Illustration by Joe De Mers for the 1948 Esquire Pin-up Girls Calendar

Illustration by Joe De Mers for the 1948 Esquire Pin-up Girls Calendar

Sandra Edwards - Playboy’s Miss March 1957

Sandra Edwards - Playboy’s Miss March 1957

Sandra Edwards - Playboy’s Miss March 1957

Sandra Edwards - Playboy’s Miss March 1957

Alicia Markova by Cecil Beaton, 1950 (x)

Alicia Markova by Cecil Beaton, 1950 (x)

Seventeen-year-old Bianca Passarge of Hamburg dresses up as a cat and dances on wine bottles in June 1958. Her performance was based on a dream. She practiced for eight hours a day to do this. (x)

Seventeen-year-old Bianca Passarge of Hamburg dresses up as a cat and dances on wine bottles in June 1958. Her performance was based on a dream. She practiced for eight hours a day to do this. (x)

Marion “Kiki” Roberts, Ziegfeld Follies dancer c. 1922-1925. Photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston

Marion “Kiki” Roberts, Ziegfeld Follies dancer c. 1922-1925. Photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston

Yvonne De Carlo aka Lily Munster photographed by Joseph Jasgur c. 1940’s

Yvonne De Carlo aka Lily Munster photographed by Joseph Jasgur c. 1940’s

Illustration by Joe De Mers, 1948

Illustration by Joe De Mers, 1948

Cyd Charisse photographed by Clarence Sinclair Bull c. 1940’s

Cyd Charisse photographed by Clarence Sinclair Bull c. 1940’s

mothgirlwings: Moira Shearer perfects her makeup on the set of The Red Shoes (1948)

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Moira Shearer perfects her makeup on the set of The Red Shoes (1948)

Moira Shearer preparing to go on stage, 1949

Moira Shearer preparing to go on stage, 1949

Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

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