Costume designed by Alexander Golovin and made by Mme Muelle, Paris, for one of 12 Princesses in Fokine's ballet The Firebird, created for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1910. The Firebird is not a production that is richly documented visually apart from the evolution of the costumes for the leading dancers. There are, however, studio photographs by Bert of 4 of the original Enchanted Princesses, Ludmila Elpé, Elena Gontcharova, Lydia Lopokova and Leontina Puni wearing these costumes for Comoedia Illustré.The Princesses may also be seen in the illustration by Fortunio Matania (1881-1963) of The Destruction of Kostcheï from the production of <i>The Firebird</i> by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, published in <i>The Sphere</i> July 1912.

After the Firebird flies away having given Ivan the talisman feather he sees thirteen princesses, imprisoned by Kostchei enter the garden to play with the golden apples. Their leader, who wears a more distinctive costume, alerts Ivan to the dangers and they perform a circling folk dance, a Khorovod, in soft shoes to folk-inspired music. At the end of the ballet after the spell has been broken they partner off with the once ossified knights.