Anything Goes - Celebrating the 20s

maudelynn:

Le Vieil Eventail retrouve by Vald`Es

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cloudtaster:

these were the shoes. im looking for something with the same style of the material strap thing coming up the foot and attaching to the buckle. 

these are from mod cloth and they will prob restock but i want them for my bday which is in 2 weeks so i need to find a different pair.

i just dont know what that style would be called, but that is what im looking for!!! 

help would be great!!

It’s called a t-bar shoe - a popular 1920s style. You should be able to find modern versions, but if you need just a costume look, DSOL shoes stocks many variations - here’s one of them.

jessjurss:

Madeleine Vionnet
I’m so inspired by this 1920s evening wear. 

A Norman Hartnell design, I believe?

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And speaking of winter clothing…guess who has just managed to buy a cape by Jeanne Lanvin? This is the second piece by her I own - the other is a 1932 cocktail dress.

It passed through the Kerry Taylor auction house last year, where it was described thus in the catalogue:

“A Jeanne Lanvin couture velvet cape, Autumn-Winter, 1921-22, woven black on white satin label, of darkest green velvet, the inside openings and bands to the fur collar embroidered with gold and black chain-stitched flowerheads, lined in quilted black satin.”

I’ve taken the plunge and have decided to pop over to NZ this July for Napier’s “Winter Deco” weekend (also known as DIY Deco)…a smaller, more intimate event than the huge weekend in February - my friends there have been asking me to come over for years to attend.

I’ve needed something to look forward to as the black dog has been rather annoyingly persistent of late and has nearly chewed off my limbs - what better than an opportunity to finally get out and wear some winter clothing, like the coat in this picture (taken in Dunedin a couple of years ago when I was over there giving a lecture at the Otago folk and transport museum). I have all these fabulous heavy coats that are just too warm for summer Deco…although it doesn’t get cold enough up in Napier to wear my 1920s racoon coat which is about the warmest garment I’ve ever put on - not to mention one of the heaviest.

So now I get to plan a winter 1920s wardrobe for three days…have already had the lovely silk knit salmon coloured cardigan out…am going to have to team it with an Edwardian light wool skirt as I don’t really have any 1920s skirt that would look right with it. And am looking at this as an excuse to pick up a few warmer items…

kittyinva:

Another high-fashion design from 1916.

The fabulous teens “crinoline” dresses…have you seen many still extant, kittyinva? For such a popular style (at least if one is to judge by the photographs and illustrations) one doesn’t seem to see many surviving examples. Off to test this theory at the Met and Powerhouse sites…

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kittyinva:

1928 chiffon afternoon dress owned by Mrs. Dodge, The Hillwood Estate.

I adore the chiffon afternoon dresses of the 20s and 30s…they’re among the easiest pieces to wear (and are fabulous space and weight savers when you’re packing for Art Deco events…they fold up into absolutely nothing). They just float around you like air.

vintagebrides:

Mae Walker and Dr. Gordon H. Jackson with their groomsmen, 1923

Click the photo source for details about their wedding dubbed the social event of the year during the Harlem Renaissance era of the 1920’s as well as Ms. Walker’s fascinating history.

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