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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Yves Saint Laurent sequined silk gauze minidress worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, 1966. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Christian Dior spring ’47 black wool Daisy suit worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Christian Dior fall ’47 black wool coat worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Christian Dior fall ’47 black wool coat worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Yves Saint Laurent ostrich feather dress worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, 1965. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Yves Saint Laurent ostrich feather coat worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, 1965. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Christian Dior fall ’49 silk satin “Marigny” evening dress worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: The Museum at FIT Claire McCardell’s black nylon knit bathing suit, 1948.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Charles James La Sylphide silk organza and satin debutante dress, 1937.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Christian Dior Debussy sequined evening gown worn by prime ballerina Margot Fonteyn, spring ’50. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Christian Dior Debussy sequined evening gown worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, spring ’50. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Christian Dior Debussy sequined evening gown worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, spring ’50. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Christian Dior Debussy sequined evening gown worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, spring ’50. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Photograph by William Palmer Christian Dior Debussy sequined evening gown worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, spring ’50. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: The Museum at FIT A Cristobal Balenciaga for Hattie Carnegie design, circa 1950. Lent by Beverley Birks.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: William Palmer/Courtesy Yves Saint Laurent wool jersey Mondrian dress worn by prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, 1965. Lent by Fashion Museum Bath.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: The Museum at FIT A Norman Hartnell evening gown, lent by Beverley Birks and circa 1939.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s étoiles navy blue tulle and sequin evening dress from 1937. Lent by Beverley Birks.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Carolyne Roehm gold metallic tulle and gold and pink lace evening dress and shoes, 1990.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Barbara Karinska’s “Emeralds” costume from Jewels, designed in 1967. Lent by the New York City Ballet.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Barbara Karinska, “Diamonds” costume from Jewels, originally designed in 1967. Lent by the New York City Ballet.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Barbara Karinska, “Diamonds” costume from Jewels, originally designed in 1967. Lent by the New York City Ballet.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Barbara Karinska black lace and peach silk organza evening dress, 1941.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Margot Fonteyn’s “Princess Aurora” costume from Act II of “The Sleeping Beauty” from the 1960s, original designed in 1946 by Oliver Messel. Lent by Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Pierre Balmain’s off-white evening dress with coq feathers from 1949.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Pierre Balmain’s off-white evening dress with coq feathers from 1949.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Noritaka Tatehana pink leather ballerina pointe-style shoes, 2012.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Christian Louboutin, black patent leather Fetish Ballerine shoes, 2014.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Elsa Schiaparelli spring ’40 Sleeping blue wool beaded bolero jacket.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Pierre Balmain spring ’60 painted white tulle debutante gown with painted velvet “feathers.”
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Pierre Balmain spring ’60 painted white tulle debutante gown with painted velvet “feathers.”
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: The New York Public Library Digital Collection/Courtesy of Museum at FIT Anna Pavlova, costumed as “The Dying Swan,” from Swan Lake, 1905.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: The New York Public Library Digital Collection/Courtesy of Museum at FIT Allegra Kent and Arthur Mitchell in Agon, choreographed by George Balanchine.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Barbara Karinska’s La Valse costume, gray satin bodice with rhinestones, gray, pink, red tulle skirt. Lent by the New York City Ballet.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Barbara Karinska’s La Valse costume, gray satin bodice with rhinestones, gray, pink, red tulle skirt. Lent by the New York City Ballet.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Howard Greer’s Odile black silk tulle and sequin evening dress, circa 1951. Lent by Beverley Birks.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT A Danskin ad from 1982.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT The Bustle or Swan ballgown: strapless boned bodice in black chiffon draped in folds over white satin; floor-length sweeping trained full skirt with layers of black, beige and brown net gathered into back bustle roll and forming wide polonaise or apron front swag; stiffened understructure.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Courtesy of Museum at FIT Tamara Toumanova wearing Christian Berard’s costume for Cotillon, choreographed by George Balanchine for the Ballets Russes the Monte Carlo, 1932.
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‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibit
Image Credit: Isabel Magowan/Museum at FIT Maggie Norris Couture Angelique gold embroidered silk satin corset and aqua tulle skirt, 2012. Lent by Maribel Lieberman. Modelled by Lauren Lovette.
‘Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse’ Exhibition at the Museum at FIT
Barbara Karinska's “Emeralds” costume from Jewels, designed in 1967. Lent by the New York City Ballet.
CREDIT: The Museum at FIT
