Sigh.

Splendid!  I saw this posted elsewhere with no identifying info, and guessed it was late-’20s/early-’30s.  Indeed. 

Via firsttimeuser:

“The Dance Track” Helene Shelda, a young Russian dancer who was inspired by the Hindus in British India, reaped great success in Paris, 1931. 

The Memory of the Netherlands

(via courtneyhoward)

WOW.  That is even more wacked out in color than it was in black and white… 

Katharine Hepburn, “Christopher Strong”, 1933.

(via mothgirlwings)

(via mothgirlwings)

Via tehmeg:

this kid is my hero. she couldn’t decide between being a princess and being darth vader for halloween. this is the result.

(Source: man-hastam, via loveyourchaos)

Leslie Caron, in “Gigi” (1958). 

This is my absolute favorite post-1930s movie gown—from the scene at Maxim’s.  Costumes by the great Cecil Beaton.

I couldn’t find a good-quality, full-length color shot, alas.  But all you need to know is that it’s white, with black feathers at the shoulders.

like a TRON prom dress on Flickr.

seen Sunday night, as Comic-Con ended

I would kill for this! on Flickr.

sultan’s robe, Topkapi Museum, Istanbul