Category: 1920s

Genevieve Tobin, Vogue, 1929

Edward Jean Steichen :: Actress Genevieve Tobin seated, wearing a sleeveless square-necked dark dress, holding a West Highland Terrier for the play «Fifty Million Frenchmen». Published in Vogue magazine, 1929. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Actress Madge Kennedy, 1923

Edward Jean Steichen :: Actress Madge Kennedy, seated holding a fan, wearing a sleeveless robe style dress with a very large skirt, and a looped pearl necklace. Vanity Fair, 1923. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Dancer Adele Astaire, ca. 1927

Edward J. Steichen :: American dancer Adele Astaire (aka Lady Cavendish) wearing a flamenco-styled costume, posed with hand on her hip and holding a cigarette. Vanity Fair, ca. 1927| src and hi-res Getty Images

La Jana by Atelier Balázs, 1927

Atelier Balász :: Dancer and actress Henriette Margarethe Hiebel, known as La Jana, full-figure portrait, in a costume decorated with flowers and a hat, 1927. Published in ‘Die Dame’ 08/1927. | src and hi-res Getty Images

La Jana in Spanish skirt, ca. 1928

Atelier M. Badekow :: Schauspielerin und Tänzerin Henriette Margarethe Hiebel [La Jana] in einem spanisch-folkloristischen Rock mit weitem Umhang, undatiert, ca. 1928. Actress and dancer Henriette Margarethe Hiebel [La Jana] in a Spanish folk skirt with a wide cape, undated, ca. 1928. | src and hi-res Getty Images