boris lipnitzki

paul poiret et joséphine baker lors de la fête de sainte-catherine, chez le couturier français. paris, 25 novembre 1925 

serge lifar in icare, 1935

deauville, 1937

capeline de paille valois

coco chanel, 1936

aerodynamic locomotive at the lyons station, paris, 1937

(how beautiful is that train?)

erté, paris, 1924

concours d’élégance avec une jeune femme au volant d’une chrysler, paris, 1938

james joyce 1934

madame grès designing a dress for macy's, 1936

tsuguharu foujita, paris, ca. 1925

jeune femme sortant d'une voiture, janvier 1934

danielle darrieux, 1937

jean-paul sartre, 1946

les mannequins de cez patou, paris, 1927

on the banks of the seine, paris, 1937

all photographs © boris lipnitzki

madame grés, couture at work

madame grés, couture at work opens today at the musée bourdelle. the show runs until july 24 & is the first of a series of off-site exhibitions planned by the museum. the exhibit gathers around 50 creations, mainly from musée galliera's vast private collection that span the 55 year career of germaine krebs - a.k.a. madame grés. madame grés died in obscurity in 1993 in a retirement home near toulon, france, a few days before her 90th birthday. her death was only made public a year after the event.