Tag: costume designer

Mrs. Freeman-Thomas by Beaton

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) ~ Mrs Freeman-Thomas, 1928 © the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s
Wearing a racing “fashion of the far future”: The Hon. Mrs. Freeman-Thomas at The Dream of the Fair Women Ball (photo: Bertram Park)

The Pageant of Past, Present and Future Fashions was held on 29th February 1928 (Leap Year Night) at Claridge’s (London) in aid of the Winter Distress League. The costumes for the dresses of the (far) future were designed by Cecil Beaton. The image above shows Ms. Freeman-Thomas in an outfit titled ‘The Ascot Dress of the Future’.

Detail from Mrs Freeman-Thomas by Cecil Beaton (formerly Miss Blossom Forbes-Robertson), 1928

Gerdago by Atelier Manassé

Atelier Manassé ~ Gerda Gottschlich [Gerda Gottstein, Gerda Irro], genannt Gerdago, 1920s | src Lempertz
Atelier Manassé ~ Costume-design by Austrian costume-designer Gerdago (Gerda Gottschlich), 1932 | src getty images
Atelier Manassé ~ Costume-design by Austrian costume-designer Gerdago (Gerda Gottschlich), 1932 | src getty images
Atelier Manassé ~ Austrian costume-designer Gerdago [Gerda Gottstein (1906-2004)], Vienna, ca. 1930 | src getty images

Lilyan Tashman costume by Erté

Publicity still for the American romantic comedy film Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)
Lilyan Tashman in the perfume bottle costume designed by Erté in Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)

Image retrieved from Wikimedia commons. Original source, according to Wikimedia: Vieira, Mark A. (2019). Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies (eBook). New York: Running Press. Hachette Book Group

Lilyan Tashman in the perfume bottle costume designed by Erté in the now lost silent film Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925) | src Grapefruitmoon Gallery on eBay
Lilyan Tashman in the perfume bottle costume designed by Erté in Bright Lights (Robert Z. Leonard, 1925)

Cramérbaletten costume design

costume design, dance costume
Kostymskiss till Husmodern. Häxan i Vindarnas Kulle, Cramérbaletten. Av Torkel Edenborg. Costume sketch for Husmodern. The Witch in the Hill of the Winds, Cramér ballet. By Torkel Edenborg. | src Dansmuseet
Kostymskiss till Husmodern. Häxan i Vindarnas Kulle, Cramérbaletten. Av Torkel Edenborg.
Costume sketch for Husmodern. The Witch in the Hill of the Winds, Cramér ballet. By Torkel Edenborg. | src Dansmuseet
Korp. Mask till en av fyra korpar från uppsättningen "Domardansen". Av Torkel Edenborg. Raven. Mask for one of the four ravens from the "Judge's Dance" set. | src Dansmuseet
Korp. Mask till en av fyra korpar från uppsättningen “Domardansen”. Av Torkel Edenborg.
Raven. Mask for one of four ravens from the “Judge’s Dance” set. | src Dansmuseet
Mask till "Drängen" från uppsättningen "Vindarnas kulle", Cramérbaletten. Av Torkel Edenborg. Farmer. Mask for "Drängen / Farmer" from the set "The Hill of the Winds", Cramér ballet. | src Dansmuseet
Mask till “Drängen” från uppsättningen “Vindarnas kulle”, Cramérbaletten. Av Torkel Edenborg.
Farmer. Mask for “Drängen / Farmer” from the set “The Hill of the Winds”, Cramér ballet. | src Dansmuseet
'Cramer Baletten, Svenska Riksteatern', a poster designed by Bjorn Wiimblad, 1980 (?). | src Sworders
‘Cramer Baletten, Svenska Riksteatern’, a poster designed by Bjorn Wiimblad, 1980 (?). | src Sworders
Korp. Mask till en av fyra korpar från uppsättningen "Domardansen". Av Torkel Edenborg. Raven. Mask for one of the four ravens from the "Judge's Dance" set. | src Dansmuseet
Korp. Mask till en av fyra korpar från uppsättningen “Domardansen”. Av Torkel Edenborg.
Raven. Mask for one of the four ravens from the “Judge’s Dance” set. | src Dansmuseet

