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Fashion Design by Jules de Ban

1923

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Kittyinva: Designed by Jules de Ban for Lucile, Ltd. Lovely dinner/evening gown

1914 “It is pleasant to enter the sea with such lovely creatures”….Illustration for “American Holidays”.

1919 illustration of three evening coats.

1927-28 English silk day dress. Here’s one of those hard-to-find extant day dresses. Being of silk, it was a “better” dress than the cotton house or porch dresses, and may have been preserved as a favorite.

1926. After Rudy and Natacha Rambova divorced he had several affairs. Among the ladies who received his attentions were Mae Murray, an old friend from his early days in NYC, and Pola Negri. Here she is kissing his cheek as they sit astride horses.

R. A. of the Day: Richard Armitage, white shirt photo shoot.

Jane Seymour in “The Scarlet Pimpernel”.

From The Frock: A 1914-15 reception gown.

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Mary Philbin, 21 October 1922.

Source: Library of Congress

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National Photo Company, Miss Ruth Malcomson (Miss America 1924) and her mother, Mrs. Augusta Malcomson, 30 January 1925.

Source: Library of Congress