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In this column Laura Havlin takes a retrospective look at the style icons of the past

  • Diane Keaton and Woody Allen in Annie Hall, 1977

    Vintage Style | Diane Keaton

    Made famous through her roles in a series of Woody Allen films in the 1970s, actress Diane Keaton’s celebrity helped popularise the menswear as womenswear...

  • Annie Lennox in 1983

    Vintage Style | Annie Lennox

    Vocalist, songwriter, musician, campaigner and all round powerhouse from the iconic 80s group the Eurythmics, Annie Lennox stood like an almighty totem in the...

  • Jean Shrimpton, 1963

    Vintage Style | Jean Shrimpton

    This month, British fashion institution Burberry revealed their autumn/winter 2011 campaign photography shot by Mario Testino, the inspiration for which was...

  • Talitha and Paul Getty in Marrakech, 1969

    Vintage Style | Talitha Getty

    Immortalised in tragedy, sixties actress and socialite Talitha Getty’s glamorous but ultimately doomed life was likened by Yves Saint Laurent to the hedonistic...

  • Betty Catroux, Yves Saint Laurent and Loulou de la Falaise outside the new YSL London boutique in 1969

    Vintage Style | Loulou de la Falaise

    On Saturday, November 5, 2011 the Yves Saint Laurent Pierre Bergé Foundation announced that muse and designer Loulou de la Falaise had died after a protracted...

  • Bettie Page photographed by Bunny Yeager, 1954

    Vintage Style | Bettie Page

    A living incarnation of sunny 1950s American optimism, who also hinted at the radical socio-sexual shake-ups that the following decade would usher in, Bettie...

  • Rita Hayworth for Gilda, by Robert Coburn, 1946

    Vintage Style | Rita Hayworth

    When Rita Hayworth teased off her elbow-length gloves by the fingertips with unprecedented erotic abandon, wearing a strapless dress split to the thigh, the...

  • Jackie Onassis in Capri

    Vintage Style | Jackie O

    Master of the chic accessory, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier "Jackie" Kennedy “O” Onassis is still one of America’s proudest sartorial figures. Her pristine,...

  • Marilyn Monroe & Joe Dimaggio, 1954.

    Vintage Style | Iconic Wedding Dresses

    Tomorrow’s Royal Wedding will, by default, see the first outing of a dress that will be re-examined for years to come, significant for what it represents in...

  • Elizabeth Taylor, 1955

    Vintage Style | Elizabeth Taylor

    On the 23rd of March 2011, in Los Angeles, the actress and humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor passed away aged 79. One of the most optimistic tributes to her style...

  • Audrey Hepburn wearing Givenchy in Funny Face (1957)

    Vintage Style | Audrey Hepburn

    Born in Brussels in 1929, Audrey Hepburn was and still remains one of the most prolific fashion icons of all time. Her 1950’s elegance and elfin chic redefined...

  • Photo by Rose Hartman

    Vintage Style | Bianca Jagger

    Supermodel, muse and wife of a Rolling Stone for the majority of the decade, Bianca Jagger defined the decadent 1970s. With her tall frame, high cheekbones and...