Born 1935 in Kansas City, Missouri, American model Sondra Peterson is best known for her work in the 1950s and 1960s appearing in major magazines beside other icons of the age like Veruschka von Lehndorff and Jean Shrimpton.
Sondra Peterson in the 1960s
Signed by Eileen Ford to the Ford Modeling Agency, Peterson was photographed by leading photographers, including Francis McLaughlin Gill and Irving Penn. She was profiled in Eileen Ford’s Book Of Model Beauty.
Seventeen highlighted famous models in the sixties in a series of “How to look like…” articles. Peterson was on the cover of various issues of the magazine, and in the May 1960 issue she was featured on the cover for an article about “How to Look Like Sondra Peterson.”
Take a look at these beautiful photos to see portraits of a young Sondra Peterson as a model in the 1960s.
Sondra Peterson in bare-shoulder flowery pink silk dress by Junior Sophisticates, Mademoiselle shoes, photo by William Helburn, Harper’s Bazaar, April 1960
Sondra Peterson in cotton faille surplice-wrapped dress in pomegranate red bound and buttoned in turquoise by Masket Bros., hat by Mr. John, pin by Hattie Carnegie, photo by Francesco Scavullo, Harper’s Bazaar, May 1960
Sondra Peterson in daytime silk chiffon dress and jacket in fawn print with spottings of black, brown and white, by Donald Brooks, photo by Karen Radkai, Vogue, May 1, 1960
Sondra Peterson in green wool tweed suit by Finger, Rabiner & Jontow Inc., cheetah town hat by Emmé, and jewelry by Tiffany & Co., photo by Bert Stern, 1960
Sondra Peterson in heavy textured silk dove-blue coat over a sleeveless dress, flat bow-tie is part of the dress, by Mainbocher, David Webb jewelry, Delman lime green silk pumps, photo by Karen Radkai, Vogue, May 1, 1960
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