Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Unknown, Woman's Dress and Headdress; Costume for Ganna Walska as Elvira in 'Don Giovanni' ('Don Juan'), 1910-1930, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Redfern, Woman's Dress, Costume for Ganna Walska as Zazà in 'Zazà', Act II, 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Maison Muelle-Rossignol, Woman's Ensemble (Headdress, Dress, and Underskirt), Costume for Ganna Walska in 'Romeo and Juliet', 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Woman's Dress, Costume for Ganna Walska as Floria Tosca in 'Tosca', 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Costume for Ganna Walska as Floria Tosca in 'Tosca', Act II; Woman's Gown with Shawl and Crown, 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Woman's Ensemble (Bonnet, Dress, and Handkerchief), Costume for Ganna Walska as Floria Tosca in 'Tosca', 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and Gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Redfern, Woman's Ensemble (Bonnet, Dress, and Collar), Costume for Ganna Walska as Manon Lescaut in 'Manon', circa 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Redfern, Costume for Page, 'Manon', 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Redfern, Costume for Page, 'Manon', 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Redfern, Costume for Ganna Walska as Manon Lescaut in 'Manon', Act III; Woman's Cape and Petticoat, 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Costume for Ganna Walska as Gilda, 'Rigoletto', 1922 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Costume for Ganna Walska as Gilda, 'Rigoletto', 1922 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Costume for Ganna Walska as Donna Elvira, 'Don Giovanni' (Don Juan), 1923, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Woman's Kimono and Under Kimono, Costume for Ganna Walska as Cio-Cio-San in 'Madama Butterfly', 1923, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Alex Ceslas Rzewuski, Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Lanvin, Woman's Costume Ensemble for Ganna Walska as Juliet, 'Roméo et Juliet' (Headdress and Dress), 1925, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Redfern, Woman's Dress, Costume for Ganna Walska as Violetta Valéry in 'La Traviata', circa 1925, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Lanvin, Costume for Ganna Walska as Mimi in 'La Bohème'; Woman's Coat, 1926, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Woman's Dress, Costume for Ganna Walska as Mélisande in 'Pelléas et Mélisande', 1931, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Lanvin, Woman's Dress, Costume for Ganna Walska as Mélisande, 'Pelléas et Mélisande', 1931, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Costume for Ganna Walska as Mélisande, 'Pelléas et Mélisande', 1931, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Unknown, Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), Woman's Dress, Costume for Ganna Walska in 'La Castiglione', circa 1934, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Rita and Ross Barrett, Costume Council Fund, and gift of Anna Bing Arnold, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA