glitter on my heels

Anna May Wong photographed by Carl Van Vechten on April 20, 1932.

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Vintage “Typewriter” charm in gold, pearl, ruby and sapphire.

Rococo Era paintings by Elizabeth Vigée Lebrun, François Boucher, Jakob Björck, Antoine-Jean Gros and François-Hubert Drouais.

If a girl's spending all of her time worrying about the money she doesn't have, how is she going to have any time for being in love?

via The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amongst the many reasons that [OP] love the garments designed by Claire McCardell is her fastenings. They are always unexpected, rejecting the convenience of a zip for a neat row of buttons. This is a mid 1950s dinner dress with the most chic of bodices. Museum at FIT.

from Three Women: Madeleine Vionnet, Claire McCardell, Rei Kawakubo, 1987, edited by the Fashion Institute of Technology

Silk day dress, 1950's. Claire McCardell.

Belted cotton dress by Claire McCardell, c. 1950

Le Figaro Modes de 1904 Mademoiselle Handral Photo de Reutlinger

Cat with a fish bowl Brooch - 1900s

This is a Philippe Wolfers "Métamorphose" pendant brooch from circa 1900, featuring a carved ivory figure surrounded by plique-à-jour enamel, diamonds, and a tourmaline gemstone.

Ethlyne Clair, c. 1927.

Corinne Griffith, c. 1920

Girl Dreams by Nell Brinkley, 1928