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Emily Swallow at the Rockwood Music Hall in NYC

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2019-10-24

The wild hairstyles of 1839! Note the “mechanical” brushes meant to deliver cleansing products for men’s beards w/out sullying one’s hands. Les Cent-Un Coiffeurs de Tous les Pas.

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2019-07-01

A charming little illustration by A. E. Marty found at the bottom of a page of the January 1920 issue of Gazette du bon ton.

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2019-05-16

This Poiret promotion underscores how he was creating styles reflecting the popular s-bend silhouette, a trend he would later claim to hate. From Costumes, for Paul Poiret's summer 1906 collection.

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2019-02-17

Incredible sketch drawn for a designed by Seymour Moss, whose company MOBA created gold & gemstone “fashion jewelry."

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2019-02-02

A rare 1837 fashion plate of a woman in a sporting ensemble featuring pants. It would be another 15 yrs before Bloomers emerged. Journal des dames et des modes, 1837.

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2018-12-19

Simple but stunning design suggestion by Florence Schatken for the subscription Cardinal Fashion Studios, 1946.

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2018-10-15

This is an original sketch for A. Beller & Co., who licensed the design from Erté. This “wrap of satin, cape cut low to show lining, sleeves embroidered in gold & laced with gold cord” was trimmed w/ fox fur.

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2018-10-12