Lee Miller’s photography of British fashion for Vogue during World War 2 was prolific yet few are aware of the full extent of this body of her work. Many know Lee Miller’s name in connection to her inspirational World War 2 reportage. Few are aware of the volume of her British fashion images that were published on British Vogue’s pages from 1939 to 1944.
This six part series is produced in conjunction with the release of Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain book and exhibition and explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.
Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:
‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.
The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller Archives
Guest speakers include: Fashion Historian Amber Butchart, Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography, Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and Contemporary fashion and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.
Produced by Tolly Robinson
Music licensed from DeWolfe Music
This series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS, Culture Recovery Fund
All content: © Lee Miller Archives, England 2021. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk
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Lee Miller’s photography of British fashion for Vogue during World War 2 was prolific yet few are aware of the full extent of this body of her work. Many know Lee Miller’s name in connection to her inspirational World War 2 reportage. Few are aware of the volume of her British fashion images that were published on British Vogue’s pages from 1939 to 1944.
This six part series is produced in conjunction with the release of Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain book and exhibition and explores British fashion during the war, Lee Miller's contribution to the fashion industry in these years and her significant service to the survival of British Vogue magazine.
Audrey Withers, Lee Miller’s editor at British Vogue, wrote as early as 1941:
‘she [Lee Miller] has borne the whole weight of our studio production through the most difficult period in Brogue’s [British Vogue’s] history’.
The series is presented by Ami Bouhassane, Lee Miller's grandaughter and co-director of the Lee Miller Archives
Guest speakers include: Fashion Historian Amber Butchart, Robin Muir, contributing editor to British Vogue, Hilary Roberts, head curator of photography, Imperial War Museums London, Julie Summers, biographer of Audrey Withers and Contemporary fashion and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen.
Produced by Tolly Robinson
Music licensed from DeWolfe Music
This series was made possible by public funding awarded by Arts Council England from the DCMS, Culture Recovery Fund
All content: © Lee Miller Archives, England 2021. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Here's a bonus episode from the series.
'When you look at your parents or grandparents it's hard to imagine them as young lovers full of adventure' Ami Bouhassane shares love letters from her grandmother, held in the Lee Miller's Archives.
This series explore the 300 pages of love letters written between the iconic photographer Lee Miller and the Surrealist artist Roland Penrose during their courtship. Starting just a few days after they first met in June 1937 at a fancy dress party in Paris, the letters continue for 2 years charting their love, their friends such as Man Ray, Picasso, Leonora Carrington, Max Ernst, Nusch and Paul Eluard, their adventures, the build up of world war II, some scandals and a lot of fun.
The series is available on www.Patreon.com/LeeMillerArchives to LoveLee Letters, Sliver and Platiunum Patreon teir subscribers
Presented by Ami Bouhassane
Roland Penrose played by Adam Grayson
Guest Speakers: Hilary Roberts and Antony Penrose
Producer: Tolly Robinson
Music composed by David Cullen
All content © Lee Miller Archives, England 2020. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.