Tag: exoticism

Oriental dress for «Le Minaret»

Boris Lipnitzki :: Paul Poiret’s oriental dress for the play “The Minaret” as displayed in 1923 in Paris, France. (© Roger Viollet) | src and hi-res Getty Images

Actress in stage costume, 1923

Boris Lipnitzki :: Portrait d’une comédienne en costume orientalisant de Paul Poiret. La jeune femme représentée serait la cantatrice de Ninon Vallin à l’occasion d’une prestation en mai 1923 à l’Oasis, le théâtre du couturier. | Portrait of an actress in oriental costume by Paul Poiret. The young woman represented would be the singer of Ninon Vallin during a performance in May 1923 at the Oasis, the couturier’s theater. | src diktats
Boris Lipnitzki :: Comédienne en costume de scène, Paris, 1923.| src diktats

Polynesian woman, 1921

Lucien Gauthier :: Donna polinesiana, 1921. The Metamorphosis of Nostalgia. Exoticism and Photography between 19th and 20th Centuries. Villa Malpensata. Musec, the Lugano’s Museum of Cultures. | src l’œil de la photographie