hats and laces

theniftyfifties:

1950’s Dior

(via latinamericana)

Downtown Abbey, 1910s. Need to see this urgently!

Not late 1910s (more like 1912-1913), but gorgeous nonetheless.

Movie still from Downtown Abbey.

My favourite yet, evening dress by the Callot Soeurs, 1915-16.

Corset, 1915-1917

Onto the second part of the request: late 1910s.

Evening dress, 1915-16.

Dramatic 30s’ backs.

Morning suits and hats, 1936-37

hannahwouldwearthis:

omgthatdress:

1930s purse via The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

there is a person. on this bag. hannah wants little figures of people on all of her bags. then she will name them and make them talk to each other.

Ways to wear a 1932-34 evening dress. Also, the best things about this decade were the exposed backs.

I know this dress is so overrated but really now… the draping! Enough said.

Lingerie, ca.1930s

The mythical griffin is incorporated in the drawnwork decoration. Griffins, a creature with characteristics of both the lion and eagle, were the guardians of treasure and the divine in legend. Designers were faced with a constant demand for novelty and sophistication that their wealthy clients expected, even in their underpinnings. The original owner of this lingerie set, Millicent Rogers, is known for her particular penchant to choose the most interesting and often unusual clothing and accessories, which as seen here, includes her lingerie.

“Oh beware of the griffin, the guardian of my treasure!”, she said batting her eyelashes.

Hilarious, really.

Evening gloves, c.1930

Lanvin dress in “Lanvin blue”, fall-winter 1934-35

This particular shade of blue is known as “Lanvin blue.” The shade was one of the many designer colors which Lanvin had produced in her dye factory in Nanterre, France. The color could not be reproduced and therefore was never subjected to reproduction as was many of the designer garments in this period where design theft was rampant. As with many of Lanvin’s creations, this garment shows historical representation. Its loose style and sleeve design are directly mimicking of the houppelande worn by men and women in the 14th and 15th centuries.

omgthatdress:

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

Squee.