the jeanne lanvin thread inspired me to bump this ...
http://www.thecityreview.com/
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"1002nd Night" Dress Ensemble with Turban, by Paul Poiret, circa 1911, silver lamé and green gauze dress with harem pants and wired panniers; trimmed with blue and green foil, gold metal beads, and faceted celluloid beads in shades of blue, green, red and yellow, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Trust Gift, 1983
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