#Atelier Bachwitz

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A pretty 1927 pale lime green crêpe de chine dancing dress from Atelier Bachwitz, a Jewish-owned Vienna-based publishing house that published exquisite fashion and lifestyle magazines from 1898 to 1938.

The straight line silhouette is typical of the 1920s, the clever, zigzag piecing of the fabric more common after 1925 as the Art Deco aesthetic took hold. Loose, fluttering bias-cut ruffles became popular right around 1926 and got more and more fluttery as the decade progressed. Bright, cheerful colors in lightweight silks were fashionable the entire decade.

Looking at the image, I believe the skirt flounces are petal-shaped at the bottom, something like quarter-circles in cut, and freehanging from each other. A pain straight slip of matching silk worn underneath would protect modesty as the flounces flared out like flower petals while dancing.

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For 1923 that dress is scandalously short. Most of the fashion plates from 1923 show women's dresses just barely above the ankle.

(And thanks for that Bessie Smith verison, @catskewl. That was awesome!)

1923 Sheet music "Mistreatin' Daddy", cover design and illustration by Malcolm Perret. From the Jazz Age, FB. (Like Lorelai Lee reminds us "The one you call your "Daddy" ain't your Pa"!)

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“Early Spring in San Remo,” an illustration of a sport and travel costume by Atelier Bachwitz in a 1925 issue of Die Moderne Welt.

(source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek)

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I bought a new set of fashion prints this weekend (and this time I’ve done the smart thing and downloaded a scanning app so I can get clear images of them for you all). These all came from Atelier Bachwitz’s “Chic Parisien” magazine, which to my understanding was popular during the late Victorian era and into the post-WWI era. Atelier Bachwitz was headquartered in Vienna and published a number of fashion magazines, but “Chic Parisien” was the most popular. I haven’t been able to date these prints specifically, but based on the styles, I’d say they date to just before or during the WWI era (c. 1910-1918).

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Ooooh, nifty! Thanks for sharing!

In that last picture the blouse labeled a "Casaque" is in the Russian style. Russian blouses, fastened down the left front, sometimes with a high collar or elaborate "folk style" embroidery, were popular in the early 1920s.

(Images from two different summer 1922 issues of the "Delineator"

Russian-influenced fashions were quite in vogue for a time, due to Russian aristocrats and hangers-on fleeing to Paris during and after the 1918 Russian Revolution.

The woman on the right below is wearing a Russian-style hat. The ubiquitous tight little cloche that most people think of as the quintessential 1920s hat didn't become super popular until a few years later. You'll notice all the ladies above, in my post and the OP, are wearing hats cut much more generously than the later 1920s little bell-shaped cloches.

(Image from the 1921 winter "Beaux-Arts Des Modes, Modèles Originaux" published by Atelier Bachwitz, Vienna)

Scans from my 1922 copy of Le Petit Écho de la Mode

Le Petit Écho de la Mode was a French magazine that ran from 1879 to 1963, the magazine was mainly aimed at women and It covered things like fashion styles of the time period, cooking, etiquette, cleaning and culture.

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Atelier Bachwitz coats, from the 1936 Le Grand Tailleur, issue 258.

(source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek)

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1925 Atleier Bachwitz, a crepe satin evening gown of pleated tulle, with chinchilla fur border.

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#1922 fashion

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#Russian style

#the effect of the Russian Revolution on French fashion

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#Fashion History

#Atelier Bachwitz

#Beaux-Arts Des Modes

#Modèles Originaux

Scans from my 1922 copy of Le Petit Écho de la Mode

Le Petit Écho de la Mode was a French magazine that ran from 1879 to 1963, the magazine was mainly aimed at women and It covered things like fashion styles of the time period, cooking, etiquette, cleaning and culture.