This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this c. 1933-37 Robert Piguet asymmetrical, bias cut evening gown of copper coloured satin. The gown has one large pleated, puffed sleeve and a transparent shoulder strap from which a tulle panel is attached
@HillwoodMuseum#fashionhistory
I have always loved the shifting boundaries of this 1935 #Vionnet dress. The sleek black column beneath is overlaid with a sheer, ghostly silhouette, both hiding and revealing @madparisfr#fashionhistory
@BTP I want to report a theft but the online form needs the start+end points of the tube I took. How many people know this when they board at *their* starting point with *their* destination in mind?? Your phone+text numbers send me to the same form - so I can’t report this crime
@BTP Thanks for your reply - will do. Perhaps the form should offer that as an option - currently, it explicitly states not to do that. This meant I couldn’t alert you while the perpetrator was still at large on the network
Apart from the train, this gown is one single draped panel of satin; it's a theatrical costume that was created by the #frockingfabulous#CharlesJames in 1935... but it's timeless! #Fashionhistory via The Met.
The palest column of silk jersey was fashioned in two parts by Madame Grès in 1973. She was born on this day in 1903 and would become the queen of the drape, a master of knots and pleats and the flow of fabric, Staatliche Museum, Berlin
Heidi Alexander’s appointment as transport secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history - great stat from @georgeeaton
If one person could embody the history of popular music, it might just be the phenomenon that was Q. There will never be another https://t.co/iW3m0nPsVk #QuincyJones
This tailcoat was worn by Fred Astaire in Shall We Dance (1937). Made by Anderson and Sheppard Ltd, one of Astaire’s personal favourites, he tested the seams by dancing in front of a shop mirror. #frockingFabulous#fashionhistory via V&A.
I don’t think a day passes without my referencing a sitcom or sketch show, even if I haven’t seen it in decades, even if no one else I know remembers/knows it.
(This thought has been brought to you by my watching a political cock up and thinking “Whadda mistake-a to make-a”).
Reminiscent of similar ambitions shared by Fortuny, this neo-classical gown c1950 shows the commitment Claire McCardell made to a dress to accommodate different shapes. The pleats offer elasticity & the waist ties are adjustable. She is a goddess in gold nylon @museumatFIT
As if autumn weren’t bad enough without hiking through it…
‘I’d never head out without one’: 10 autumn hiking essentials | Walking | The Guardian https://t.co/tiZyDweTy9
It’s easy to imagine that this pale gold silk jersey gown is actually a piece of classical statuary carved from marble. The deep folds hold the stillness of stone in their beautiful drapery until the wearer walked & the silk swayed. Designed in 1976 by Gnyuki Torimaru @mfaboston