What springs to mind when you hear the word diva?You wouldn't be wrong - but the word was coined long before our modern-day pop stars entered stage left.
Later, stars of stage and screen, such as avant garde dancer Isadora Duncan, used their bodies as a medium for expression, moving away from restrictive corsets to flowing gowns . The white silk dress was designed by Mariano Fortuny and was inspired by Greek drapery.More exposure was offered to silent film's femme fatales with the growth of the movie industry in the early 20th Century. This image shows Theda Bara, one of cinema's early sex symbols, who starred in 1917's Cleopatra.
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