Erté · Scheherazade Suite

Romain de Tirtoff (Erté, 1892-1990) :: Scheherazade – La Nuit. Lithograph depicting a beauty in Middle Eastern garb. | src liveauctioneers
Romain de Tirtoff (Erté, 1892-1990) :: Scheherazade; La Favorite du Calife (Calyph’s Favourite), lithograph depicting a beauty in Middle Eastern garb. | src liveauctioneers
Romain de Tirtoff (Erté, 1892-1990) :: “Scheherazade – 8 “La Nuit Winter Garden NY”, 1924 (Gouache). | src liveauctioneers
Romain de Tirtoff (Erté, 1892-1990) :: “A Beauty of Bagdad”, from Scheherazade series (nº7). | src Kodner Auctions
Romain de Tirtoff (Erté, 1892-1990) :: “Scheherazade. Thousand and One Nights”, from the Scheherazade Suite. | src Ro Gallery
Romain de Tirtoff (Erté, 1892-1990) :: Harem Dancer (Calyph’s Concubine), from the Scheherazade Suite, ca. 1980. Lithograph. | src Doyle
Romain de Tirtoff (Erté, 1892-1990) :: Almee (Harem dancer), from the Scheherazade Suite, ca. 1980. | src Martin Lawrence Galleries
Romain de Tirtoff (Erté, 1892-1990) :: [Scheherazade suite: A Thousand and One Nights], [ca. 1979] | src Freeman’s
Romain de Tirtoff (Erté, 1892-1990) :: [Scheherazade suite:A Thousand and Second Night], [ca. 1979] | src Freeman’s

Danseurs orientaux par Erté

Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990) :: « Danseurs orientaux », vers 1912. Encre, aquarelle et rehauts d'or. (Ader) | src MAD ~ Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990) :: « Danseurs orientaux », vers 1912. Encre, aquarelle et rehauts d’or. (Ader) | src MAD ~ Musée des Arts Décoratifs

Peter Pathé in Groteske, 1922

From : Walter Schnackenberg : Kostüme, Plakate und Dekorationen. Zweite Auflage. München, Musarion 1922. | src Ketterer Kunst
From : Walter Schnackenberg : Kostüme, Plakate und Dekorationen. Zweite Auflage. München, Musarion 1922. | src Ketterer Kunst
Greiner :: Peter Pathé in Groteske. From a book of Schnackenberg's works, published in Munich in 1922 by Musarion. | src Ketterer Kunst
Greiner :: Peter Pathé in Groteske. From a book of Schnackenberg’s works, published in Munich in 1922 by Musarion. | src Ketterer Kunst
Peter Pathé in Groteske. Photo by Greiner. Costume design: Walter Schnackenberg. | src L'Affichiste
Peter Pathé in Groteske. Photo by Greiner. Costume design: Walter Schnackenberg. | src L’Affichiste

Queen of the Night by Erte

Erté (Romain De Tirtoff, Russian-French, 1892-1990) :: Color serigraph with silver and gold foil embossing titled "Queen of the Night", numbered "PP 1/1", 1985. (DETATIL)
Erté (Romain De Tirtoff) :: “Queen of the Night”, 1985 (detail) | src Case Antique Auctions
Erté (Romain De Tirtoff, Russian-French, 1892-1990) :: Color serigraph with silver and gold foil embossing titled "Queen of the Night", numbered "PP 1/1", 1985.
Erté (Romain De Tirtoff, Russian-French, 1892-1990) :: Color serigraph with silver and gold foil embossing titled “Queen of the Night”, numbered “PP 1/1”, 1985.

This publisher’s proof depicts the Queen of the Night from “The Magic Flute” opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with four attendants holding the hem of her elaborate gown against a black background, surrounded on the left, bottom, and right edges by a gold star border. Numbered, in chalk, lower left, signed “Erté”, in chalk, lower right. Merrill Chase, Chicago, IL, gallery label, en verso. Housed under glass in a giltwood frame with a black linen liner with a giltwood fillet. Property of Milligan University, Milligan, Tennessee. source: Case Antique / Case Auctions

Erté (Romain De Tirtoff, Russian-French, 1892-1990) :: Color serigraph with silver and gold foil embossing titled "Queen of the Night", numbered "PP 1/1", 1985.
Erté (Romain De Tirtoff, Russian-French, 1892-1990) :: Color serigraph with silver and gold foil embossing titled “Queen of the Night”, numbered “PP 1/1”, 1985.

Rambova by Struss, 1920s

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still*]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still*]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still*]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Natacha Rambova, 1920s. [production still*]; Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum

[*] production stills probably from the film Forbidden Fruit (Cecil B. DeMille, 1921). In the film Rambova (b. Winifred Shaughnessy), along with Mitchell Leisen, was the costume designer and Struss the cinematographer.