Yves Saint Laurent; Loulou de la Falaise
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© Norman Parkinson Archive/ Iconic Images
Yves Saint Laurent; Loulou de la Falaise
by Norman Parkinson
chromogenic print, 1974
15 in. x 14 3/4 in. (380 mm x 376 mm)
Given by Norman Parkinson, 1981 in conjunction with the NPG exhibition 'Norman Parkinson: 50 Years of Portraits and Fashion'
Photographs Collection
NPG x30157
Sittersback to top
- Loulou de la Falaise (1948-2011), Fashion designer. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008), Couturier. Sitter in 2 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Norman Parkinson (1913-1990), Photographer. Artist or producer of 244 portraits, Sitter in 14 portraits.
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This surrealist-inspired photograph of the sitters embracing amid a flock of prop sheep was taken for Vogue.
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Current affairs
28 people are killed and hundreds injured in the IRA pub bombings. Two pubs in Guilford popular with army personnel were attacked with gelignite bombs, followed by a pub in Woolwich and then two in Birmingham. 17 people, known as the Guilford Four, the Maguire Seven and the Birmingham Six, were arrested for the bombing but all were eventually found to have been wrongfully imprisoned.Art and science
John Le Carré publishes his classic spy thriller, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The novel was later made into a BBC miniseries starring Alec Guinness.International
A one party communist state is established in Ethiopia after a committee of military officers known as the Derg depose Halie Selassie from power.Greek Cypriot officers depose President Archbishop Makarios III in a coup d'etat sponsored by the Greek Government. Taking advantage of the situation, Turkey sent troops to occupy half the island, proclaiming the Turkish Federal State of Cyprus the following year.
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