elleofbelle

23/US. Inspired by the past.

[fairynests]

[frostedmagnolias]

Day Dress

c. 1910

Glenbow Museum

[kitschday]

[gatabella]

Vivien Leigh, c.1939

[macrolit]

Opening week of It's a Wonderful Life in December 1946

[shushmuckle]

SHE FINDS THAT EXERCISE DOES NOT IMPROVE HER SPIRITS. (Scanned from an old book of Charles Gibson illustrations.)

[biscuitsarenice]

1940s America

Thanks to dollsahoy.tumblr.com for posting a link to the original footage [x]

[i2-xmf]

“the last few rays of light” (2008)

[naldibutnice]

Natacha Rambova and Rudolph Valentino, 1923

[edwardian-time-machine]

An embroidered lace bridal gown, circa 1905-1910.

Source

[naldibutnice]

Natacha Rambova and Rudolph Valentino, 1922

[nocturneandbone]

double exposure on 35mm film

[frostedmagnolias]

Evening Dress

c. 1912

by Jays Ltd.

Victoria and Albert Museum

[milklotus]

[toyastales]

Evening dress by Jeanne Paquin, 1912. FIDM Museum.

[frostedmagnolias]

Fan

c. 1905-1910

Silk, painted in gouache, with metal sequins; carved, incised, and gilded mother-of-pearl sticks and guards with piqué (inlaid) paste

Made in France

Philadelphia Museum of Art

[postcard-from-the-past]

Railway station of Lorient, Brittany region of France

French vintage postcard