Formalwear Art for Sale by LIFE Photos

1940s Fashion

Nina Leen

$16

Elsa Maxwell At 'April In Paris Ball'

Peter Stackpole

$16

Milton Berle Show #1

Alfred Eisenstaedt

$16

Portrait Of Noel Coward

Loomis Dean

$16

Vikki Dougan Walks

Ralph Crane

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Monroe & Russell

Ed Clark

$16

American Actors

Peter Stackpole

$16

Louis Armstrong

Nat Farbman

$16

The Shulls Kiss At Their Wedding Reception

Francis Miller

$16

Fay Wray

Alfred Eisenstaedt

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Monroe Attends FPAH Awards

Loomis Dean

$16

Raquel Welch Waves

Dmi

$16

Jerry Lewis On Set

Allan Grant

$16

Archery

Yale Joel

$16

Monroe & Miller At 'April In Paris Ball' #2

Peter Stackpole

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Party in Havana

Eliot Elisofon

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At The Kennedy Reception #1

Lisa Larsen

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Debutante Fashion

Mark Kauffman

$16

Portrait Of Nat King Cole #1

Eliot Elisofon

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Portrait Of Nat King Cole At The Piano #1

Eliot Elisofon

$16

Bobby Short Performs #2

John Shearer

$16

Aldridge, Monroe, and Miller At April In Paris Ball

Peter Stackpole

$16

Stokowski Conducts On Last Night At Old Met

Henry Groskinsky

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Love & De Cadenet At Oscar Party

Dmi

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Fred & Adele Astaire Dance

Gjon Mili

$16

At The Kennedy Reception

Lisa Larsen

$16

Heston & Massey In An Episode Of 'Curtain Call'

Yale Joel

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Woman Admires Vikki Dougan

Ralph Crane

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Dorothy Chandler & Her Pavilion

Ralph Crane

$16

Higgins At Her Typewriter

Carl Mydans

$16

Cronkite In His Office

Leonard McCombe

$16

Sinatra Performs At The Eden Roc

John Dominis

$16

Cannes Film Festival #2

Paul Schutzer

$16

Aldridge and Monroe At April In Paris Ball

Peter Stackpole

$16

Life Cover: January 16, 1939

Rex Hardy, Jr.

$16

Vikki Dougan Seated

Ralph Crane

$16

Shaggy Dog Ball

Yale Joel

$16

Columbus, Mississippi

Alfred Eisenstaedt

$16

Kissing On The dance floor

Leonard McCombe

$16

Ludmilla Tcherina Arrives At The Cannes Film Festival

Paul Schutzer

$16

Bobby Short Performs #1

John Shearer

$16

Love & De Cadenet At Oscar Party #1

Dmi

$16

Mamie Eisenhower Entertains Guests

Ed Clark

$16

W.C. Handy and Cab Calloway

Hansel Mieth

$16

Florence Foster Jenkins Entertains At Home

Margaret Bourke-White

$16

Moss Hart And Kitty Carlisle

Alfred Eisenstaedt

$16

Lauren Bacall & Kirk Douglas In 'Young Man With A Horn'

Alfred Eisenstaedt

$16

Pele and Xuxa At AFI Event

Dmi

$16

Vivien Leigh & Her Oscar

Peter Stackpole

$16

Broadway Production

Gordon Parks

$16

Dancing At Hillwood Estate #1

Alfred Eisenstaedt

$16

Tony Curtis As "Houdini'

Loomis Dean

$16

Newman & Woodward Attend Formal Event

Mark Kauffman

$16