Beautiful sophisticated blonde with pale face, Snowqueen of Texas Deborah Dixon, was a very popular model of the cult 1960s. Her beautiful face and perfect figure graced in fashion magazines, such as Harper’s Bazaar.
Deborah Dixon in the 1960s
In the photos of Frank Horvat model Deborah Dixon is accompanied by famous European painters, actors, directors, writers: Marcello Mastroianni, Federico Fellini, playwright Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. She was a real inspiration for later cult Scottish director Donald Cammell.
Deborah met Donald Cammell in New York. He moved with Deborah to Paris, where she continued to model and where he began to try his hand at writing scripts. After living together for ten years, their long relationship (by the standards of fashion and film industry) ended shortly before the start of filming Performance (1970).
Take a look at these stunning photos to see portraits of a young fashion model Deborah Dixon in the 1960s.
“Sea of Waves,” Deborah Dixon, Helene Curtis, photo by William Helburn, 1960
Broken Bulb, Deborah Dixon for Helene Curtis, photo by William Helburn for Altman-Stoller, 1960
Deborah Dixon in cashmere cardigan and dyed to match skirt by Edita Kertis for Bernhard Altmann, Harper’s Bazaar, November 1960
Deborah Dixon in grass-green handwoven Indian silk shirt-dress that can be belted or falling free as here by Products of India, photo by Lillian Bassman, Harper’s Bazaar, June 1960
Deborah Dixon in tank top and long full skirt of blue and white check cotton with matching triangular headscarf by Hannah Troy, photo by Lillian Bassman, Harper’s Bazaar, June 1960
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