One of the most innovative magazine designs in postwar America was created to captivate teenage girls. Junior Bazaar, a monthly spun off from Harper's Bazaar, arrived immediately after World War II and disappeared almost as quickly, but its rare surviving copies contain fascinating page layouts and a masthead featuring two co-art directors: Alexey Brodovitch and Lillian Bassman. Brodovitch needs no introduction, having been elevated to legendary status long ago. But while Bassman's career continues to be marked by self-determination, experimentation, and change, her large—and largely unknown—influence on the medium, starting at a time when few women enjoyed leading roles, remains far less celebrated than the contributions of fellow designer Cipe Pineles or marketing guru Estelle Ellis.
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