Two models in Sonia Delaunay's boulevard Malesherbes studioThe photograph depicts two models wearing designs by artist and designer Sonia Delaunay. The outfits are described as beachwear, swimwear, or clothing with geometric patterns. One model holds an umbrella, also designed by Delaunay. The designs are part of the "Simultaneous" line, which reflects Delaunay's artistic theory of using bold, contrasting colors and geometric shapes to create movement and harmony. The clothing was created to suit the real lives of women, allowing for freedom of movement.

Georges Lepape’s “Simultaneous” Vogue Cover, "Simultaneous" dress designed by artist Sonia Delaunay. Vogue magazine from Late January 1925, featuring a work by French illustrator Georges Lepape. The illustration depicts a woman in a geometric, colorful outfit standing next to a car with a similar pattern. The dress is a "Simultaneous" dress designed by artist Sonia Delaunay.

Carl & Pearl Butler in Nudie Cohn, rodeo tailor from Ukraine costumes

Collection of things created by Nudie Cohn

Billy Walker in the Nudie Cohn costume

The Ukrainian Refugee Who Shaped American Style

Ukrainian Refugee American Style

Elton John's "Nudie Suit"he suit was designed by Nudie Cohn, an American tailor who created custom rhinestone-studded outfits for many celebrities in the 1970s. This particular suit, with its ornate embroidery and a cowboy hat featuring stars, is one of his most well-known outfits from the era. The singer's flamboyant style and elaborate stage costumes became a defining part of his public image.

Anna StenUkrainian-born Hollywood actress Anna Sten (1908 – 1993) rose from Kyiv’s theatre scene and early Soviet silents to German talkies before Samuel Goldwyn brought her to the United States, promoting her as “the next Greta Garbo.” Notable films include Nana (1934), We Live Again (1934) and The Wedding Night (1935). Her cosmopolitan career and star-making myth embody the transnational currents of 1930s cinema.

Sonia Delaunay wearing Casa Sonia creations, Madrid, c.1920

Views of Odessa. [Album]. Boulevard. Mid-1850s.

Odesa. Boulevard. Monument to Duke Richelieu. Late 1870s.

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Gazda from Verkhovyna

Nudie Cohn on cover of Rolling Stone

Nudie Cohn and Elvis PresleyNudie Cohn designed Elvis' famous gold suit featured on the album cover of "50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong."

Nudie Cohn and Roy Rogers

Nudie Cohn and Gram Parsons in his Flying Burrito Brothers Nudie suitAs the 1960's were winding down, Nudie Cohn's career took on a new dimension when he made a suit for Gram Parsons. An article by Elyssa East in the Oxford American magazine provides some details about the creation of Nudie's most renowned suit: “The 1960s were coming to a close when rising country rock musician Gram Parsons posed next to Nudie Cohn, the celebrated Western-wear designer more than three times his senior. Raeanne Rubenstein shot their portrait for Show: The Magazine of the Arts at Nudie’s Los Angeles workshop. Over a smooth bare chest and midriff, the twenty-something Parsons wore the suit Nudie designed for him for the cover of the Flying Burrito Brothers’ debut album, The Gilded Palace of Sin. Made of white cavalry twill, it was embroidered with crudely ren