This June 1961 issue of Vogue features Dorothy McGowan on the cover, photographed by Tom Palumbo. Capturing the elegance and confidence of early 1960s fashion, this issue offers an extraordinary blend of style, travel, and culture—from Mainbocher’s signature look to insightful features by Joan Didion and Mary Roblee Henry.
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Table of Contents
FASHIONS
44 Main Bocher—the man behind the Mainbocher Look
52 Enough sweaters—the new count for clothes collectors
66 This summer’s have-to-haves for city dressing
74 This summer’s accessory dressing
76 Looks to take on a summer weekend
78 At the new El Morocco: the white evening dress
80 Little brass suit—silk shocked by pink
82 “Can I learn to be chic?”—Vogue’s answer to an intelligent woman with a new fashion need
84 Escapist clothes—’61 additions to a permanent weekend wardrobe
90 Paris evening dresses
92 New shapes for bathing suits
98 The easiest summer—three dresses that make it that
100 Good buys—cotton dresses to paperbacks
104 What’s coming in—and what it takes to wear it
106 Dresses with a standing order of summerproofing
108 The summer clothes—word for children when no price is bigger than $6
128 Lingerie shopping notes
FEATURES • ARTICLES • PEOPLE
21 The Delights of Jordan — By Mary Roblee Henry
43 Vogue’s Eye View: Space Spoken Here
60 Anouk Aimée in La Dolce Vita
61 People Are Talking About . . .
62 The Chief of Protocol and Mrs. Duke; The Attorney General and Mrs. Kennedy
64 Who Sits Where Now: the New Washington Protocol — By Allene Talmey
94 How to See Spain Without Changing Hotels — By Candace Alig Van Alen
96 Jealousy—Is It a Curable Illness? — By Joan Didion
FASHIONS IN LIVING
110 What men can teach women about kitchens:
Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg’s Tyrolean kitchen in New Jersey
Horace K. Kelland’s bachelor course in city entertaining
126 In the kitchen, men like . . .
BEAUTY
48 Troubleproof coiffures on the summer-wave
76 Silk effects for manicures and pedicures
81 Maintenance notes on summer coiffures
133 Summer baths that pour on roses
DEPARTMENTS
24 Vogue’s Travelog
26 Vogue’s School and Camp Directory
38 Shop Hound
A striking mid-century issue that blends haute couture with cultural commentary, Vogue June 1961 stands as a quintessential example of the magazine’s golden era—elegant, worldly, and enduringly modern.