Fashion

Brosiery Through the Ages

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    Rudolf Nureyev, 1963

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    Adoration of the Holy Wood and the Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, ca. 1452, by Piero della Francesca

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    Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701

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    Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David, 1801

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    The Kiss by Francesco Hayez, 1859

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    Oscar Wilde, 1882

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    Harlequin Family by Pablo Picasso, 1905

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    Prince Edward of Wales as Knight of the Garter, 1911

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    Vaslav Nijinsky in Le Spectre de la Rose, 1911

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    Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey, c.1918

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    Kirk Douglas and Pier Angeli in The Story of Three Loves, 1953

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    Peter Pan, 1953

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    Edward Villella and Allegra Kent

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    Rudold Nureyev and the Royal Ballet rehearsing The Ropes of Time, 1970

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    Mikhail Baryshnikov, 1974

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    Christopher Reeve in Superman, 1978

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    Van Halen’s David Lee Roth, 1981

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    Jean Paul Gaultier Menswear, 1986

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    Robin Hood: Men in Tights, 1993

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    The San Francisco 49ers’ Torrey Smith, 2015