1928 silk and feather, by Louiseboulanger (French, 1878-1950). Feathers of the 1920s swayed with the new music and dance, benefited from Orientalism's panache and bent for the exotic, and allowed clothing to be more fluid and flexible than ever. Here, the feather trim is individual filiments of ostrich plume knotted together to form longer strands. Each is dyed a different tone for the effect of an ombré cascade. The feather in nature is a beautiful form, but Louiseboulanger's feathers are purposely governed and distilled beyond natural beauty to achieve a trim synthetic and sophisticated silhouette.
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A BEADED AND SEQUINNED YELLOW MUSLIN COCKTAIL DRESS, FRENCH, CIRCA 1926
with pearlised and silver bugle beads, opalescent sequins
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A GOOD BEADED YELLOW MUSLIN COCKTAIL GOWN, FRENCH, CIRCA 1927
the sturdy ground covered with a shimmer of gold, silver and pearlised bugle beads
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And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
with radiating panels of bugle beads from central medallion, tulle traintogether with a black beaded tiered gown c.1929and a gold and black brocaded coat
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And I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect
And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
embroidered and beaded in a lattice interspersed with coral glass triangles and pink beaded fringing
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And I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect
And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
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And I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect
And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
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And I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect
And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
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And I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect
And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
Black Velvet Soutache Embroidered Chemise
French, mid 1920s
Long tapered set in sleeves, wide V-neck front and back, bodice with separate over panel which attaches at low waistline, loose panels, waistline and hems embroidered with black soutache and jet
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And I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect
And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
Champagne Velvet Chemise
American, 1920s
Sleevless design with shallow V-neck in front, five inch horizontal seam at left hip marked by an Art Deco geometric applique of silver seed beads and diamante from which emanate two vertical pleats, the rear with loose panel attached at neck and caught at hip level with slight blouson, panel weighted and lined in silk chiffon
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And I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect
And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
Black Crepe de Chine Beaded Flapper Dress
Probably Italian, 1920s
Chemise with scoop neckline and open handkerchief elbow length sleeve, main body embroidered in rivulets of silver metal and clear bugle beads, skirt with streamers of same, central band released at low waist embroidered in silver metallic thread, black floss and lavender bugle bead ivy leaf motif, similar band across chest, low waist and hem
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And I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect
And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
Black Sequin and Beaded Flapper Dress
French, 1920s
Sleeveless, V-neck front and back, V-shaped yoke area of vermicelli embroidered seed beads, low waisted body in straight rows of pave sequins, softly gathered skirt in same, large soft pink seed bead flowers in V pattern on bodice and up skirt sides and at center front and back at hem
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And I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect
And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
Chanel Black Lace Flapper Dress
French, mid 1920s
In Chantilly style lace with chiffon, with a central rear panel of silk chiffon framed in lace, side and front panels with alternate inerts of lace and chiffon, squared V-neckline, the skirt comprised of various lace flounces over a chiffon underskirt, long half sleeves open at front, snap closures at wrist, labeled: Chanel.
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And I am nothing of a builder, but here I dreamt I was an architect
And I built this balustrade to keep you home, to keep you safe from the outside world
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