#Cleo de Merode

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Cléo de Mérode in dance dress, Photo by Leopold Reutlinger, Paris, France, 1901.

Cléopatra Diane de Mérode (French, 1875-1966) was a dancer of the Belle Époque era.

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Evening dress worn by Cléo de Mérode, 1900-02. Les Arts Décoratifs.

[ubu507]

plausibly divine fragments

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Cléo de Mérode, 1895

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Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 3

Cléo de Mérode: Phoébe in Endymion et Phoébe (1908 Paris); Corps de ballet in La Danseuse de Pompeii (1912 Paris); Come Over Here (1913 London)

Mata Hari: Lady MacLeod as a circus horse rider (1903 Paris); Exotic dance act (1905 Musée Guimet)

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Cléo de Mérode:

Her freckles!!! I’ve also never understood the phrase “neck like a swan” before cause like I’ve never exactly seen anyone with like a neck so wonderful it’s worth pointing out but like Cléo de Mérode has a neck like a swan. No wonder she was the first ever celebrity

Mata Hari:

She was executed for allegedly being a German spy in WWI but I STAND by my opinion that she was innocent. Even if she wasn’t, the big dick energy of blowing a kiss to her firing squad is pretty legendary

wanted to submit the full frontal nude (from the bottom down) pic of her but didn’t know if you’d post it. it’s on wikipedia for anyone who wants to take a look

[laithesque]

Portrait of French dancer Cléo de Mérode. Photographed in 1900.

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Cleo de Merode (1896)

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Cléo de Mérode born in 1875

the fact that in all those pics she uses the same necklance is so adorable

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The signs as Cleo de Merode looks

Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

[hiersousterre]

one of the only untouched photos I’ve seen of cléo de mérode

📸: kay harpa on flickr

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Jacket worn by Cléo de Mérode by Doucet, 1890s. Les Arts Décoratifs.

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Joseph Cornell, “L’Egypte de Mlle. Cleo de Merode: cours elementaire d’histoire naturelle (Miss Cleo de Merode’s Egypt: Elementary Natural History Course),” 1940.

Photo Credit…National Gallery of Art

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Cleo de Merode, 1910s

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“Cléo de Mérode was a dancer, model, trendsetter and fashion icon during France's 'Belle Epoque'. Today we will explore the life of the woman who has been called 'the first modern celebrity' and was quite possibly the most photographed woman in the world at the height of her stardom.” - India Scarlett