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  • omgthatdress:

Hat ca. 1943 via The Meadow Brook Hall Historic Costume Collection

Squee.

    omgthatdress:

    Hat ca. 1943 via The Meadow Brook Hall Historic Costume Collection

    Squee.


  • #20th century      #hat      #extant      #1940s      




    February 2, 2011

    2 years ago





  • Beachwear featured in LIFE Magazine, 1941.

    Beachwear featured in LIFE Magazine, 1941.


  • #20th century      #photograph      #1940s      #beachwear      




    August 6, 2010

    2 years ago





  • “Venus” dress from the fall/winter 1949–1950 Christian Dior collection.

    “Venus” dress from the fall/winter 1949–1950 Christian Dior collection.


  • #20th century      #1940s      #1950s      #ball gown      #evening gown      #extant      




    August 2, 2010

    2 years ago





  • “Junon” dress from the fall/winter 1949–50 Christian Dior collection.
In 1949, dresses called “Venus” and “Junon,” or Hera to the Greeks,  were among the most coveted of Dior’s designs. “Junon“‘s magnificent skirt of ombréed petals, like abstractions of  peacock feathers without their “eyes,” obliquely references the bird  associated with the Queen of the Olympians.
(Met Museum)

Submitted by alyssalerner

    “Junon” dress from the fall/winter 1949–50 Christian Dior collection.

    In 1949, dresses called “Venus” and “Junon,” or Hera to the Greeks, were among the most coveted of Dior’s designs. “Junon“‘s magnificent skirt of ombréed petals, like abstractions of peacock feathers without their “eyes,” obliquely references the bird associated with the Queen of the Olympians.

    (Met Museum)

    Submitted by alyssalerner


  • #20th century      #1940s      #1950s      #ball gown      #evening gown      #extant      




    2 years ago





  • This Balenciaga ball gown from spring-summer 1948 was inspired by Marie Antoinette and her famous fashion sense.

    This Balenciaga ball gown from spring-summer 1948 was inspired by Marie Antoinette and her famous fashion sense.


  • #20th century      #1940s      #ball gown      #extant      




    July 15, 2010

    2 years ago





  • historicalfashion:

*grabby hands at clothes and hair*

    historicalfashion:

    *grabby hands at clothes and hair*


  • #movie still      #1940s      #20th century      




    March 20, 2010

    3 years ago







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