Category: design, graphic design, costume design, fashion design

Wearing an Egyptian Costume

George Rinhart :: Miss Afton McWilliams, member of the New York Art Colony, who has gained fame with her paintings of Hollywood movie stars, and creations in dance costumes, is shown in an Egyptian costume of her own design. (original caption) | src Getty Images

Background sketch for Dårhuset

Nils Dardels fondskiss till Dårhuset av Svenska Baletten, 1920, foto: Torkel Edenborg. | Nils Dardel's background sketch for Madhouse by the Swedish Ballet, 1920, photo: Torkel Edenborg. • src Dansmuseet's IG
Nils Dardels fondskiss till Dårhuset av Svenska Baletten, 1920, foto: Torkel Edenborg. | Nils Dardel’s background sketch for Madhouse by the Swedish Ballet, 1920 • src Dansmuseet on IG
Dårhuset av Svenska Baletten, ca. 1920 | Madhouse by the Swedish Ballet, ca. 1920 "Om ni inte gillar det kan ni dra åt helvete" | "If you do not like it, you can go to hell" – Ballets Suédois 1920–1925 • src Dansmuseet
Dårhuset av Svenska Baletten, ca. 1920 | Madhouse (also, Nut-house) by the Swedish Ballet, ca. 1920
“Om ni inte gillar det kan ni dra åt helvete” | “If you do not like it, you can go to hell” – Ballets Suédois 1920–1925 • src Dansmuseet

Carina Ari with two dancers, 1921

Dancer Carina Ari with two colleagues from the Swedish Ballet in the spring sun in front of (or actually under) four of the Swedish Ballet’s huge posters. The photo was probably taken during the company’s first tour in Spain in 1921. In the background are several of the Swedish Ballet’s color posters, drawn by Pierre Mourgue, Orsi and Eldsten. • src Dansmuseet’s Instagram
Various posters for the Svenska Baletten (Ballets Suédois), ca. 1920. | src Dansmuseet

L’Atlantide (1921)

Poster for the French silent film L’Atlantide (aka Missing Husbands, Lost Atlantis), directed by Jacques Feyder, starring Stacia Napierkowska as Queen Antinea (1921). Poster design by Manuel Orazi. | src IMdB
Poster for the French silent film L’Atlantide (aka Missing Husbands, Lost Atlantis), directed by Jacques Feyder, starring Stacia Napierkowska as Queen Antinea (1921). Poster design by Manuel Orazi. | src IMdB

Jean Börlin in Harlequin

Maurice Goldberg :: Jean Börlin i Harlekin, ca. 1920. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Maurice Goldberg :: Jean Börlin i Harlekin, ca. 1920. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Jean Börlin in Harlequin (1920), with costume by Nils Dardel. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Jean Börlin in Harlequin (1920), with costume by Nils Dardel. | src Dansmuseet on IG

Aeolian Harp’s costume, 1921

Interpretation of the Aeolian Harp’s costume from the Ballets Suédois “L’homme et son désir” [The Man and His Desire] after Audrey Parr’s design from 1921. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Kaj Smith in Aeolian Harp’s costume from the Ballets Suédois “L’homme et son désir” [The Man and His Desire], ca. 1921. | src Dansmuseet on IG

Elizabeth Delmore by Sasha

Sasha :: Elizabeth Delmore, in a costume full of eastern promise including turban, prepares to play one of the Court Ladies in a production of Omar Khayyam’s poem The Persian Garden, 30th June 1936. (Photo by Sasha / Alexander Stewart) | src Getty Images