Russian Costumes Designer

Keep Your Entire Head & Face Warm! Don't settle for a regular old beanie that only keeps the top of your head warm. Protect your entire head & face with this classic knit ski mask. 3 holes cut with precision for allow the eyes and mouth to stay exposed for maximum efficiency while wearing. Measuring at 14" x 7" inches, this ski mask is sure to fit over practically any size adult head. Knitted ski mask made out of 100% acrylic, keep your face warm and still allows it to breathe. Purchase consists... [Read More]

Clothes define people. A person’s attire, whether it’s a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even faith. Founded in 1978, the Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothes from sociological, historical, and artistic perspectives. With one of the world’s most extensive clothing collections, the KCI has amassed a wide range of historical garments, underwear, shoes, and fashion accessories dating from the... [Read More]

Leon Bakst book includes 105 high quality reproductions of his greatest masterpieces with title and date.

Winner of the 2018 Dedalus Foundation Exhibition Catalogue AwardThis book explores how Georgia O’Keeffe lived her life steeped in modernism, bringing the same style she developed in her art to her dress, her homes, and her lifestyle. Richly illustrated with images of her art and views of the two homes she designed and furnished in New Mexico, the book also includes never before published photographs of O’Keeffe’s clothes. The author has attributed some of the most exquisite of these garme... [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]

Costumer Barbara Karinska was one of countless emigrees flung westward from czarist Russia by the Bolsheviks in the 1920s. Costumes by Karinska chronicles the life and work of this remarkably talented woman, a consummate perfectionist who brought unprecedented quality, innovation, and beauty to costumes designed and executed for film, theater, opera, and dance.Working behind the scenes as one of Balanchine's closest and most important collaborators, Karinska made an enormous contribution to many... [Read 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!