Paris, Dior Three Girls Wave, 1953 -- Photographed in 1953 at the Pont Alexandre by Mark Shaw for Life, this image is an outtake from an article titled "The First 13 Diors." Hemlines had gone up 2" and the public wanted to know why. Models pictured here were Americans working in Paris. Cynthia Peters, middle, wears a "sexy slip-dress called Nuit Blanche ("sleepless night.")