The New Hat Called Violette Worn by The Honorable Mrs. Reginald Fellowes

Daisy Fellowes|Adolf de Meyer

1924 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

This photograph of the notoriously stylish Daisy Fellowes wearing the latest Alex hat relates to a fashion story de Meyer produced for Harper’s Bazaar. The radiant Fellowes—who served as the magazine’s Paris editor in the 1930s—appears against a sparkling abstract backdrop, a staple of de Meyer’s fashion work of the 1920s. His lighting style had a profound impact not only on fashion photography but also on the look of films and celebrity portraits during Hollywood’s golden age. De Meyer spent his final years in Los Angeles, making glamour shots of actors and starlets and writing his (still unpublished) memoirs.

Artist

Daisy Fellowes|Adolf de Meyer

Date

1924

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of Paul F. Walter, in memory of Christopher Hemphill, 1987