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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Henry David Thoreau

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Santiago Apóstol, 2017

[prototypevintage]

Bad Girls. 1930’s

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Evening dress.

Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)

Date: Summer 1937

Culture: French

Medium: Silk

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• "Tree".

Date: 1955

Designer: Charles James (North American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978)

Medium: Silk, synthetic.

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Evening Dress, 1908’

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Throwback Thursdays:

Silk crêpe starry night costume worn by Marjorie Merriweather Post at the Everglades, circa 1920s.

[weirdlandtv]

‪Brigitte Bardot photographed by Mark Shaw in 1956. (In Saint-Émilion, France, while filming THE BRIDE IS MUCH TOO BEAUTIFUL.)‬

‪I can never remember which ones I’ve posted before, so here’s a collection of the best photos of that session, in the best quality available.‬ From her monkey feet to her braids, she’s just so unbelievably gorgeous in these photos.

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WORTH BEADED BUTTERFLY FANCY DRESS GOWN, c. 1912.

via whitaker auctions 

[decadesfashion]

Jessica Lange, 1974

[isabelcostasixties]

Space Age Fashion.

Model Galya Milovskaya in front of a Vostok 8K72K rocket at the All Russia Exhibition Centre in Moscow, wearing a hooded purple tunic trimmed in gold around the hood, neck, and waist; and Thigh-high boots. Photo by Arnaud de Rosnay.

Vogue August 1969.⭐️

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[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Silk and satin embroidered evening dress.

Date: 1928

[ms-mandy-m]

Throwback Thursdays:

Elsa Schiaparelli’s Fall 1939 Musical-Themed Collection

[fashionsfromhistory]

Evening Vest

Elsa Schiaparelli

Fall 1938

Schiaparelli’s fall 1938 pagan collection dazzled with references to spring eternal throughout. Flowers, insects and woodland creatures added decorative whimsy to her creations. This evening vest from that collection, owned by Millicent Rogers who was ever in vogue, features apple blossoms with three-dimensional centers blossoming freely over supple satin and rich velvet. The idea is fanciful and in keeping with Schiaparelli’s desire to provide clothing for women who possessed an unconventional chic. The rickrack edging, which is more commonly applied, is embroidered instead and adds a sense of playfulness to a couture garment.

The MET

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Throwback Thursdays:

Christian Dior Couture “May” dress, Spring/Summer 1953.

[vintagehomecollection]

House & Garden’s Best in Decoration, 1987

[vintage-sweden]

Sailors, 1957, Sweden.