19th century’s elegance
Charles Frederick Worth’s evening dresses i photographed at the Worth’s exhibition in Paris (Petit Palais). The background is a detail of the “lili dress” by Worth. I took all these pictures at the exhibition “Worth, inventing Haute couture” at the Petit Palais, in Paris.
Ode à Terpsichore, Muse de la danse
Marc Jacobs’ gown and Eichholtz Valencia mirror. In 1931, the vintage photographer George Hoyningen-Huene pays a tribute to the dancer Isodora Duncan and is inspired by Ancient Greece. The model wears a Madeleine Vionnet’s crepe pajamas. The American dancer Isodora Duncan (1877-1917) is considered as the mother of Modern dance. She revolutioned the dance with…
