#marcel rochas

[henk-heijmans]

Tamara de Łempicka (Polish, 1898 – 1980), is wearing an evening dress designed by the influential fashion designer Marcel Rochas (French, 1902 - 1955), Paris, ca. 1931 - by Dora Kallmus (1884 - 1963), Austrian

[gentlyepigrams]

I could imagine this dress on board a space cruiser or worn by a character in a science fiction novel, but not in a cocktail bar in the late 1940s. It was designed by Marcel Rochas, a futuristic gown of angles. Via Philadelphia Museum of Art.

[chic-a-gigot]

Plaisir de France : art, ameublement, jardins, mode, tourisme, mondanités, no. 150, vol. 17, mai 1950, Paris. Retour de style vamp. De gauche à droite : Robe de dentelle de Balenciaga. Collier de Maboussin. Robe et fourrure « Moustache » de Marcel Rochas. Collier de Mellerio. Meerson. Bibliothèque nationale de France

[chicinsilk]

Marcel Rochas Haute Couture Collection Spring/Summer 1950. Dress in ombré silk chiffon, fading from sky blue to navy blue.

Marcel Rochas Collection Haute Couture Printemps/Été 1950. Robe en mousseline de soie dégradée du bleu ciel au bleu marine.

[dozydawn]

[thejazzera]

"THE IMPORTANCE OF WHITE IN THE NEW EVENING MODE"

Malaga Grenet

Harper's Bazaar, Dec. 1929

[jeannepompadour]

Illustrations by Roger Rouffiange;

Schiaparelli, 1935

Marcel Rochas, 1945; Unknown designer, 1945

Carven, 1947; Jeanne Lanvin, 1946

[alwaysalwaysalwaysthesea]

Page from a 1933 fashion magazine with a photo by Madame D'Ora of a model wearing a Marcel Rochas blouse and hat by Maria Guy.

(source: MAK)