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Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn 

Autochromes

1/ Costume homme pour bal masqué, vers 1921, Salon du goût français, autochrome © Musée des arts et métiers-Cnam  

2/ Déguisement féminin du Dieu égyptien Horus, vers 1921, Salon du goût français, autochrome © Musée des arts et métiers-Cnam

3/ Déguisement féminin figurant la lune, vers 1921, Salon du goût français, autochrome © Musée des arts et métiers-Cnam

1. Lost my source (sorry!)  1862 Costume Ball. Photographer: Joseph Albert (Don’t know who originally found the source but cheers!)

2. Portrait of two ladies at Märchenball von “Jung-München” (one of the three great art societies in Munich) in costume. Photographed by Franz Hanfstaengl. c. 1862

3. Portrait of participant of the Märchenball von “Jung-München” (one of the three great art societies in Munich) in costume. Photographed by Franz Hanfstaengl. c. 1862

4.  Anna Pavlova Dressed in costume for The fairy doll - photograph by Matzene Studio - c. possibly 1916

the faerie ballet

Masquerade. Neue Flora Theatre, Hamburg, Germany. Ca. 1994.

The 1903 Ball in the Winter Palace 

This fancy dress ball is the last to held by the Russian Imperial Family. The event held at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg on February 11 and 13. All the guests were dressed as people who lived in the 17th century. 

The Tsar as Alexei I, the Tsaritsa (Alix) as Maria Miloslavskaya

Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovitch recalled the occasion as “the last spectacular ball in the history of the empire…[but] a new and hostile Russia glared through the large windows of the palace…while we danced, the workers were striking and the clouds in the Far East were hanging dangerously low."

Thanks to Wikipedia for the pictures. 

The Bogatyr outfit is amazing.

All of Them Witches

This is lovely! Look at all those great old witches!

the hollow crown promotional shot

Edwardian Halloween Costume Photo

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