#1908 dress

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1908 (November) Les Modes - Le Thé Chinbara by Gabriel Nicolet. From gallica.bnf.fr 1438X1896.

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Evening Dress

Jay's Ltd. (London, England)

c.1908

Victoria & Albert Museum (Accession Number: T.193&A-1970)

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c. 1908

evening dress

made of satin, silk embroidered with silver-gilt strip, coil, thread, spangles, pearls and diamantes, trimmed with velvet

Jays Ltd, V&A Museum

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I have a very soft spot in my heart for sequins. Even though I know they're itchy. Even though I know they fall off. Because, come on. This gown from 1908 is the swooniest LBD I've seen in some time. No surprise, it's from France. It belonged to Mary (Castle) Norton of Cleveland--her father was previously mayor, and she was known for enjoying the good life. Indeed, this gown would still turn heads!

Sequins are surprisingly old in terms of fashion history. They are, in fact, a kind of altered bead. Obviously, nowadays, they're made of plastic, but in days of yore sequins were hammered metal, and go back to the Egyptians at least. Leonardo DaVinci even sketched out a sequin making machine to keep up with the trend in the 15th century. Then, in the 1920s, after the opening of King Tut's tomb, there was another big explosion in the sequin trend.

I guess Mary was just ahead of the trends. From the Western Reserve Historical Society.

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La Mode nationale, no. 45, 7 novembre 1908, Paris. Advertisement. Grand Echarpe très élégante. Costume Tailleur. Manteau. Modèles des Grands Magasins de la Samaritaine. Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France

Grand Echarpe très élégante, véritable renard du Japon, doublée ventre de gris. (Dernier chic de la Saison). Le manchon assorti, Modèle grand ganere. Chapeau satin, garni draperie velours, boucle acier et 4 tètres de plumes autruche belle qualité.

Costume Tailleur beau drap amazone teintes fines, jupe à plis garnie écharpe, paletot doublé orné soutache et boutons. Chapeau velours collé, garni ruche de tulle, boa plumes autruche et roses linon.

Manteau en beau drap fin, noir, mordoré, mousse, corinthe ou chamois, doublé paillette blanche tout soie, garni galon et motifs passementerie, col et poignets garnis velours. Chapeau en ottoman, garni draperie velours et fantaisie plumes souples.

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Large, very elegant scarf, real Japanese fox, lined with gray belly. (Latest fashion of the season). The matching sleeve, large Ganere model. Satin hat, trimmed with velvet drapery, steel buckle and 4 heads of good quality ostrich feathers.

Suit: Beautiful fine-dyed Amazon cloth, pleated skirt trimmed with scarf, lined overcoat decorated with soutache and buttons. Bonded velvet hat, trimmed with tulle ruffle, ostrich feather boa and lawn roses.

Coat in beautiful fine cloth, black, bronze, moss, corinth or chamois, lined with all-silk white sequins, trimmed with braid and trimmings, velvet trimmed collar and cuffs. Ottoman hat, trimmed with velvet drapery and fancy soft feathers.

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1908

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"La Robe-Manteau de Zimmermann dans ses diverse transformations" English: "Zimmermann’s coat dress in its various transformations" - Les Modes, 1908

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Caspar Ritter, Portrait of Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia, née Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 1908.

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Black Lace Dress, ca. 1908.

Augusta Auctions.

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1908 (September) Les Modes - Robe d'interieur par Paquin - photo by Reutlinger. From gallica.bnf.fr; fixed spots & flaws w Pshop 1386X2081.

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Wedding Dress

Lucile

1908

Fashion Museum Bath Twitter

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Alek Sass - Millie, The Lone Hand, Vol. 3 No. 14, 1st June, 1908.jpg

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La Mode nationale, no. 9, 29 février 1908, Paris. Costume Trotteur. Bibliothèque nationale de France

Costume en serge marine. Petite veste tombant droite devant, légèrement ajustée au-dessous de bras. De l'épaule devant et dos partent deux plis pincés, ils s'arrêtent à hauteur d'empiècement. Col et revers tailleur en velours uni bordé d'un galon tressé, ce même galon suit les contours de la veste. Manche gigot montée à fronces, au bas parement de velours. Jupe trotteuse à plis couchés en arrière tout le tour. Le milieu du devant forme pli rond.

Navy serge suit. Small jacket falling straight in front, slightly fitted below the arms. From the shoulder at the front and back there are two pinch pleats, they stop at the height of the yoke. Collar and tailored lapels in plain velvet edged with a braided braid, this same braid follows the contours of the jacket. Gathered lamb sleeves, velvet trim at the bottom. Trotter skirt with pleats lying behind all the way around. The center of the front forms a round pleat.

Matériaux: 6 mètres de tissu.