Books: Images from the Collection of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, the World's First Supermodel
Above: Irving Penn’s “Twelve Most Photographed Models,” 1947
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In 1939, the model Lisa Fonssagrives famously appeared on the cover of French Vogue magazine, draped in a gown by designer Lucien Lelong and perched dangerously on a beam atop the Eiffel Tower. In the image, taken by photographer Erwin Blumenfeld …