Ziegfeld girl, Rose Dolores
from Crashingly Beautiful:
Rose Dolores, Ziegfeld girl in peacock plume dress with feathers spread out
Photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1920s
From the Library of Congress website: Always known simply as “Dolores,” she became one of the most famous of Ziegfeld’s show girls, appearing in editions of his Follies and Midnight Frolics. She is one of many Ziegfeld girls photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston. This photograph is particularly significant as a record of a spectacular design. It was in the Frolics that Dolores wore this white satin costume with pearls and an enormous fan towering over her statuesque figure.
Image Source: Flickr
(Thank you, themagiclantern & classicfilmheroines & )
Valery Lorenzo
C Plume by Valery Lorenzo
Gertrude Hoffman
This is Gertrude Hoffmann as the White Peacock. Photo (or costume?) by Maurice Goldberg. Circa 1920
Half Albino Peacock
"The colors in the feathers of a bird are determined two factors: pigment and structure. For example, the green in some parrots is a result of yellow pigments over blue-reflecting feathers. In the case of a white peacock, its unusual lack-of-color is due to a missing pigment. This missing pigment is dark and absorbs incident light, making diffracted and interference light visible (i.e. common peacocks). The effect is similar to that of oil on water."As quoted on Treehugger.
Playing Dress-Up
Who is dressing up as whom?
Emma Hack
Incredible wallpaper designer Emma Hack has painted this lady painstakingly to mesh into her wallpaper design. More here.
La Escuela de Las Montañas
And this quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala.
Los Baños de Almolonga
Mural painted as you enter the hot springs baths of Almolonga, Guatemala.
