian Mann all from Peter Jones, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, December 1951

Barbara Goalen in vivid mandarin-collared coat of deep-piled wool cut short and boxy in front, hanging in longer folds behind, by Lachasse, beret by Rose Vernier, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, November 1951

Barbara Goalen is wearing Yardley's Blond Base Cameo Powder and Pretty Pink lipstick, sari is from Liberty, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, February 1951

June Duncan in soft winter-brown wool dress, perfectly plain except for one jutting pocket and long fringed stole by Dorville, black veiled hat by Otto Lucas, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, November 1951

Model in lacey, bell-sleeved bed jacket o f soft jasmine-yellow velvet over a chiffon nightgown encrusted with coffee-colored lace from Debenham & Freebody, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, February 1951

Model in ravishing dance dress with huge tiered skirt of embroidered organdie and taffeta halter top draped diagonally in front by Victor Stiebel, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, April 1951

Model in summer dress of dotted muslin with insertions of lilac-colored broderie Anglaise by Susan Small, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1951

Model is wearing a flat cartwheel in light blue shantung edged and trimmed with velvet by R.M.Hats, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, July 1951

Pat O'Reilly in slim fitted iron-gray wool ottoman suit, with deep notched revers, flap hip pockets and pewter buttons by Hardy Amies, mink stole by Deanfield Furs, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, April 1951

Shelagh Wilson in billowing evening dress in uneven tiers of flame tulle and lace, the skirt uneven in front sweeps low behind, black belt marks the natural waist, by Victor Stiebel, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, 1951

Shelagh Wilson is wearing a small fire-red velour hat softened by a black eye-veil and pierced on one side by a long black quill by R.M.Hats, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1951

Anne Gunning in brilliant Chinese-blue satin gown by Ronald Paterson, Fiona Campbell-Walter in creamy satin dress by Norman Hartnell and June Duncan in peony-red slipper-satin gown by Digby Morton, photo by Richard Dormer, 1952

Anne Gunning in smoke-gray silk organza dress gathered over a mille feuilles of tulle in shades of gray, the long-sleeved bolero can be removed, by Hardy Amies, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, April 1952

Barbara Goalen in regal cape of amethyst velvet lined in Chinese lamb by Bradleys, photo by Richard Dormer at Stonehenge, Harper's Bazaar UK, July 1952

Barbara Goalen's coiffure is brushed back and up and wide at the temples and burnished with bronze glitter dust by Raymond, earrings and purse at Fortnum & Mason, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, April 1952

Bettina Graziani in dress with two lives; by day broderie Anglaise over sky-blue taffeta; at night the overdress is removed to reveal the lining as a short décolleté evening dress by Susan Small, photo by Richard Dormer, June 1952

Bettina Graziani, Health & Beauty editorial, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, April 1952

Fiona Campbell-Walter in red silk-crêpe cocktail dress by Lanvin-Castillo, photo by Richard Dormer, Paris Vogue, October 1952

June Duncan in Spring suit with short jacket and pleated skirt by Marcus, tab suède hat and gloves by Leathercraft, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, February 1952

Pat O'Reilly in creamy, thick-piled, camel-wool coat with a high nutria collar and rich tuxedo front worn with tip-tilted fur hat, both by Norman Hartnell, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1952

Shelagh Wilson in cherry-red corduroy shorts and stole lined with the same pale pink pique as the blouse, all by Horrockses, photo by Richard Dormer at the temple ruins at Agrigento, Sicily, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1952

Shelagh Wilson in evening dress with classic Grecian lines in white georgette by Roecliff & Chapman, photo by Richard Dormer with the dazzling blue Mediterranean in the background, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1952

Shelagh Wilson in terry-cloth, button-through swimsuit and stole in soft shade of cyclamen with contrasting bands of color by Horrockses, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1952

Susan Abraham in voluminous evening wrap in undyed mole bleached into a natural honey color, by Arthur Poliakoff, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1952

Susan Hook in a button-through cocktail coat-dress in embossed satin by Susan Small, ten-gallon gondola hat by Otto Lucas, antique silver bracelets by Halcyon Days, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1952