Jan 28th, 2012
Tórtola Valencia en sí misma, 1910
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Jan 28th, 2012
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Tórtola: tú eres el símbolo de la belleza única. Antes de conocerte yo te había visto danzar ante Herodes como Salomé, bailar en el desierto entre los tigres como Cleopatra… Eres el ensueño hecho carne. Estás más allá de la vida, del tiempo y del espacio. Deja que te ofrezca en homenaje la historia trágica de una pobre danzarina que fue hermética y hierática y tuvo zarpa de piedra como la Esfinge y corazón de carne como hija de Eva. Déjame depositar a tus pies, ¡divinos pies enjoyados de Icono!, la ofrenda


«A la gloria de Tórtola Valencia: Oro, Incienso, Mirra».

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Antonio de Hoyos y Vinent
Jan 28th, 2012
firsttimeuser:


Natasha, 1970 by Irina Ionesco
Jan 28th, 2012
lauramcphee:

Georges Barbier, Costumes de yacht Journal des dames et des modes, 1914
Jan 28th, 2012
Exacto.
Jan 28th, 2012
fuckyeahmodernflapper:

Suehiro Maruo.
Jan 28th, 2012
cabbagingcove:

“Bloomer Club” Cigar Box Cover
An 1890’s satiric lid for a cigar box, featuring women in the just-barely-acceptable new styles of skirtless knickerbockers (Bloomers) at a swanky social club. Of course, late-Victorian gender mores were still very rigid in many aspects of society, especially in formal settings, so this was an absurd satirical proposition.
The acceptable settings for bloomers (at least for the more progressively-minded - many people still felt scandalized by them in general) were not restricted to when one was bicycling. Sports such as basketball were also becoming more acceptable for women, and nonrestrictive clothing was a “must” in those arenas, as well.
Jan 28th, 2012
ornamentedbeing:

Theatre costume, 1750
Jan 27th, 2012
Casanova, George Barbier, 1919
A charming collection of costume and stage designs by George  Barbier, done for “Casanova”, a play in three acts,  written by Maurice  Rostand and first performed at Bouffes-Parisiens, Feb. 22, 1919. With an  introduction by Barbier.
Via
Jan 27th, 2012
Palazzo Vecchio-Florencia
Via Pandora