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Hey Lovely Followers! One of my bestest friends (Kate) was on Project Runway Season 11. She now has...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:34:00 -0400

Hey Lovely Followers!

One of my bestest friends (Kate) was on Project Runway Season 11. She now has a chance to come back for Season 12! You guys should go vote for Kate Pankoke and tweet #RunwayKate @ProjectRunway!

http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway/blogs/project-runway-blog/runway-redemption

Went to The Plaza Hotel to see the The Great Gatsby costumes....

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:32:00 -0400

Went to The Plaza Hotel to see the The Great Gatsby costumes. The costumes were used in the scenes taking place at The Plaza. There were also a few props on display.

Evening Dress | c. 1927

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:39:54 -0400

Evening Dress | c. 1927

Evening Dress | c. 1924

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:34:35 -0400

Evening Dress | c. 1924

heroesgoright: Current Inspiration Series #32: Atsuo [Source...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:31:53 -0400

heroesgoright:

Current Inspiration Series #32: Atsuo

[Source for first two images][remaining 3 from artstor archives, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]

Drecoll | c. 1926 What I imagine Jordan Baker wearing. The...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:41:01 -0400

Drecoll | c. 1926

What I imagine Jordan Baker wearing.

The sleeveless design and low, scooped neck would have allowed the wearer to remain cool during even the most energetic dances of the 1920s. And as she danced, the drifting tunic top and the central drapery of the skirt would have flowed with her.

Callot Soeurs | c. 1922

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:09:00 -0400

Callot Soeurs | c. 1922

Lanvin | c. 1923 This Lanvin dress is very indicative of 1920s...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:58:00 -0400

Lanvin | c. 1923

This Lanvin dress is very indicative of 1920s fashionable dress. Its intricate embroidery is unique to France while the spiral motif is a Lanvin signature.

Paul Poiret | c. 1926

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:51:34 -0400

Paul Poiret | c. 1926

Chanel | c.1925

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:05:00 -0400

Chanel | c.1925

Tennis Dress | c. 1926

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Tennis Dress | c. 1926

House of Patou | c. 1924

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:26:07 -0400

House of Patou | c. 1924

Chanel | c. 1927

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:36:49 -0400

Chanel | c. 1927

Evening Dress | c. 1920s

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:54:00 -0400

Evening Dress | c. 1920s

A few weeks ago I was considering doing theme Thursdays again on...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:19:00 -0400

A few weeks ago I was considering doing theme Thursdays again on Defunct Fashion the first being Gatsby inspired and I found a nakey pic of my great grandmother! She was a Ziegfeld Girl from age 17-21 in the late 20s. There was a story printed in a NYC paper saying that she was Ziegfeld’s highest kicker and he had her legs insured for $1 million. I don’t know if that’s true but it sounds like a great story from the roaring 20s. She would later run off and marry a photographer against her parent’s wishes, they moved to Brooklyn then finally settled in San Jose, CA and had many children and then I came around a few years later. My mother adored her and speaks of Nana Consuelo’s strict morals and etiquette. I wonder if she had a stack of these pictures from her theatre days hidden in box in a closet?

So here is the picture I found from 1925 and a picture hanging in my parent’s house, decked out for a premiere. (Isn’t that coat the bee’s knees?)

Wedding Ensemble | Yves Saint Laurent | c. 1976

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:35:37 -0400

Wedding Ensemble | Yves Saint Laurent | c. 1976

House of Worth | c. 1882 This dress is in the Impressionism,...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:02:00 -0400

House of Worth | c. 1882

This dress is in the Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity exhibition currently at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is stunning in person. The train has wide pleats of satin and tulle that fan out perfectly. I could not look away. I just wanted to keep staring but some 55 year old mother and her precocious, test tube, 5 year old daughter cock blocked me and pressed their faces against the glass.

fripperiesandfobs: Inaugural dress of Fay Webb Gardner,...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:45:21 -0500

fripperiesandfobs:

Inaugural dress of Fay Webb Gardner, 1928-29

From the North Carolina History Museum

Mourning Dress | c. 1910 This is from the collection of Heather...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:33:51 -0500

Mourning Dress | c. 1910

This is from the collection of Heather Firbank (1888-1954), daughter of the MP Sir Thomas Firbank and sister of the novelist Ronald Firbank. The dress is a half-mourning dress, meaning that it was worn in the later stages of mourning. Mourning etiquette was well controlled and what could be worn at each stage was rigidly prescribed.

Jet Mourning Tiara | c. 1880-90 Jet is the fossilised remains of...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:21:00 -0500

Jet Mourning Tiara | c. 1880-90

Jet is the fossilised remains of driftwood. In Britain, the main source is Whitby, in Yorkshire. It became particularly popular in mourning jewellery in the mid 19th century.

The custom of wearing mourning dress was encouraged by Queen Victoria’s prolonged mourning after the death of her husband Albert in 1861. Formal mourning required black crepe or bombazine clothes along with ‘a few trinkets to accentuate the general sombreness of the costume’. This tiara shows that jet or its substitutes was worn at the highest level of society: only those above a certain social class would have had the occasion to wear a tiara. It is interesting that it is made of ‘French jet’, a cast glass substitute for jet. As supplies of jet were not sufficient to keep up with the demand, dark cast glass known as ‘French jet’ or ‘Vauxhall glass’ was often used.