Barbara Mullen

Irish-American fashion model Barbara Mullen at the Pillars of Quwwat-Ul-Islam Mosque near Delhi, which was built in 1193 by a Muslim conqueror, with carved pillars taken from Hindu buildings. Mullen wears a gold lamé organza ball gown by Christian Dior as well as Dior jewellery and Coty’s Magnet Red lipstick, for British Vogue magazine, November 1956.

Photographer: Norman Parkinson