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Authentic Flapper dresses

Aren´t they a work of art?

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Rita Hayworth, 1941, wearing a gown by Robert Kalloch in a publicity photo for You’ll Never Get Rich

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Autumn styles.

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Evening Dress

Jeanne Lanvin

1925

Victoria & Albert Museum

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Ensemble

Chanel

c.1935

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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Greta Garbo wearing the dress Adrian designed for her to wear in Inspiration, 1931

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Evening Dress

A.T. Rogers

1921

Cincinnati Art Museum

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Evening Dress Worn by Wallis Simpson in a Cecil Beaton Photograph

Mainbocher

c.1938

Cecil Beaton photographed the Duchess of Windsor wearing this dress for British Vogue in 1939. To highlight and complement the eighteenth-century silhouette of the gown, Beaton photographed the duchess seated in a Louis XV chair against a Piranesi backdrop. During the late 1930s, as a reaction against sociopolitical realities, fashion and the decorative arts were heavily influenced by period revivalism.

Cecil Beaton was the Duchess of Windsor’s official photographer and played an important role in constructing her public image. The pair first met in 1930, when the duchess was married to Ernest Simpson. Beaton’s initial impressions of Wallis Simpson were far from favorable, describing her as “brawny and raw-boned in her sapphire blue velvet.” On his next meeting, however, which took place in 1934, he found her appearance much changed: “I liked her immensely. I found her bright and witty, improved in looks, and chic.”

The MET

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Musicians, 1938.

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Errol Flynn, 1936

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Takamine Hideko 高峰秀子 (1924-2010) wearing a “Durbin” in Shufu no tomo 主婦之友 (Housewife’s friend) magazine - The “Durbin” clothing is like a dress with a collar that Mrs. Deanna Durbin wore in the movie “One hundred men and a girl” - Japan - 1939

Source showamodern.blog.fc2.com

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A chart of 1930s Fashion evolution

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Gilbert Roland, 1937