Fabsions

1987

"The stage takes more from your life in three hours of work than one whole day in the film studio. On stage, you are a prisoner, even though it is a lovely prison." Danielle Darrieux

Fashion at the World’s Fair

Theda Bara- CLEOPATRA (1917)

14K Yellow Gold stainless Cuban Link Chain Necklace Jesus Head Pendant EBAY fwrnangu-0

Wigstock, on the West Side Highway, New York City, Photo by Mariette Pathy Allen, 1998

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Baltimore Afro-American - Mar 16, 1971

René Gruau (1909-2004)

Louise Brooks in 1923 posing for studio publicity photo for Paramount Pictures. Photo by Eugene Robert Richee.

'the horoscope' by marcel jean, 1937 in fashion + surrealism - richard martin (1987)

Kuany Atem captured by Denis Nemyachenko for Vogue Portugal April 2026

jennifer tifft in the costume-maker's art: cloaks of fantasy, masks of revelation - thom boswell (1992)

Victoria and Albert Museum

Ava Gardner being fitted for THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA (1954) gowns designed by the Italian fashion house Sorelle Fontana (Fontana Sisters: Zoe, Micol, and Giovanna).