See Liz Taylor, Jane Birkin, and More Vintage Ladies in Chic Outerwear
Photo: Camerique/Getty Images
With frigid temperatures on the horizon, it’s tempting to pile on the winter layers and bulk up like the Michelin Man for the duration. Instead, take a style note from chic ladies like Elizabeth Taylor — who always knew how to work a silhouette to her advantage — and Twiggy, who never passed up an opportunity to make a sartorial statement. Choose bold, tailored layers that add a bit of drama to your winter look. See Jane Birkin, Sophia Loren, and more ladies dressed for the cold months in everything from plaid on plaid to full fur (before fur was controversial.) Nary an Ugg in sight.
Circa 1971 Photo: Keystone
Elizabeth Taylor, 1956 Photo: Darlene Hammond
Circa 1969 Photo: Imagno
Twiggy, 1967 Photo: Evening Standard
1957 Photo: Keystone
Rita Hayworth, Circa 1941 Photo: A. L. Whitey Schafer
July 1971 Photo: Popperfoto
Veruschka von Lehndorff, 1969 Photo: Keystone
May 1949 Photo: George W. Hales
Dionne Warwick, 1973 Photo: Michael Putland/2013 Michael Putland
Sophia Loren, 1962 Photo: Keystone-France/2012 Gamma-Keystone
Circa 1954 Photo: Time Life Pictures
Circa 1935 Photo: Camerique/2012 Camerique
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, 1976 Photo: Michel GINFRAY/Michel GINFRAY/GAMMA
Circa 1950 Photo: Hulton Archive/2010 Getty Images
1953 Photo: Kurt Hutton
1959 Photo: RDA/Credit ©Rue des Archives/AGIP
Eleanor Boardman, Circa 1925 Photo: Hulton Archive
1951 Photo: Chevalier/2010 Getty Images
1951 Photo: Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/2011 Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche
1923 Photo: Seeberger Freres
1955 Photo: Chaloner Woods
Circa 1957 Photo: Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/2011 Getty Images
1966 Photo: Keystone
Jennie Lyons, 1966 Photo: George Freston
1959 Photo: RDA/Credit ©Rue des Archives/AGIP
1964 Photo: Fox Photos
1952 Photo: Gordon Parks/Time Life Pictures
1977 Photo: STAFF
1949 Photo: Raymond Kleboe
Greta Garbo, 1925 Photo: Ruth Harriet Louise
Donna Summer, 1976 Photo: Michael Ochs Archives
Lana Turner, 1942 Photo: Eric Carpenter
1973 Photo: Central Press
Sheila Symonds, 1954 Photo: Meager
1953 Photo: RDA/©RDA
Circa 1957 Photo: Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/2011 Getty Images
Camilla Sparv, Circa 1970 Photo: Silver Screen Collection/2011 Silver Screen Collection
Marlene Dietrich, 1937 Photo: John Kobal Foundation
Shirley Bassey, 1970 Photo: Frank Tewkesbury
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