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| Keywords: Bakst fantasy on modern costume Atalanta 1912.jpg Fantasy on Modern Costume Atalanta by Léon Bakst 1912 Pencil watercolor and silver paint 45 2 x 28 4 cm Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Madrid Léon Bakst as fashion designer -- he combines elements of 1912 styles when a trend towards straight narrow skirts was displacing the brief hobble-skirt fad with elements of the old Empire silhouette -- posed against modern new-fangled technological gadgetry The draping of the bottom hems of the upper and lower skirts is influenced by ancient Greek women's attire while the little ankle-vent would have been considered moderately racy and intriguingly unusual by the standards of 1912 while not being actually indecent for indoors wear Creator Léon Bakst Fashion in 1912 Females with brown dresses in art Empire silhouette Paintings in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum PD-old-80-1923 Fashion clothing designs by Leon Bakst 1910s dresses Artworks missing infobox template | ||||
