Mrs Vernon Castle
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as America's Dancing Sweethearts'. The pair were incredibly successful and their earnings were high. And as a leader of fashion, Irene lent her name to a variety of hats, lace, dresses and toiletries bearing her name. Pictured here in mourning after Vernon was killed in a flying accident not very long after her obtained his commission in the R.F.C
Picture No
10718162
Media ID
46671488
Size
3600px x 5614px
(1.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Harris and Ewing in The Tatler, 16 October 1918
Date
1918
