This Vogue issue from December 1961 features the elegant Antonia Boekestyn on the cover, photographed by the legendary Horst P. Horst. Capturing the timeless glamour of the holiday season, this issue celebrates fashion, beauty, and art through a festive lens—highlighting luxurious winter styles, couture details, and creative holiday inspiration that defined early 1960s sophistication.
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Table of Contents
FASHIONS
93 Vogue’s eye view: The Christmas Country
112 The lesson in Mainbocher’s short evening looks
116 Mink double-think; mink askance
126 Must-have-now clothes to wear all year
132 Pearls—new cultural aspects
136 Raw pale suits—no stopping them through the year
138 Clothes for the clean get-away-from-it-all: bathing suits, new looks for pants, new sweaters
142 Vogue Patterns from the Paris Collections
146 Mistletoe meets muumuu on home ground
148 All through the house—in-for-the-evening clothes; new jewelling
152 Christmas present roundup
FEATURES • ARTICLES • PEOPLE
40 Oh, Beautiful Ice Cream. By Betsy Grant
71 Christmas Presents for Travellers
94 Jasmin Joseph sculpture: Daniel and the Lion
96 Four Great Flower Paintings: De Heem, Fantin-Latour, Van Gogh, Picasso
102 How to Succeed at Christmas Without Really Crying. By William F. Brown, starring Robert Morse and a celebrated cast
110 People Are Talking About . . .
111 The British Ambassador to the United States and Lady Ormsby Gore
118 Mrs. Robert David Lion Gardiner
128 More Art Than Money
137 A Virgin Islander’s View. By Katharine Roberts Bailey
FASHIONS IN LIVING
156 Let nothing the holiday hostess dismay
160 How to make time for Christmas: five holiday parties
162 A shaker’s dozen of Christmas drinks
BEAUTY
127 27 ways to charm a skin
132 Fast beauty saves—minute-made allure
150 How to open a Christmas present when it’s perfume
152 Beauty-making presents
154 Breakfast in bed—beauty on the menu
DEPARTMENTS
68 Vogue’s Travelog
70 Vogue’s School Directory
82 Shop Hound
A classic collectible from Vogue’s early 1960s era, this December issue encapsulates the glamour of the season—featuring holiday fashion, art, and beauty through Horst’s masterful photography and Vogue’s refined editorial voice. A beautiful addition to any vintage fashion or photography collection.