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

Dorothea Varda, ca. 1925

The celebrated West End mannequin beauty and stage star Dorothea Varda, wearing stockings stitched with jewels, circa 1925. (Photo by General Photographic Agency) | src and hi-res Getty Images