All My Closet Space

My virtual closet - all place for all the vintage and modern fashion I wish I owned!

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Dress

c. 1926-1927

American

Kent State University Museum

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1926

American

Kent State University Museum

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

1920s

Kent State University Museum

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Joli Poli | Barcelona Fashion Week

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Aja Naomi King at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival

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Designer: Tamara Ralph

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Gold Lamé Patterned Silk Evening Dress

c. 1924

Augusta Auctions

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Elie Saab | Fall/Winter 2025 Couture

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"Arrow of Gold" Dress

Paul Poiret (Paris, France)

1925

The influence of the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes on fashion was especially pronounced in textile designs of the period. The green silk chiffon of the gown is brocaded with a gilt-thread fletching motif in overall repeat on the torso of the dress and on the hem. Renowned as a colorist, Poiret is unusual among couturiers in his advocacy of vivid green as a fashionable hue. In various tonalities, green is represented in almost all of the designer's collections. Here, Poiret has complemented the color with a hip girdle of pink and gold that brings to the surface of the dress the colors of its richly brocaded pink silk underdress in the kind of sophisticated juxtaposition for which the designer was celebrated. Poiret has created a tunic proportion, favored in the period, by extending the bodice to the lower hipline, where the skirt is then shirred in a dagged line conforming to the fletching motif. The sashlike girdle is positioned along the upper hipline, which not only introduces a more personalized proportion but also mediates Poiret's concession to prevailing modes. An almost intransigent, deliberately individualistic approach to design therefore appears in even his most conventional works. Poiret's lifelong assertion of his identity as an artist subordinated his pursuit of commercial success. Thus, although arguably with increasing subtlety, idiosyncracy infused his designs until the close of his couture house in 1929.

The MET (C.I.51.70.19a–c)

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Sara Mrad | Golden Monarch

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Miss Sohee Spring 2025 Haute Couture Collection

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the atelier by jimmy choo

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Linh Phung "La Sylphyde" Fall 2024 Collection

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Ziad Nakad "Iris" Spring 2025 Haute Couture Collection

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Beaux-arts des modes, no. 8, décembre 1928 (New York, Paris, London, Milano, Wien, Bruxelles). Modèles Originaux. Atelier Bachroitz. Bibliothèque nationale de France

381 Robe du soir en crêpe satin. Corsage plat prolongé en pointes. Petits plis serrés par un motif de joaillerie. Echarpe nouée dans le dos. Jupe montée devant à plis pincés.

381 Evening gown in crêpe satin. Plain corsage cut in points. Jewelled motif. Scarf tied at the back. Ribbed tucks in front.

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Beaux-arts des modes, no. 8, décembre 1928 (New York, Paris, London, Milano, Wien, Bruxelles). Modèles Originaux. Atelier Bachroitz. Bibliothèque nationale de France

380 Robe de taffetas chatoyant. Broderie argent et soie. Nœuds ruban d’argent. Bord intérieur également de taffetas nuance de la broderie.

380 Stylish frock in changeable taffeta. Bouquets embroidered with silver and silk. Loops of coloured silver ribbon. Taffeta inside.

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Beaux-arts des modes, no. 8, décembre 1928 (New York, Paris, London, Milano, Wien, Bruxelles). Modèles Originaux. Atelier Bachroitz. Bibliothèque nationale de France

399 Robe de soirée. Corsage brodé strass et jais. Glands strass. Jupe velours chiffon noir, découpée en dents.

399 Evening gown. Corsage embroidered with strass and jet, matching tassels. Skirt lengthened at the back of black velours chiffon, curved hem.

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Beaux-arts des modes, no. 8, décembre 1928 (New York, Paris, London, Milano, Wien, Bruxelles). Modèles Originaux. Atelier Bachroitz. Bibliothèque nationale de France

397 Toilette de bal de dentelle d’argent. Petit boléro. Guimpe et bord crêpe Georgette. Ceinture écharpe ruban de satin.

397 Ball gown in silver lace. Boléro; yoke and hem of georgette. Satin ribbon girdle.