#1878 - William Klein

Simone, Painting, Coffee, Rome, (VOGUE), 1960
January 25, 2026
#1878 - William Klein
“I accepted the obligation of showing the clothes. Sharp, all the buttons, pleats and whatever. As long as I did that I found I could do pretty much what I wanted with the rest - backgrounds, attitudes, situations.”

~ William Klein
(1926-2022)

Working with one of the great models of her generation, Simone D'aillencourt, William Klein created one of his all-time great fashion photographs. Its success is because it is all attitude not only the model’s, but everyone else around her. Those lips! And not to mention the clothes!