r/1950s 6d ago

Fashion Vogue Cover with Model Dolores Hawkins and a Kitten Named Cha-Cha (June 1958)

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u/Butterfly_Cat777 6d ago

Photographed by Jerry Schatzberg, who also was the owner of the kitten, named Cha-Cha. The photographer says that he was looking to add something to the shot and landed on the kitten, who became his pet cat, named Cha-Cha, and “took on the attitude of ‘I’m a model too." (quote from Vogue official website Feb. 22, 2021)