My Retro Fix

The unlife and times of a elitist aesthetist.

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1926 c. Anastasia Riley was in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924. She married Mr. Ziegfeld's nephew, a millionaire! The Roaring 1920s, FB. In June, the Follies would be the sell-out entertainment of the summer.

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1925 c. Wool plain weave (broadcloth) and wool twill coat with wool chenille thread embroidery and wool chenille applique. From Roaring Twenties Fashion, FB.

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1925 Brush pot of white jade, jadeite, onyx, gold and rubies, manufactured by Strauss, Allard, Meyer and retailed by Ostertag in Paris. From Art Deco Around the Globe, FB.

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Black Sequined Dress with Silver Diamond Detail

c. 1925

by dressmaker A. & L. Tirocchi

RISD Museum

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Evening Dress

c. 1921

by Callot Soeurs

Chicago Historical Society

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1920 c. Mamie smith, singer. From Pinterest.

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L'Art et la mode, no. 4, vol. 40, 25 janvier 1919, Paris. Robe de satin Windsor noir et dentelle. Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Afternoon dress by Callot Soeurs for Mrs. Potter Palmer, made of red silk brocade, c. 1917. Chicago Historical Society.

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Les Élégances Parisiennes, 1916 💛

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1918 c. Evening/Dinner dress. From Didine Bar, Pinterest.

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Ziegfeld girl Albertine Marlowe photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1917. From my collection.

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Woman's Dress

Fall/Winter 1916-1917

Silk satin, silk and metallic net, silk net, and metallic net, with metallic-thread embroidery, glass beads, crystals, and plastic paillettes and sequins

by Callot Soeurs

LACMA

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Evening dress by Callot Soeurs, 1912. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Evening Dress

c. 1910

by House of Worth

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A rare Liberty blue satin evening gown

c. 1910

Kerry Taylor Auctions

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Ivory Silk Evening Dress

c. 1913

Lasell Fashion Collection

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Dress

1910s

by Renaud & Cie, Barcelona

Centre de Documentació i Museu Tèxtil