i spy: a glamorous witch, sparkly Schiaparelli, a pipe-smoking dog

An intimidating yet rather glamorous witch, a post-war ball, sparkly Schiaparelli, and a dog with a pipe!  These are just a few of the beautiful and inspiring images I collected last month.  (You can see more of this by following me on Tumblr or Pinterest.)

clockwise, starting at upper left:

* A 1938 dress from the Nordic Museum in Stockholm. | Digitalt Museum

* Maria Germanova as The Witch in the Moscow Art Theatre's 1908 production of The Blue Bird by Maurice Maeterlinck. | Wikimedia Commons

* Evening blouse by Elsa Schiaparelli, winter 1938-39. | Metropolitan Museum of Art

* A tintype of a dog with a pipe, ca. 1875. | Minnesota Historical Society

* Couples dancing in the Grand Foyer of the Paris Opera House at a Grand Victory Ball.  Paris, France, May, 1946.  Photo by David E. Scherman. | Life Magazine

xo

K