by philleif 0

>> I've never really looked to Carolina Herrera as a source of inspiration, but after seeing a slide show of Herrera over the years, I love the Latin flair, the palpable Goya influence she draws from.  No wonder Diana Vreeland called her "la bombe."

Top: L — 1955 at 16; R — 1973
Bottom: L — 1976, photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe; R — 1981

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