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bilmem

[wvelvet]

Hard to swallow view

[manythewonders]

[littlegoldhorse]

Evening dress ca.1922

By Callot Soeurs 

“This dress was worn by a British aristocrat, Winifred, Duchess of Portland. It was given to the Museum by Lady Victoria Wemyss and forms part of the Cecil Beaton Collection. This Collection was brought together by the society photographer Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), contacted the well-dressed elite of Europe and North America to help create this lasting monument to the art of dress. The Collection was exhibited in 1971, accompanied by a catalogue that detailed its enormous range.”

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Evening dress, 1929.

[littlegoldhorse]

Shoes ca.1925

Perugia

French.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Shoes, 1920s, USA.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Flapper dress by Callot Soeurs, 1927, France.

[patience4not]

[7thstranger]

Gilda Gray, c.1920

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Flapper dress, 1920s.

[the-garden-of-delights]

Lily James as Lady Rose Aldridge, Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley and Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith Crawley in Downton Abbey (Series 5 Christmas Special, 2014).

[ms-mandy-m]

Throwback Thursdays:

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

[omerta-fashion]

Flapper couture…

[greatlakeoutfitters]

Circa 1920s

[lamelamorsa]

[rai-r]

[frie-nds]