#1930s gown

[iridessence]

Channeling angels in the new age now…

[catsofyore]

"Anita Louise wearing a long white Sanforized appliqued organdy dress, holding a cat" 1936. Source.

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode, no. 20, vol. 52, 20 octobre 1931, Paris. Cette jolie robe en taffetas changeant jaune et vert, ne nous laiss-t-elle pas prévoir le retour de ce tissu si délicieusement féminin. Evening gown of yellow and green taffeta. Vestido bonito para la noche, de tajetán amarillo y verde. Maggy-Rouff. Bibliothèque nationale de France

[history-of-fashion]

1936 Pale green silk ball gown (Stockholm)

(Nordic Museum)

[resplendentoutfit]

Dresses as Art: A Selection of Timeless Fortuny Gowns

Mariano Fortuny (1871-1949)

Silk Pleated Delphos Gown in Champagne with Murano Glass Beadwork • c. 1910

The Delphos gown is a finely pleated silk dress first created in about 1907 by French designer Henriette Negrin and her husband, Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo. They produced the gowns until about 1950. It was inspired by, and named after, a classical Greek statue, the Charioteer of Delphi. It is thought that to create the pleating House of Fortuny was famous for, the pleats were stitched down and once heat set, removing the stiches.

Right: Fortuny delphos gown in rapberry silk • c. 1930

Left: Two Peplos gowns • 1920s

Two Delphos gowns, one paired with a Fortuny jacket • 1910s

[dozydawn]

[fawnvelveteen]

Gowns by Mainbocher, illustrated by René Bouët-Willaumez, 1934

[mote-historie]

Mario Cooper, Haughty woman, Collier's magazine short story illustration, 1930

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Evening gown.

Date: 1938

Designer/Maker: Adrian (1903-1959)

Medium: Silk crepe.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Velvet evening gown, 1930s.

[achronalart]

Lately I've been looking at the years right after the world financial crash, 1929 through about 1934, for ... reasons >.>

Magazines from the 1920s and early 30s are so interesting!

I love the Art Deco aesthetic, the illustrations, the fascinating and often weird ads, and not least, the fashions...

Fashion illustrations from the August 1931 "Delineator" Magazine, which sold paper patterns for Butterick.

"CHALK WHITE LEADS AT SMARTEST SUMMER PARTIES"

Three white women with very short, waved hair in sleeveless v-necked ankle-length evening dresses.

First, a white satin dress with thin shoulder straps and seams shaped like an "X" wrapping around the hips. She wears a matching belt and three bangle bracelets and a ring, all on her right hand.

Text: "POURED IN'' 4039 This is the way the smartest new dance frocks make one look -- they're sleek and fitted to the nth degree. This white satin dress has the diamond yoke that seen in many new fall models, and décolletage takes the same line.

Second, a dress with thin shoulder straps, a peplum (very short skirt or long ruffle) at the waist, and a self bow. She wears an elaborate jeweled necklace and long dark gloves that extend above the elbow.

Text: STIFFENED PEPLUM 4026 The crinolined peplum makes this frock especially the dress for youth. We suggest white taffeta because it is one of the youngest of evening fabrics and because youth wears it so well. Ankle length for dancing and deep V at back. Very simple to make.

Third, a dark lace dress worn over a visible colored slip with a straight-across neckline, 1920s style. There's a matching belt with a flower on the left. She also wears a simple short pearl necklace and medium short dark gloves pushed up to rumple at the wrists.

Text: SKIRTS DROP BEHIND 4041 The Paris openings showed many evening frocks with skirts longer in back than in front. This lace gown illustrates just how much longer. Plenty of flare below flat, slim hips. It's a gown with which to wear Molyneux' new shaded slip, for a very lovely effect.

[costumeloverz71]

Evening gown 1930s

[chic-a-gigot]

Beaux-arts des modes, no. 3, mai 1937 (New York, Paris, London, Milano, Wien, Bruxelles). Bibliothèque nationale de France

1714 Informal evening dress in princess style of peau de soie with triangles cut-out and bag shaped sleeves. Cowl top with big flower bunch, matching sleeve band.

[achillean-knight]

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This was originally going to be a shit post bc I saw a comic panel (idfk what comic it was from or if it was just fan made) and I had an urge to draw Noir in a 1930's Evening Gown for shits and giggles and totally not project but then it turned into a serious study of this one dress I found and I was like

"Damn. I'm spending wayyy too much time on this goddamn"

[resplendentoutfit]

Painting to Dress Match-up

Bernard Boutet de Monvel (French, 1881–1949) • The Maharani of Indore (in western dress) • 1929

Silk evening dress •  House of Chanel • Gabrielle Chanel, designer (French, 1883-1971) • c. 1930

Designed by French jewelry house, Maubousin, it is the necklace worn in the portrait of The Maharani of Indore. The 47-carat "Indore Pears" diamonds have been set into a diamond and emerald necklace.

Slinky bias-cut silk dresses were a popular choice as evening wear in the late 1920s into the 1930s. In both the Monvel portrait and the dress on the right, bejeweled pins were added at the waist.

[dozydawn]