Charting the Impact of the Ballets Russes—From Yves Saint Laurent to Grimes Inline

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    Nijinsky in a Leon Bakst–designed getup for Scherezade; a shimmering evening look by Paul Poiret.

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    Photo: Photographed by Duane Michals, Vogue, December, 1976
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    A look from Yves Saint Laurent’s Ballets Russes–inspired 1976 haute couture collection

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    Anna Pavlova, 1911; Christian Lacroix Fall 2009 Couture

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    Christian Dior Fall 2015 ready-to-wear; Leon Bakst’s costume for Nijinsky’s scandalous (read: sexual) performance in L’après-midi d’une Faune, 1912.

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    Photo: (from left) The Granger Collection / Courtesy of Vita Kin
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    Ballets Russes dancers in costume for Le Sacre du Printemps, 1913; designs by Vita Kin.