Costume Party: Marlene Dietrich

Costume Party is a monthly column exploring fashion, personal style, and historical aesthetics in film.
Later this month, Metrograph will be paying tribute to Marlene Dietrich, the German star whose ability to look striking in a tuxedo and top hat launched a thousand discussions on gender and power. The series at Metrograph features all of Dietrich’s starring roles in films by Josef von Sternberg, and in these films, she frequently appeared in costumes by Travis Banton, one of the great de