❦ what is contained herein ❦
Everything I would look up
if I held the dress.
Victorian through 1980s — silhouette, fabric, designers, prices, fakes.
Worth, Poiret, Vionnet, Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga, Halston, Alaïa…
Zippers, labels, fabrics, buttons, seams, sizing — dating by diagnostic.
Authentication, care, storage, valuation, selling — long-form.
❦ most asked ❦
Date the piece by its closest clue.
The zipper, the label, the fabric, the seam — each carries a date constraint.
❦ from the couture record ❦
A house, an address, a date.
Worth
VictorianThe first couturier. Started the whole system.
7 rue de la Paix
Vionnet
1920sInvented the bias cut. Closed up shop at sixty-three.
50 avenue Montaigne
Chanel
1920sSportswear into couture. Tweed into the boardroom.
31 rue Cambon
Schiaparelli
1930sSurrealism as wearable object. Shocking pink as trademark.
21 place Vendôme
Dior
1940sKilled wartime austerity in two hours flat.
30 avenue Montaigne
Balenciaga
1940sThe couturier's couturier. Cut without mercy.
10 avenue George V
Frowick
1970sAmerican minimalism. Studio 54. Then sold to JC Penney.
33 East 68th Street
Alaïa
1980sBody-conscious cut, refused fashion-week schedule, did it anyway.
7 rue de Moussy
❦ today's piece ❦
"A new fashion - rolled stockings" LCCN2007678022
MET wiki-"A_new_fashion_-_rolled_stockings"_LCCN2007678022 · Open Access
- Date
- 2018-03-30 12:01:13
- Designer
- Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congres
- Medium
- fashion plate / photograph
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute. Today's curated find rotates daily across the collection — refresh tomorrow for another piece.
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