Explore: Fashion - National Geographic

A nightspot puts on an eccentric fashion show in Madrid, Spain, in 1985.

Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta, National Geographic

A couple poses in traditional costume in the Savoy Region, Rhone-Alpes, France, in 1931.

Photograph by Jules Gervais Courtellemont, National Geographic

A woman poses for a portrait wearing a "silk substitute" in 1939.

Photograph by Willard Culver, National Geographic

A young woman models earrings in 1981.

Photograph by James L. Amos, National Geographic

Women, modeling the latest swimsuit styles, sit on the edge of a small waterfall in Spring River, Arkansas, in 1943.

Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart, National Geographic

Models walk down the runway at a spring Fashion Week show in New York in 1990.

Photograph by Jodi Cobb, National Geographic

A man and a woman pose in hats from their town, Otavalo, Ecuador.

Photograph by Jacob J. Gayer, National Geographic

Models wear costumes and painted faces for a museum opening in Jerusalem in 1982.

Photograph by Jodi Cobb, National Geographic

A woman with 1940s hairstyle and dress picks peaches in Louisiana, Missouri, in 1946.

Photograph by Richard H. Stewart, National Geographic

A woman wears a dress and head scarf in Dakar, Senegal, in 1966.

Photograph by John Scofield, National Geographic

A Spanish woman with flowers in her hair poses in Tampa, Florida, in 1929.

Photograph by Clifton Adams

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