June Duncan was born in the Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill in 1924 and went on to model clothes for all the major couture houses in London and Paris. In the 1950s, she appeared regularly in the pages of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair and Tatler.
June Duncan in the early 1950s
Duncan’s modeling career was an exhilarating whirl of fashion shoots, front covers and haute couture. She was photographed by some of the most high-profile photographers of the decade, including John French, Eugène Vernier, Hans Wild and Noel Mayne, which captured the refined grace of the 1950s.
Duncan died, aged 90, in 2014. Take a look at these glamorous photos to see fashion portraits of young June Duncan in the early 1950s.
June Duncan in long full-fronted evening coat of red grosgrain that surprisingly opens down the back by Frederick Starke, photo by Henry Clarke at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Harper’s Bazaar UK, October 1950
June Duncan in narrow gray wool suit with high revers and hip pockets standing out below a waspish waist by Jacqmar, beige hat bound by chiffon by Erik, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper’s Bazaar UK, October 1950
June Duncan in black grosgrain dress that has a strapless bodice and small bolero to cover, the hem is petalled with black tulle by Rima, photo by Henry Clarke, Harper’s Bazaar UK, February 1951
June Duncan in black velvet shoulder-cape crossing at the waist and jutting at the hips from Elizabeth Arden, silver and paste star from L. Franklin, photo by Keith Ewart, Harper’s Bazaar UK, January 1951
June Duncan in black wool shirt and skirt accented with a leopard-print wool cravat and calf belt with ornate buckle by Elizabeth Winter, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper’s Bazaar UK, January 1951
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