Wedding Ensemble | Callot Souers | c. 1930
In my opinion this is the epitome of 1930s couture. Imagine the woman that walked down the aisle in this. LIVING!
xtravaganza eleganza (n.): something possessing exceptionally high amounts of elegance
Posts tagged history.
Why couldn’t I be born during the Victorian Age?!
Paco Rabanne | c. 1967
This ‘chain mail’ dress was worn over a flesh-coloured bodystocking. Baroness Helen Bachofen von Echt wore it to a party in New York where she danced with Frank Sinatra.
Dress
1780s
The Kyoto Costume Institute
(via chronal)
Day dress, 1860’s
From the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Balenciaga | c. 1967
I would love to see the patterns for this dress.
