Erte Costumes

"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 ... [Read More]

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.... [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 mag... [Read More]

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.

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 si... [Read More]

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

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 anothe... [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.