I love the 50s

Christian Dior (French, 1905–1957)

Spring/ Summer 1953

The Met says: Dior reveled in the paradox of the natural and the sophisticated. The most telling example is his frequent self-presentation, not as a man who symbolized the authority of French taste, but rather as a simple gardener, farmer, and mill owner.

In “May,” flowering grasses and wild clover are rendered in silk floss on organza. This “simple” patterning of meadow-gone-to-weed is composed of the tiniest French knots and the meticulously measured stitches of the hand embroiderer, suggesting that for Dior, it was not only that beauty resides in the most rustic, but also that the most successful artifice is a beguiling naivété.

(Source: metmuseum.org)

1920s
Vintage wax flower
Bridal Wedding Tiara
for the vintage bride

(Source: dressingvintage.com)

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Dress, Evening

Anne & Thérèse  (French)

ca. 1925

The Met says:  …The intricate and artistic beadwork that is used is of the highest quality and an example of refined French workmanship from the period. While the flapper style began as a style quite shocking, it developed into the look of the modern fashionable woman.