Wenda Parkinson at Kimberley

British fashion model Wenda Parkinson wearing a grey alpaca suit by Julian Rose, Coolie hat by Simon Mirman and stockings by Aristoe. Part of a 16-page feature on holiday clothes, photographed in Kimberley, centre of the diamond mines, with De Beers’ offices in the background, South Africa. British Vogue, May 1951.

Photographer: Norman Parkinson