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Vogue Magazine Cover (9 Aug 1900). Holding Institution: Condé Nast / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain

Vogue Magazine Cover (20 Jun 1907). Holding Institution: Condé Nast / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain

Vogue Magazine Cover (1 Aug 1910). Holding Institution: Condé Nast / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain

Vogue Magazine Cover (15 May 1912). Holding Institution: Condé Nast / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain

Vogue Magazine Cover (15 Dec 1920). Holding Institution: Condé Nast / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain

Vogue Magazine Cover (11 Oct 1926). Holding Institution: Condé Nast / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain

Cécile Sorel courtesy of Léopold-Émile Reutlinger. Holding Institution: Gallica Digital Library / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain

Robe d'après-midi par Redfern courtesy of Les Modes : Revue mensuelle illustrée des arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme. Holding Institution: Gallica Digital Library / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain

Anna Held courtesy of Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress. Holding Institution: Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. 

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