1900's - 1930's Chic F/W 08.09

[Crying Diamonds]

(All photographs used in this montage from http://www.vogue.co.uk/)

 

[saann]

this trend has been playing around under the surface for the past couple of seasons.. it's just a matter of time before it will blow up for real imo

I esp love the drop-waist coming with this era

 

[Mettchen]

I spotted lots of 20s inspired pieces this season, too (one of my favorite decades in fashion) Plenty of drop-waist dresses as you mentioned saann..


Sue Stemp

KLS Kimora Lee Simmons

Chris Benz + Erin Fetherston

Philosophy

Stephen Burrows

Sari Gueron + Doo. Ri

[nymag.com + style.com]

 

[saann]

I kind of love that it hasn't exploaded too much into mainstream these last years.. That's probably why I haven't gotten tired of it yet

thanks for posting mettchen

 

[Crying Diamonds]

The one thing I liked about the Marc Jacobs show were some drop waists (that I also recognize from his last season

Here in a coat paired with a rather nice hat and veil

I'm liking the Grace Kelly-esque that Paul Smith used for this season (even though that might be more 50's