Embellishment:Velvet & Lace

Looking at a small part of the dress I am very intrigued by the Designers use of different decorative details. The designer who is unknown has used a variety of materials: woollen face cloth, velvet and lace. This gown was most likely designed for springtime wear. Woollen face cloth was a very fashionable material during the 18^th century. The sleeves are exotic, created with lace and the colour scheme is very exquisite- a creamy white which makes a very harmonious composition and fits perfectly for the Spring Season.

Day gown,

Woollen face cloth, velvet and lace

English or French, 1903-5

Given by Lady Hoyer Miller

Circ. 175-1961

Embellishment:Buttons#6

The thoroughly detailed pocket flap on this tailor made day outfit in charcoal grey wool and mohair are completely decorative. There are no pockets on these garments. Each pocket has two pairs of bold fastening, large velvet buttons and decorative frogging made of velvet rouleaux.

I like the classy grey material used. It looks very rich and I really like the black velvet with grey stripes. I thought the idea of decorative frogging was very smart and makes an even better decorative detail.

Jacket, woven woollen cloth, denim

Culture Shock (Yuzun Koga and Jeannie Macarthur)

English, Summer 1986. Label: Culture Shock

T.149-1986

Embellishment:Sequins#3

Black sequins are highly attractive and elegant! Designed by Dior is this 1961 evening ensemble-short dress. The whole short dress is covered by a monochrome pattern created from thousands of overlapping sequins; they are thoroughly aligned in different directions to from a diamond trellis design. I like the glittery effect that the dress has and you can clearly see the rigid pattern through the sequins. The colour is fantastic because it reflects nicely; when hitting the light it would appear in many different shades of black, grey and silver.

Evening dress and jacket,

‘Maxim’s’ velvet, silk and sequins. Marc Bohan for

Christian Dior. French, Autumn-Winter 1961

Label: Christian Dior

Paris Automne-Hiver 1961 111396

T.130 & A-1974

Embellishment: Wedding Bells

 

 

This was worn for a wedding in 1909; created from silk chine seemed to have been remodelled from a late 19^th century evening dress.

This design just amazed me that I just had to have it on my Blog!

The colours are so captivating and very vivid! It has a mixture of many different little specks of pastel colours in the pattern of floral bouquet and garlands in pinks, blues, greens and yellows; all based on a very fine taffeta.

This is a wedding juxtaposition as this is a dress that has been unpicked and re-made.

I really like the furnished lace created for the end of the sleeves and the very nice pattern the cords and tassels in the middle of the dress create. This then is further embellished with silk bobbles. The base of the dress is a cream silk. It seems quite heavy but it seems that as to hold it together, it would contain a lot of thick material.

I think this magnificent design is very attractive; a lot of skill and effort has gone into it. Absolutely Beautiful Design; just shows how detail could actually be the best thing about a dress.

Wedding gown, chine

Silk taffeta, revival lace and tassels. English 1909

Worn by Mrs P Adams at her wedding in 1909

Given by the friends of the late Pearl Adams

T.52-1957

Sparkling New#1

Sparkling New...

 

 

This dress is a very graceful dress which seems very fragile. I think of this as a very simple design of a wedding dress. (I wouldn’t mind).

It seems to have a tad bit of an asymmetric bottom to the dress which I like, which makes the back of the dress of the back accentuated in length. It is not white which I also very much like, but has a very champagne like colour to it. It has an embedded pattern within the dress. It contains pearls which I am sure were considered as quite a wealthy attribute.

Very delicate material used, it seems quite a heavy dress as we can see a lot of material has been used for the lower waist part of the dress.

Love this, just simply Beautiful.

My Blends of Tartan

My Blends of Tartan...

 

I really like the Tartan print on the skirt; the Scottish influence on this garment is huge. The colours used seem to have a royal connotation which explains the blue. I think they are also very unusual mix as well though they fit very well together.

The blouse is very sheek to me, something that can be brought back into Fashion; the material seems very light and glossy but makes a very nice effect against the Tartan.

The skirt is over the knee which tells me that it was probably for the more classy people or the older generation of that time who didn’t like to show their legs.

It also consists of one of those big safety pins of some sort at the end of the skirt.

Very nice and creative look that I think if reinvented could become a very good look in this Modern day in age.

Something Different #1

Definitely not something I would wear right now, but I think it is a very Classic Look.

A very unusual combination of colours but nonetheless work very well together. I think the length of the dress is also very feminine, it is above the knee which obviously shows the designer wanted to capture a bit of sexiness or attraction to the legs as all the upper waist is covered. It is elegant, classy and for a very specific target audience. The style of the dress makes me think of a Working class woman in the old times.