Impressive Fashion Photography by Eugene Vernier in the 1950s

Eugene ‘Gene’ Vernier (1920–2011) worked as a fashion photographer for British Vogue from 1954 to 1967, during one of the most exciting periods in fashion history.

Fashion photography by Eugene Vernier in the 1950s

Shooting of-the-moment looks from the likes of Christian Dior and Emilio Pucci and top models including Celia Hammond, Jean Shrimpton, and former Vogue creative director Grace Coddington, Vernier worked with some of the biggest names in the industry. Yet he was relatively unconcerned with celebrity. Interested only in bringing out the very best in each frame, he was a true craftsman in the fashion photography trade.

Vernier shot mostly in black-and-white, and his trademark “look” is one of classic femininity. He sought to capture models when they were relaxed, enjoying the clothing, and confident that their photographer would show both only at their best.

These beautiful photos are part of his work that Eugene Vernier took fashion portraits of classic beauties in the 1950s

Jane Ingram is wearing silk satin cocktail dress, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, 1954

4 Model in all-white wool hopsack dress with large fringed collar by Corvette, topped by a piqué pull-on hat, a bib of beads completes the look, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, May 1954

Model in shorts, button-through skirt and halter top, to wear whole or separately, in navy on white ticking by Estrava, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, July 1954

Model in willow-green shantung dress by Dorville, straw topee with ribbon by Dorothy Carlton, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, April 1, 1955

Mollie Vernier wearing China-blue flowered hat by Simone Mirman, pewter lizard-skin bag from Finnegans, blue and smoke pearl brooches and earrings by Adrien, photo Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, April 15, 1955

Simone d'Aillencourt, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, August 1955

Enid Boulting (left) and Joy Weston pose with Afghan hound, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, January 1956

Jennifer Hocking, fashion photo by Eugene Vernier, circa 1956

June Clarke in lilac and white barley-corn tweed suit by Hardy Amies, white straw hat by Rose Vernier, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, January 1956

Margaret Phillips wears a corn-colored leghorn straw with wine-dark roses by Otto Lucas, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue, June 1956

Model in stick-slim dress of thick herringbone tweed by Dorville is holding a lean and highly-bred Saluki, photo by Eugene Vernier, January 1956

Simone d'Aillencourt in elegant linen suit and flower pot hat, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, April 1956

Simone d'Aillencourt in grey dress and short cropped bolero by Susan Small, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue, 1956

Susan Abraham in evening dress of eglantine satin, the skirt draped to the back and tied in a flat bow with a diamanté buckle by Michael Sherard, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue, October 15, 1956

Myrtle Crawford and whippet sitting in Zephyr automobile, photo by Eugene Vernier, July 1957

Simone d'Aillencourt in pearly satin with its own stole lined in the lilac reverse-side of the satin by Susan Small, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, July 1957

Susan Abraham, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue, May 1957

Jennifer Hocking in copper lambswool twinset worn with bronze tweed skirt from a Vogue pattern with blue scarf with white piping all from Jacqmar, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue, August 1958

Penny Knowles in studio fashion photo by Eugene Vernier, circa 1958

Judy Dent in a lemon thick-rib pullover in Courtelle by Playfair, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue, September 1959

Judy Dent in maize-yellow mohair sweater in a fine boucle twist with own belt by Bernhard Altmann, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue, September 1959

Models in hats of gold or silver straw, lined, cuffed or banded in different colors by Otto Lucas, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, March 1959

Nancy Egerton in heavy-knit Orlon in the palest of blues worn with glen-plaid skirt by Miladi-Anne, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, September 1959

Ros Watkins in silk jersey by Matita Overseas, hat by Otto Lucas, mocha calf handbag by Jane Shilton, rope beads by Jewelcraft, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue, March 1959

Wenda Parkinson relaxing with a toddler in a hammock, photo by Eugene Vernier, Vogue UK, June 1959