"All-around beautiful and worth picking up for anyone interested in fashion, theatre, theatrical costuming, and art." —Looking for a Good Book"This book is an absolute delight for any fan of costume design history, and it is sure to inspire budding theatrical designers. Brilliant and colorful." — bookaddictionA fan-bearing slave girl, a worshipper of Horus, the wife of a Russian boyar, Ceres, a mermaid, and a gypsy dancer are among the 49 theatrical costumes selected for this tribute to the work of the Russian-born, Paris-bred designer Erté (Romain de Tirtoff). Spanning the years 1911 to 1975, these extravagant, imaginative designs include costumes for well-known personalities, Folies-Bergère shows, editions of George White's Scandals, and ballets.Many exotic and historical fashions include Egyptian, Chinese, Persian, Japanese, Russian, and French styles. The lavish, flowing costumes are complemented by different colors to create different moods: deep, lustrous purples, reds, and browns for dynamic, vibrant figures; ochre, sienna, orange, and beige for more formal characters; and pale blue, lavenders, greens, grays, and blacks for people of mystery and hidden powers. As dazzl... [Read More]

The Russian-born, Paris-based artist Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) is best known for his incomparably styled fashion and theater designs of the 1910s and 1920s. From 1915 to 1936 Erté was associated with Harper's Bazar, furnishing readers with fashion designs, cover art, and word-pictures of the European fashion scenes. This book is a selection of Erté's remarkable work for Harper's Bazar, including 310 of his line drawings and 8 full-color images as well as selections from his letters for the magazine. Of these drawings, 12 have been reproduced directly from the original pen drawings at original size for this edition.In the illustrations, Erté shows gowns, coats, pajamas, hats, and accessories of all sorts and for each season. Tassels, fur muffs, capes, hair stylings, and other extravagant flourishes are second nature to Erté in these designs. The drawings themselves are striking evocations of the "temptress" type of feminine allure, and are works of art in their own right whose exotic styles are inseparable from the style of the fashions they depict. The original Harper's captions have been reprinted with each illustration.This selection from Erté's work has been made by Stella ... [Read More]

Erte's Costumes & Sets for "Der Rosenkavalier" in Full Color

Wall Art Ready to Frame for Chic Home Décor features the most beautiful - rare and famous vintage illustrations by Romain Tirtoff - Erté (1892 – 1990), the father of Art Deco fashion designs. If you love Art Deco and Erté‘s glamorous and exotic costumes, you will fall in love with our finest image selection – ready for elegant display.Each illustration can be easily removed by cutting along the line indicated on each page and showcased as a poster or framed. All full color images are single sided, perfectly centered and fit exquisitely into a frame size: 8''x10''.Our choice of high-quality pictures and paper shows the retro glamourous lifestyle of Art Deco in its full glory. Satisfaction is guaranteed 100%.

Celebrated fashion designer personally supervised adaptation of his striking designs for this set of 6 paper dolls with 43 costumes in full color. Svelte and elegant gowns, coats, hats, and accessories for every season. 16 gorgeous plates.

Erté once designed a costume for Mata Hari. Sixty-seven years later, still creating, he designed costumes and sets for the 1980 Glyndebourne Festival's Der Rosenkavalier. In between (mostly in the '20s) he was the only top Paris designer illustrating his own haute couture, most of the illustrations appearing in Harper's Bazar. An earlier volume (Fashion Drawings and Illustrations from "Harper's Bazar" 0-486-23397-9) sampled some of Erté's enormous contributions to that magazine; this is another collection of original designs from Erté's triumphant Harper's Bazar period. "He envisioned women," wrote Stella Blum, Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Curator, "not only as ultra-chic creatures for whom money was no object, but also as . . . music hall stars, Assyrian princesses, Egyptian queens. . . . Yet under this veil of fantasy the clothes and accessories Erté created reveal a sound construction that really works." Erté loves elaborate decoration, but hates meaningless ornament; these 218 illustrations show how he integrates all his pockets, pearls, cuffs, fur linings, jeweled tassels, and seamless dresses into thematic unity, and maintains a consistent ideal of fashi... [Read More]

Rendered by Tom Tierney. 2 dolls and 20 costumes scrupulously rendered from original designs by legendary couturier. Gowns, capes, coats, sporting attire, theatrical costumes, more. Exotic inventive haute couture. Brief captions.

Russian-born artist Romain de Tirtoff — the world-famous Erté — continued to chart new territories of the imagination throughout his long career. Here is a stunning collection of some of his last work—full-color reproductions of 56 dazzlingly inventive silkscreens reflecting Erté's elegance of wit and aversion to formulae. Erté enthusiasts will delight in these lush, exotic visions — each one charged with the richness of color and sensuous theatricality which were Erté's trademark. Here are exquisite conceptions of The Seven Deadly Sings, The Four Emotions, The Zodiac, At the Theatre, and more.

Absolutely gorgeous tribute to the art deco style of "Russian-born painter Romain de Tirtoff, who called himself Erté after the French pronunciation of his initials." In 128 pages, with over 100 full-page, full-color plates. Originally published in London in 1995, this is the 1996 American reprint by Barnes & Noble. Oversized (folio) hardcover has plain matte black boards & original DJ--both in Fine condition!

whether heading to the disco or dancing the night away at a thrilling party, this L.O.L Dolls: Diva Classic Child Costume will be a groovy hit. If your little diva loves attention, then this simple and fun costume is perfect for her! featuring all the best leopard print this costume is a must for any dancing

Hailed as the biggest carnivore ever, the T-Rex is a fearsome, nine-ton titan. Your boy might not be so big, but you can help him pump up in this officially licensed Halloween outfit. This lightweight costume is primarily tan and printed with scales and stripes that make up a real dino's leather-like skin. It has an attached long tail and comes with two-fingered gloves, three-toed boot covers and a head covering that features yellow eyes with slitted pupils, a long snout and saber-shaped

The electrical fences and advanced technology of Jurassic World didn't stop the dinosaurs from escaping and terrorizing the visitors, just like nothing is going to stop you from having the best Halloween yet when you dress in this one-piece inflatable T-Rex suit. A built-in fan will keep you cool all night, so whether you're trick or treating through Jurassic World or you're going to a fun party with your friends, you'll be comfortable! You can also don this costume to the premiere of the upcoming film; you'll look so great, people will forget all about the movie and all eyes