Vintage couture

In the new exhibit by photographer Mark Shaw, we (finally) get to see what went on behind the scenes at Paris couture in the 1950s.

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Creating the trapeze silhouette for Dior, Saint Laurent has a rigid understructure veiled under a fly-away cage. A boned corset anchors the dress but allows the delusion of a free swinging cone. Seeking a shape for independence, though still tethered, the "Eléphant Blanc" dress also employs a shimmering embroidery on net that requires a finishing flourish to the thread work on a transparent surface

~ Circa/Date: Oct/Nov 1939 WW2 ~ Details: TWO STYLE VARIATION DRESS - By VOGUE COUTURIER ~ (Featured in Vogue Pattern Book, October-November 1939) ~ Size/Measurements: ~ ~ Bust: 32″ ~ Waist: 27″ ~ Hip: 35" (Inches) ~ Please Note: ~ You are buying a 'Professional Reproduced' copy of this sewing pattern. Copied from the original sewing pattern. Produced in Full Scale Pattern Pieces ready to cut with full instructions included. Reproduced on high quality 50 gm paper with black ink…

Vogue Couturier Design 884; ©1955; Evening Gown. Full length flared and gored skirt joins the bodice back and side front under the separate draped bustle. Bodice front is cut in one with skirt. Shirred detail below the square front neck-line which is a deep V in back. Featured in Vogue Patterns Booklet, November 1955 and in Vogue Pattern Book, December-January 1955-1956 Interesting information on this pattern: MissMoon55 wrote to Vogue in November 2009 to enquire about the possibility of a…

More 100 pieces of French haute couture, including rare dresses by Christian Dior and Coco Chanel, have been acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria

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