1910

Ball gown

Red velvet dinner dress with metallic embroidery and fur trim, by Vitaldi Babani, French, ca. 1919.

“The Vanderbilt ball also featured the whimsically-costumed Miss Kate Fearing Strong, described by Henry James as “youthful & precocious,” who went as her feline nickname “Puss”. Worryingly, her costume comprised a large taxidermied cat head & seven cat tails sewn onto the skirt.”

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Fashion at the races, Les Modes July 1910. Photo by Édition.

Margaine-Lacroix and the dresses that shocked Paris – a talk by Susie Ralph I introduced this talk at Chelsea Reference Library on Wednesday 17 July 2013 and I found it absolutely fascinating…

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Evening Dress 1909-1911 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chiffon Evening Dress, ca. 1924 Jeanne Lanvin

Today’s featured Study Collection ensemble highlights a type of dress most often associated with the Parisian designer Jeanne Lanvin (1867-1946). Called a robe de style, the upper portion of the dress is slim and close-fitting, while the skirt is full and rather long. The fullness in the skirt is a result of built-in panniers at each hip. These built-in wire structures, shaped like small baskets, extend the line of the dress horizontally, emphasizing the hips. This look hearkens back to the…

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