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Schiaparelli, Spring 1939.

Paul Vever (1851 – 1915) and Henri Vever (1854 – 1942) for Maison Vever, after design by Eugène Samuel Grasset (1841–1917) Swan and Lily Pin, ca. 1900 .Ivory, gold, and enamel, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris ; Inv.: OGAL 00494 Don Henri Vever, 1925. © Patrick Pierrain / Petit Palais / Roger-Viollet

1930's Evening Gown

1920's Velvet

hindman

Green Velvet Evening Gown, probably 1930s, with geometric cut-away velvet throughout. Another lovely 30s gown that I can't resist pinning.

Sewing Patterns That Teach

Adrian 1948

Kimono dressing gown

Kimono dressing gown, c. 1885. This blue dressing gown began as a 'furisode,' or "swinging sleeves" kimono, a type worn only by young unmarried women, but was converted into a Victorian styled dress. For more information, click image.

Circa 1940s Ladies Top Hat by Walter Florell (1911-1986)

1930s evening gown, beaded bodice, slit back...DCV archives

OMG that dress!

evening Dress Elsa Schiaparelli, 1935 The Museum at FIT

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Vionnet Velvet Rose Applique Evening Gown for Sale at Auction on Thu, 05/03/2001 - 07:00 - Couture and Textiles | Doyle Auction House

Vionnet Velvet Rose Applique Evening Gown 1938 The dress is from Vionnet's last collection and was originally illustrated in Harper's Bazaar, September, 1938. See Kirke, Betty, Madeleine Vionnet, p.176.