Tag: portraying

Polly Potter for costume party

Edward Jean Steichen :: Polly Potter wearing a hoopskirt costume with images of the sun running around the hem, and a tricorner hat with waist-length panels of lace for the annual costume party, the Red and Gold Ball, for the New York Junior League. Vogue magazine, 1926. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Lupe Velez, 1932

Edward J. Steichen :: Mexican actress Lupe Velez with hair parted in the center, sitting in the corner of a couch, with her legs on the it, embracing herself, looking with a direct stare. Published in Vanity Fair, 1932. | 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

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