The Ornamented Being
Ornamented: -verb: Adorn; beautify
Be·ing: -noun: Fulfillment of possibilities; essential completeness
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#3690 - c. 1916 Evening Gown of Apple Green Chinese Silk Damask Dramatically Draped over Gold Lame Lace over Gold Lame Lining!
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I have a collection of about ten images on my moodboard for Friday’s evening dress.
This is one of my main images from Vintage Textile and is dated 1911.
(Source: vintagetextile.com)
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This is my inspiration piece I’m using on my costume mood board for Saturday’s evening dress
Woman’s silk and tulle dress with hobble skirt, trimmed in fur, flowers, and rhinestones. Made by Cummings, St. Louis, Missouri, ca. 1910-1912
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Poiret
c. 1913 France
FIT Museum
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Then again I have been wanting to do a theme about hobble skirts?
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I’m thinking that a hobble skirt post might be coming up soon.
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American, about 1915
The MFA says: Silk satin and gold-colored metallic warppped thread brocade, silk taffeta, silk satin, gold-colored metallic wrapped thread net, gold-colored metallic wrapped thread with white-colored rhinestones net, taffeta (synthetic?), net (synthetic?), metal and rhinestone ornament and metal closures
(Source: mfa.org)
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Dress, Evening Mme. Jeanne Paquin 1905–7
c. 1905-07
The Met says: Produced several years prior to the 1908 Hellenic designs of Paul Poiret, the raised waist and decorative references to Greek antiquity indicate this classical aesthetic and change of silhouette were in the air from 1905 on. As the leading house of couture druing the Belle Epoque, Paquin’s promotion of this line would have been widely known to the public. The dress also incorporates signature decorative techniques such as velvet piping outlining peach satin ribbon at neckline and waist and the contrasting tones and reflections of silver, satin and velvet
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Dress, Evening
Jeanne Hallée (French, 1880–1914)
c. 1910-14
Met
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Dress, Evening
Jeanne Hallée (French, 1880–1914)
c. 1910-14
Met
