Amazing Costumes from the Folies Bergère in the 1920s and 30s
I should probably point out that this might not be suitable for viewing at work. It’s not terribly risque, but
Pin Up Girls: A Brief History
Pin up girls have been around for a lot longer than you think. Since as early as the 1890s girls
Forgotten Silent Movie Actresses: Rubye De Remer
Rubye De Remer was a particuarly pretty silent movie actress during the 1920s. She landed a spot in the Ziegfeld
Saucy Portraits of 1920s Showgirls (NSFW)
Alfred Cheney Johnston is most well-known for his photographs of the girls who performed in the Ziegfeld Follies in the
Young Joan Crawford Topless
Continuing on the theme from yesterday with Hollywood stars before they were famous, here’s a very young and rather risqué photo of Joan Crawford
16 Stunning Photos of 1920s Ziegfeld Girls
Ziegfeld girls were the cheesecake pinups of the 1920s. Beautiful and talented they were the chorus girls of the spectacular
Ziegfeld Follies girl Doris Eaton Travis
Ziegfeld Follies girl Doris Eaton Travis photographed somewhere around 1918-1920. I love the fancy top she’s wearing – I wonder
Ziegfeld Follies Girl: Fanny Brice
Fanny Brice – c. 1915-1925 – Ziegfeld girl photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston.
Doris Eaton Travis
Ziegfeld Follies girl Doris Eaton Travis (1904-2010) in her youth (somewhere around 1922).
Fanny Brice pin up photo c.1915
Famous singer and actress Fanny Brice from the time she was a Ziegfeld Follies girl, c. 1915
Ziegfeld Girl in a Peacock Plume Dress
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
Marion Davies, a self-described “silly, giggly idiot”
Marion Davies, Ziegfeld girl, Hollywood actress, self-described “silly, giggly idiot” and mistress to William Randolph Hearst, half length, seated, facing
A Ziegfeld Girl showing us her tanlines
A rather saucy photograph of Doris Eaton Travis showing us her tanlines in about 1920, during the Ziegfeld Follies years.
Ziegfeld Girls: the Fairbank Twins
Ziegfeld Girls: The gorgeous Fairbank Twins photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1922
Ziegfeld girl draped in pearls
Ziegfeld Follies girl draped in velvet and long stings of pearls photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1920s. Isn’t she lovely?
Josephine Baker in her famous banana skirt
The fabulous and controversial 1920s cabaret dancer Josephine Baker in her famous Banana Skirt from the Folies Bergère production “Un Vent
Josephine Baker dancing the Charleston
The fabulous and vivacious Josephine Baker dancing the Charleston at the Folies-Bergère, Paris in 1926.
1920s monokini (topless swimsuit)
I thought the topless swimsuit was invented by Rudi Gernreich in the 1960s, but apparently a slightly baggier version was