ella el agua

• Evening dress.

Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)

Date: Summer 1937

Culture: French

• "Tree".

Date: 1955

Designer: Charles James (North American, born Great Britain, 1906–1978)

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‪Brigitte Bardot photographed by Mark Shaw in 1956. (In Saint-Émilion, France, while filming THE BRIDE IS MUCH TOO BEAUTIFUL.)‬

WORTH BEADED BUTTERFLY FANCY DRESS GOWN, c. 1912.

Space Age Fashion.

Model Galya Milovskaya in front of a Vostok 8K72K rocket at the All Russia Exhibition Centre in Moscow, wearing a hooded purple tunic trimmed in gold around the hood, neck, and waist; and Thigh-high boots. Photo by Arnaud de Rosnay.

• Silk and satin embroidered evening dress.

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Evening Vest

Elsa Schiaparelli

Fall 1938

Schiaparelli’s fall 1938 pagan collection dazzled with references to spring eternal throughout. Flowers, insects and woodland creatures added decorative whimsy to her creations. This evening vest from that collection, owned by Millicent Rogers who was ever in vogue, features apple blossoms with three-dimensional centers blossoming freely over supple satin and rich velvet. The idea is fanciful and in keeping with Schiaparelli’s desire to provide clothing for women who possessed an unconventional chic. The rickrack edging, which is more commonly applied, is embroidered instead and adds a sense of playfulness to a couture garment.

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