Fruit seller from the Alte Lande. Vierlander men’s costume. Vierlander woman in dance attire. Milkman from the Hamburg area.
Folk costumes from Hamburg and its surroundings. The Vier Lande.
Tag: Dance costumes
Dancing in ancient Greece. Cubistic, spheristic and stage dances.
The Greek dance usually took the form of those slow measured movements which Simonides described as “silent poetry”.
Bayadere. Indian dancer.
Bayadere. Indian dancer. Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes (Smithsonian).
Pitti-Sing. Victorian opera character.
Pitti-Sing. The Mikado. Victorian opera character. The Mikado is a comic opera in two acts by Gilbert and Sullivan (libretto by WS Gilbert, with music by Arthur Sullivan). Fashion, New… Read More
Ballroom dresses in 1762. Costumes of Paris.
Costume de bal en 1762. Costumes de Paris. Paris à travers les siècles.
The first quadrille at Almack’s. England regency period 1818.
Four figures dancing at the club Almack’s: Marquis of Worcester; Lady Jersey; Clanronald Macdonald and Lady Worcester.
Young India Hindu dancer costume, 19th century.
Young India Hindu dancer costume, 19th century. Jeune danseur Indou. Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world. Fashion, New Edition: The… Read More
Maori Poi Dance, New Zealand 1913
Maori Poi Dance, New Zealand 1913. Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes (Smithsonian).
Rumba costume. Woman from Cuba.
Woman from cuba in traditional rumba costume. Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes (Smithsonian).
African dance of the Moru tribe, South Sudan 1930s.
African dance of the Moru tribe, South Sudan 1930s. Gallery: The dark continent; Africa, the landscape and the people by Hugo Adolf Bernatzik Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes… Read More
