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<n>Lisa Taylor</n> for <n>Dior</n>'s 'Fetching is your Dior' campaign, 1976. Photo by <n>Chris von Wangenheim</n>.

Portrait of Turkish actress <n>Türkan Şoray</n>.

Model <n>Mounia Orosemane</n> in a look from the 1978 <n>Yves Saint Laurent</n> Haute Couture show.

<n>Grace Jones</n> for <n>Issey Miyake</n>, 1982.

<n>Coco Chanel</n> in her apartment at the Ritz in Paris, 1937.

Sisters <n>Jackie Collins</n> and <n>Joan Collins</n> photographed by <n>Annie Leibovitz</n> in 1987.

<n>Grace Jones</n> performs at the <n>Studio 54 New Year's Eve Party</n>, 1978. Photo by <n>Allan Tannenbaum</n>.

Abyssus Abyssum Invocat by artist <n>Naya Kotko</n>.

Surrealist photograph by artist <n>Naya Kotko</n>.

A portrait of actress <n>Catherine Zeta-Jones</n>.

<n>Patricia Velasquez</n> for the <n>Sports Illustrated</n> Swimsuit Edition, 1994.

<n>Cher</n> performing <n>Shame, Shame, Shame</n> on <n>The Cher Show</n> in 1975.

A photograph from the <n>DoubleFaced</n> series (2013) by artist <n>Sebastian Bieniek</n>.

The 2001 album cover for <n>Victoria Beckham</n>'s self-titled debut, photographed by <n>Nick Knight</n>.

Actor <n>Kim Cattrall</n> photographed by <n>Yoram Kahana</n> in 1988.

A portrait of Turkish actress <n>Türkan Şoray</n>.

<n>Michelle Pfeiffer</n> as <n>Titania</n> in <n>Michael Hoffman</n>'s 1999 film <n>A Midsummer Night's Dream</n>.

Model <n>Yasmeen Ghauri</n> photographed by <n>Patrick Demarchelier</n> in 1993.

A jeweled headpiece by designer <n>Thierry Mugler</n>.

Singer <n>Sade Adu</n> photographed during the <n>Love Deluxe World Tour</n> in 1993.

A model walks the runway at the <n>Thierry Mugler</n> show in 1991. Photo by <n>Daniel Simon</n>.

Detail of <n>The Suicide of Lucretia</n> (c. 1525-1535) by the <n>Master with the Parrot</n>, held at the <n>Rijksmuseum</n>.

A 1974 portrait of <n>Jessica Lange</n> by photographer <n>Antonio Lopez</n>.

Promotional still of <n>Meryl Streep</n> and <n>Goldie Hawn</n> for the 1992 film <n>Death Becomes Her</n>.

Actor <n>Pam Grier</n> in a still from the 1973 film <n>Coffy</n>, directed by <n>Jack Hill</n>.