1920s : Fashions of a Roaring Decade

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Embroidered Summer Tea Gowns, 1920s.

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Cartier 1927 Chandalier earrings.

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This Cartier clutch feels as though it has a bit of the Egyptian influence similar to this even though the source calls it Art Deco.

Art Deco design fabric hand bag. With jade and ruby ball clasp. c. 1924

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This Cartier clutch feels as though it has a bit of the Egyptian influence similar to this even though the source calls it Art Deco.

In 1922 they discovered Tut's tomb, so there was revival of Egyptian-influenced pieces. I would agree that this is more neo-Egyptian than Art Deco innocent:but so often sellers say something's Art Deco, when it's clearly Art Nouveau, and vice-versa).

 

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Flappers...

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1. Beaded silk chiffon dress, c.1924. Label: "Made in France."
2. Couture quality beaded silk tulle evening dress, c.1924
3. Silk chiffon evening coat decorated with metallic gold lace and silk ribbofloral bouquets, c.1925
4. Beaded silk crepe/satin evening dress, c.1920. Label: Frances & Co. Dressmakers, Inc./10 West 56th St./New York."

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1. Deco silk tulle shawl, embroidered with a bold geometric pattern of metallic gold and silk floss, c.1920
2. Cotton tulle/gold metallic lace evening dress with fishtail train and silver beading, c.1925
3. Brussels mixed lace, custom-designed wedding dress, c.1923
4. Beaded silk chiffon evening dress, c.1924. Label: "Bonwit Teller & Co./New York/Paris/Philadelphia."

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1. Hand-embroidered fine lawn dress, with panels of handmade needle lace and handmade filet lace, c.1924
2. Couture-quality unlabeled evening dress of sapphire tulle, c.1921. The torso is beaded with Egyptian motifs in iridescent textured sequins
3. Couture-quality unlabeled evening coat of metallic brocade and velvet, c.1924. The Persian-style pattern is elaborately beaded. The coat is fully lined with matching velvet
4. Couture-quality unlabeled silk crepe beaded evening dress, c.1921

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1. Flapper rhinestone evening cap, c.1925
2. Deco metallic brocade shawl with hand- knotted ombré silk fringe, c.1920
3. Beaded/embroidered silk chiffon dress with matching coat, c.1926. Label: Beneway/Hartford, Connecticut."
4. Hand-embroidered cotton voile dress, c.1923

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1. Deco metallic brocade shawl with hand-knotted silk fringe, c.1920
2. Handmade Irish crocheted lace dress, c.1925
3. hand beaded silk chiffon dress, c. 1925. Labels: "Made in France." and "Emilienne Manass/320.Rue Saint Honoré. Paris."
4. Lucile staff silk/lace dress, c.1923. The label "Lucile Staff, Inc." refers to a team of designers who were formerly employed by Lady Duff Gordon (Lucile).

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1. Pinet tambour-embroidered satin evening shoes, c.1925
2. Perugia gold kid/velvet shoes with gold rosebud buttons, c.1925. The shoes are signed "Perugia" on the instep.
3. Tiffany & Co. micro beaded evening bag, c.1920. The gold frame, stamped "14 K Tiffany & Co." on the inside, has a cabochon emerald clasp.
4. Hand stenciled silk velvet purse attributed to Fortuny, c.1925

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Thanks for the mega-post SomethingElse, such wonderful finds

Beaded Dress, 1920s

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Beaded Dress, 1920s

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Net & Sequin Dress, 1920s

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Evening shoes by André Perugia, early 1920s with metallic finish and oriental motifs, probably created to accompany an ensemble by Paul Poiret.

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Evening Dress with Coat, c. 1925.

This costume was purchased at Bergdorf Goodman in New York. The simple lines were achieved through highly skilled and sophisticated cutting and assembling techniques. Note the joining of the silk velvet with the tulle to create the full, flaring hemline.

Hidden from view are wine stains and cigarette burns which may bear evidence to the increased consumption of alcohol and tobacco in public by women during this period. Cigarette advertisements targeted women with special promotions and promises of weight loss.

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Evening Gown, c. 1925. This is a typical "flapper" style dress. The silhouette is boyish and slim and the hemline is short. The loose cut allowed the wearer to dance the tango, the Charleston, the shimmy or the waltz with ease.

Three-Piece Tuxedo, c. 1920. Worn by Stewart Maunsel

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c. 1924-1930. This cream silk and silver beaded dress was designed for dancing. Modern energetic jazz dances required dresses that looked good when moving fast, particularly with the arrival from America of the high-kicking Charleston in 1926. The owner of this dress is unknown but it was almost certainly a young woman, one of the 1920's 'bright young things'.

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c. 1925. This elegant pink silk beaded dress belonged to Mrs Henry de Lavel Willis. The tubular shape was in the height of fashion in the middle of the decade and Mrs Willis recalled wearing this dress with her hair cropped fashionably short in a mannish 'Eton Crop'. It is made from silk crepe embroidered with clear glass bugle beads.

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c. 1925, by Ignazio Pluchino. As hemlines rose in the 1920s, so shoes became more of a fashion statement. This elegant pair are made of red silk, gold lame brocade and silver leather. Most remarkable are the ornate heels, patterned with paste jewels. They were hand-made by Ignazio Pluchino, an Italian shoemaker with premises in Walton Street for the Countess de Hamon, wife of Cheiro, a fashionable Society palm reader.

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