February, 1947: Caravans covered in snow in the slum belts to the north of Paris, photographed by René Giton

February, 1947: A model wearing a Maud et Nano hat, photographed for the February issue of 'L'Officiel de la Mode'

February, 1947: Women in a sewing workship on the Rue des Pyramides, photographed by René-Jacques

February, 1947: A 'Wall of Shame' in a G.I. camp near Munich, identifying local women blamed for spreading V.D.

February, 1947: Italian actress Alida Valli, shot by Bob Landry after signing a contract with David O. Selznick.

February, 1947: The novelist Colette, photographed at work in her Palais-Royal apartment for 'L'Officiel de Mode'

February, 1947: Ferries are suspended due to pack ice in the English Channel - beaches like Whitstable are frozen

February, 1947: Yvette Etievant & Monique Melinand, rehearsing Genet's 'Les Bonnes' at the Théâtre de l'Athénée

February, 1947: A French immigrant in New York, photographed for LIFE by Leonard McCombe #leonardmccombe #newyork

February, 1947: Gertrude Stein at Balmain, photographed by Horst #gertrudestein #pierrebalmain #horst

February, 1947: April Hunt in Brussels, photographed for Vogue by Norman Parkinson #normanparkinson #vogue

February, 1947: Claire McCardell's proposal for post-war clothing, a coat made from army blankets and safety pins.

February, 1947: An advertisement for Adrian, in Harper's Bazaar #adrian #harpersbazaar

February, 1947: Simone De Beauvoir - hailed by the 'New Yorker' as the 'prettiest existentialist' - on her US tour

February, 1947: a collection of newspapers from the AOF, the federation of France's colonial territories in Africa

February, 1947: A wall in the old Jewish district of Belleville - 'Le Petit Jérusalem', by Lucien Hervé #paris

February, 1947: Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux, the French delegate at the UN's first Commission on the Status of Women.

February, 1947: the ship 'Île-de-France' arrives at Vung Tau, bringing French troops to Indochina

February 1947: 'de l'Elégance, de la Ligne, de l'Audace' - Balenciaga's spring collection, by Philippe Pottier

1947: February 9th - after another night of heavy snow all over Europe, workmen in the City hose down the streets.