Ballets russes

Women of the Ballets Russes take center stage at a new McNay Art Museum exhibition.

Pablo Picasso, Ballets Russes is an original vintage lithograph poster made in 1939. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Czwiklitzer 56B.

Costume design for Mermaids in Sea Kingdom scene by Boris Anisfeld (1879-1973), 1911, Sadko.

In post-Soviet times, interest in the roots of Russian fashion has launched a Ballets Russes revival

AP Russian Dance 1910

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Women of Style," December 13, 1975–August 31, 1976.New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets Russes," November 24, 1978–June 30, 1979

Fancy dress costume (image 1) | House of Poiret | French | 1911 | metal, silk, cotton | Metropolitan Museum of Art | Accession Number: 1983.8a, b | This ensemble was made for & worn to Poiret's 1002nd Night party in 1911, which was designed & organized to promote his new creations in the full splendor and glamour of the orientalist trend.