Balenciaga | c. 1967
I would love to see the patterns for this dress.
House of Patou | c. 1987
You know how things can be so ugly they are beautiful? Well this is not one of those things.
Balmain | c. 1950
Sequins, feathers and rhinestones. What my dreams are made of.
Jacques Griffe | c. 1951
This looks very similar to a dress from the Met (?) from the 1850s-60s. I can’t find it now. Anyway, it is amazing.
Chanel | c. 1958
A dress designed after Chanel’s “comeback” collection of 1954.
Balenciaga | c. 1963
Trudy Campbell realness hunty.
Balmain | c. 1957
This cocktail dress, designed for the increasing elegant youth of the late 1950s is inspired by ballet and Spanish flamenco dress. It epitomises Balmain’s harmonious balance between extravagance and elegance.
Worth | Tea Gown | c. 1900
The elaborate and luxurious decoration on this gown characterises fashionable ‘at home’ wear of the late 19th century and early 20th. It was worn by the mother of Lady Hoyer Millar. In September 1900 The Queen, The Lady’s Newspaper described the ideal tea-gown: ‘It is quite a perfect gown showing soft falling kilted flounces at the hem, silk muslin or silk serving to enhance the beauty of incomparable lace’.
