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 : Gaby Deslys and her gowns by Drian 1913


Gaby Deslys and her gowns by Drian 1913

Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), French actress, dancer and singer, pictured in a variety of lavish outfits designed by Drian and realised by Landolff for her latest revue at the Palace Theatre, London, A la Carte in Two Cafes and a Street. The pictures appeared in the same issue of The Tatler as a portrait of Princess Augusta (Augustine) Victoria of Hohenzollern, the bride-to-be of ex-King Manuel of Portugal. Gaby had been romantically linked with the King in the past

Picture No
10793877
Media ID
46685593
Size
3973px x 6301px (7.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Talbot in The Sketch', 3 September 1913, page 4 and also in The Tatler', 10 September 1913
Date
1913

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