he "looks like a big ship about to embark under triumphant sails," biographer Jean Strouse writes. Edward Steichen / The Pierpont Morgan Library Archives, courtesy Joanna T. Steichen ...

A Steichen photograph of two gowns by Madeleine Vionnet reflects the ease of movement for which Vionnet was known. The name of the model in white is unrecorded; Marion Morehouse, in black, was one ...