Missing from the Costume Institute’s impeccable new exhibit on the history of American women’s fashion are the working-class female archetypes who shaped our styles today, says Daily Beast style columnist Kate Betts.
Courtesy Archives of American Illustrators Gallery NYC and National Museum of American Illustration, Newport RI ,
J. C. Leyendecker (American, 1874–1951)
Courtesy Archives of American Illustrators Gallery NYC and National Museum of American Illustration, Newport RI
Bohemian Gallery View
Paul Stahr (American, 1883-1953)
Collection of the Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration, Gift of Lowell M. Schulman, 1984
Flapper Gallery View
Giovanni Boldini (Italian, Ferrarese, 1845–1931)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, 1946
Screen Siren Gallery View
Travis Banton (American, 1894–1958)
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Anna May Wong, 1956 (2009.300.1507)
Martin Munkacsi (American, born Hungary, 1896-1963)
