Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990) :: « Danseurs orientaux », vers 1912. Encre, aquarelle et rehauts d'or. (Ader) | src MAD ~ Musée des Arts Décoratifs
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Georges Lepape, Denise Poiret, wife of the French fashion designer Paul Poiret, at The Thousand and Second Night Party, detail, 1911.
Paul Poiret styled his own persona after that of a sultan from “The Thousand and One Nights,” the theme of a bacchanal (“The Thousand and Second Night”) that, in 1911, the Poirets threw in the garden of their eighteenth-century mansion, on the Right Bank. Three hundred guests consumed nine hundred litres of champagne, while parrots and monkeys screeched in the shrubbery, and semi-nude black houris and jinns circulated with platters of exotic delicacies. Scheherazade’s tales had recently been translated into French by the Arabist Joseph-Charles Mardrus (whose bride, the bohemian writer Lucie Delarue, wore a cycling outfit to their wedding that may have inspired Poiret’s harem pants), and she was, in many respects, his paradoxical ideal woman: the slave girl as free spirit. (x)
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Oriental Costume
Jacqueline Ayer
Studio Vista, London 1974, 192 pages, 29x29 cm., ISBN 0 289 70349 2
euro 50,00
14/04/22
Working from an intimate knowledge of the Orient Jacqueline Ayer presents the contrasting costumes of the past and present. From her personal observation she has drawn the street clothes of today, presenting a vivid account of people seen walking or at their work; and for costumes of the past dynasties of India, China and Japan she has drawn upon the detailed records left by art. In this, the first comprehensive survey of Oriental costume through tha ages, areas as geographically and culturally separate as Bangkok and Himalayan villages are represented, ranging in time from the easrliest recorded cultures to the present day. Twenty-eight full-colour plates reveal an arresting elegance of regal dress and theatrical costumes, and over 600 black and white drawings illustrate costume styles from figurine of the early Indus Valley civilization to modern Chinese industrialists and from the footwear of traditional Japanese society to the coats of nomadic tribes in North India
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Penny Slinger with Secret Dakini Oracle, photograph by Jorge Lewinski
Color photograph 1977
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Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) by Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938)
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Portrait of an oriental woman with a fan
Francesco Beda
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But i love confirming that im aroace
cause on Halloween, i literally simped for a guy in a flower dress dressed as a fairy. Like his costume gave pure fairycore vibes. Then i saw him in normal clothes the next day and was disgusted. Aesthetic attraction gang
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Miss Universe Philippines Davao Oriental 2023 National Costume: The Tree of Life
For the coconut farmers of Davao Oriental. The coconut industry is one of Davao Oriental’s biggest livelihoods, with almost 300,000 coconut farmers. It is called the tree of life because almost every single part can be used to sustain human life. Back in 2012, typhoon Pablo damaged over 6 million coconut trees in Davao Oriental. With this costume, we honor how Davao Oriental has revived the coconut industry, and advocate for the livelihood and wellbeing of coconut farmers
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Coeli's Picks: Blue, part 2
(Multiple movies listed left to right.)
One Dress a Day Challenge
July: Blue Redux (+ Green Redux)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955) / Doris Day as Ruth Etting
Lady Macbeth (2016) / Florence Pugh as Katherine Lester
Mirror, Mirror (2012) / Lily Collins as Snow White
"I didn't realize until just now that this is a wedding dress! Ah well."
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) / Glenn Close as the Marquise de Merteuil
(I actually featured this one during the first month of blue--see here.)
Crimson Peak (2015) / Jessica Chastain as Lady Lucille Sharpe
Mad Men / Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris
"I've never watched the show, but the costuming, especially for this character, is stunning."
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) / Jacqueline Bisset as Countess Elena Andrenyi
"Tricky to find a good shot of this one, as she's often seen in a white fur stole that partially obscures it and is mostly sitting down."
(And what an interesting neckline!)
Singin' in the Rain (1952) / Debbie Reynolds as Kathy Selden
Immortal Beloved (1994) / Valeria Golino as Giulietta Guicciardi
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) / Jane Russell as Mamie Stover
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every newer gen kpoppy who calls it revolutionary every time a big name bg member wears something vaguely skirt-like should be required to watch lee sungjong of infinite putting his whole pussy into performing coming of age ceremony by park jiyoon wearing the song's classic form-fitting black side-slitted dress with zero gimmicks way back in 2012
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Arnold Genthe ~ Olive Craddock (1894-1926), aka Roshanara, 23 March 1917. Glass negative | src Library of Congress
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1900 William Downey, Sarah Bernhardt in character as Theodora the Empress of Byzantium (Empress Theodora) in "Theodora: A Drama in Five Acts and Eight Tableau" (1885) by Victorien Sardou. Premiered: Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris.
Sardou's enthusiasm for historical authenticity was shared by his star. Weeks before ordering her costumes, she journed to Ravenna and stood long hours in the Church of San Vitale studying the magnificent mosaics with their startling portraits of Theodora and Justinian staring menacingly forth from barbaric gold. She made sketches of every robe, every fold, every detail or ornamentation. When she returned to Paris she had completed in detail a dressmaker's design for each outfit, as well as those for her stage jeweller, even to that death-dealing hairpin. Her wardrobe along cost more than the average production. Her costumer figured out that toiling in her work rooms she and her assistants had sewn on by hand more than 4,500 'gems'. (x)
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Bashi-Bazouk, 1868-1869 by Jean Leon Gerome
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A Pictorial History of Costume
Dorine Van Den Beukel
The Pepin Press, Amsterdam 2001, 22x28,3cm, ISBN 9054960469
euro 25,00
The 500 colour illustrations in this book date from the 19th century. They show the attire of the people in various parts of the world at different points in history.
Dating from the nineteenth century, this book is a collection of handcoloured, engraving illustrations. Often times, costume history books stay within the boundaries of the European culture, failing the reader who may want to see what the Mongoloids wore while Josephine pranced around France in her empire gown. This book, unabashedly illustrates without bias, different cultures that existed around the world at the time. Indeed, a very beautiful and invaluable source of research.
16/11/23
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En Albanie, un patriote incite ses compagnons a lutter contre Turcs"-
Le Pelerin N° 1795-1911
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i do not in any way look forward to thursday but. i will be watching addams family values that is not a question. the vibes. the catharsis for my indigenous ass. debbie fucking jellinsky.
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