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Glamorous Photos of Jean Patchett From her Modeling Career, Queen of Fashion Inc

Jean Patchett was a famous fashion model. She was one of the most recognizable and popular models in American fashion couture. Patchett worked for famous fashion magazines including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, Charm, Life magazines, and many more. She was also appeared on over 40 magazine covers throughout her fashion career. During the 1940s and 1960s, Patchett became the center of fashion photography and she was often referred to as ‘Queen of Fashion Inc’ by fashion editors. She was the first star model for New York’s Ford Models.

The camera loved Jean and Jean loved the camera.

The October 1950 issue of Vogue Magazine featured her perfectly penciled left eye, pouty red lips, and a trademark natural beauty mark. She was honored along with Suzy Parker and Naomi Sims at the 50 Years of American Women in Fashion ceremony. Patchett died on January 22, 2002, at age 75 from emphysema.

Here below are some glamorous photos of Jean Patchett from her modeling career.

#1 Jean Patchett wearing a silk plaid woven in Siam coat over a lime-green silk dress, 1950.

#2 Jean Patchett wearing a sunsuit and standing against a striped background, 1951.

#3 Jean Patchett uring a photo shoot of ‘Restaurant Fashions’, United States in 1948.

#4 Jean Patchett in a slender-skirted theatre suit in black taffeta and black velvet, 1948.

#5 Jean Patchett sitting on the terrace, 8 October 1948.

#6 Jean Patchett wearing a Christian Dior dress with an attached scarf at the gathered neckline and a large hat. Vogue 1948.

#7 Jean Patchett modeling huge Woolworth earrings, pearls, and rhinestone clips, 1949.

#8 Jean Patchett wearing jewelry, setting off a classic blouse of white rayon jersey, 1949.

#9 Jean Patchett wearing white touches that set off expensive black dress, 1949.

#10 Jean Patchett modeling 20 braclets, at a nickel a piece, enlivening simple white shirt, 1949.

#13 Jean Pachett models a dress by Netti Rosenstein in the art-filled apartment of Raymond Loewy, 1950.

#14 Jean Patchett poses in a swimsuit with a male model in an undersea diver’s hardhat suit, 1950.

#15 Jean Patchett in a grass green nylon with laton swimsuit, 1950.

#16 Jean Patchett in a shirt shaped jacket, straight skirt and superb glace kidskin gloves, 1950.

#17 Jean Patchett seated among vases of pink and white carnations wearing pink open neck linen dress with wide lapel collar and matching white with pink brocade skirt. Vogue 1950

#18 Jean Patchett wearing slim two-piece dress, jacket and hat. Glamour 1951.

#19 Jean Patchett wearing a Siamese silk plaid bare and bouffant sun dress. Vogue 1951.

#20 Jean Patchett sheltered with a rebozo of black and gold stripes. Vogue 1951.

#21 Jean Patchett sheltered with a rebozo of black and gold stripes. Vogue 1951

#22 Jean Patchett wearing golden brown open neck satin evening dress with multi-strand rhinestone choker, 1951.

#23 Jean Patchett wearing a tweed winter coat from the Paris Collections, 1951.

#24 Jean Patchett in a bathing suit of pink Crompton velveteen, 1951.

#25 Jean Patchett in a sealskin Mainbocher jacket and floor-length skirt with velvet flowers at the knee, 1951.

#26 Jean Patchett in red and white polka dot dress with petticoat ruffle, hat and gloves, 1952.

#27 Jean Patchett wearing a pale brown worsted suit, 1953.

#28 Jean Patchet in a orange tweed (a lesur fabric) suit, matching velvet hat, 1953.

#29 Jean Patchett wearing long haired fur, capeskin gloves by Superb, and black velour cap by Hattie Carnegie, 1953.

#31 Jean Patchett wearing a white tucked crepe dress tied with red and white stripes, 1954.

#33 Jean Patchett smoking a cigarette at her house, 1955.

#34 Jean Patchet dressed in a black lace dress with white satin bow, 1958.

#35 Jean Patchett n a yellow, green, and white striped swimsuit and matching swim cap with another model, 1960.

#36 Jean Patchett in a pink hat, looks down at a pink rose, 1961.

Written by Orla Morris

Full-time dress and costume designer, Half Persian half Italian. I still don’t know how to write, but i'm writing and you are reading :)

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