Vintage Birthday: Travis Banton

Vintage Birthday: Travis Banton - August 18, 1894 (d. February 2, 1958)

[caption id="attachment_2524" align="aligncenter" width="440"] Travis Banton[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2521" align="aligncenter" width="440"] 1936 Travis Banton Couture Dress Made for French-born Hollywood Actress Claudette Colbert’s Private Wardrobe[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2522" align="aligncenter" width="440"] Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express, 1932 by Travis Banton[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2523" align="aligncenter" width="440"] Carole Lombard in Sinners in the Sun, designed by Travis Banton[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2520" align="aligncenter" width="440"] Anna May Wong in Travis Banton from Limehouse Blues, circa 1934[/caption]