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He later wrote in his memoirs: ‘[Bakst] designed the whole of the costumes for my second revue Hullo, Tango! .... and charged the highest prices for his designs. Not only did he charge as much as £50 for a design for a dress, but he also insisted on his sketches being returned after they had been executed, because his paintings had a value of their own and fetched big prices.’ <i>Tatler</i>, which reproduced some of the designs, wrote that ‘The Hippodrome paid a very large figure to secure his services, and the result has justified its enterprise’. The magazine further commented on the working method adopted by Bakst ‘which is elaborated by very precise and detailed notes as to colour, cut and material’.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Costume design for one of 16 American Minstrels performing the Cake Walk in <i>Hullo Tango!</i>. Full length black male figure wearing a blue jacket with a black collar and exaggerated lapels, a yellow and white striped shirt and a multicoloured neckerchief, orange trousers with a thin grey stripe and black turn-ups spotted in gold, blue gloves, black dance shoes, white socks striped in yellow, and a blue top hat with a wide patterned band. 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