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The Can Can Dancers at the Moulin Rouge 1950s

The can-can dancers of the Moulin Rouge in Paris, probably taken some time in the 1950s judging by the hair

As promised when I published my favourite women’s outfits from this year’s Goodwood Revival, here are my pick of the

Sadly I couldn’t make it to Goodwood Revival this year. It’s the first year we’ve missed it, but happily Matt

Ingrid Bergman starred in both the stage play (Joan of Lorraine and the Hollywood movie adaptation of Joan of Arc,

The caption which goes alongside this photo reads: Miss Finney dancing, Montreal, QC, 1923. Does anyone know anything alse about

Kathleen Rose, aka “Rose Dolores”, a Ziegfeld Girl in peacock plume dress. c.1917-1923 Isn’t this the most wonderful costume? I’d love

Halloween Visitors to the Oval Office. A laughing President Kennedy with his children Caroline and John F. Kennedy, Jr. in

A very serious-looking class of 5 year-olds in their Halloween outfits, 1937. I particularly like the pirate in the middle

Little girls in flower-themed fancy dress costumes at the Wildflower Preservation Society, Illinois Chapter circa 1920. [4 photos]

Marilyn Monroe‘s costume test for the unfinished 1962 movie Something’s Got to Give. She’s absolutely hypnotic, even just trying out

A dancer in a fabulous Egyptian costume photographed in 1915. I love this costume, it reminds me of that scene

French actress and dancer Josephine Baker in an amazing stage costume which seems to be made of just rhinestones, feathers

Margaret Kelly Leibovici with her Bluebell Girls in 1948 Source and copyright “I grant anyone the right to use this

Legendary ballet dancer Anna Pavlova in costume as a bacchante in The Seasons. C. 1900 Source and copyright: This work