#silk faille

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Day Dress.

Designer: James Galanos

Date : ca. 1956

Medium: Silk faille

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Light Pink Faille and Tulle Dress, ca. 1870, French.

Designed by Madame Depret.

New Canaan Museum and Historical Society.

[chicinsilk]

"Manuela" evening dress in coral silk toile decorated with a rose of the same fabric at the belt, Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1959 collection, Long line. Christian Dior by Yves Saint Laurent. Robe du soir "Manuela" en faille de soie corail ornée d’une rose de même tissu à la ceinture, collection Haute Couture Printemps/Été 1959, ligne Longue. Christian Dior par Yves Saint Laurent.

Photo (Laziz Hamani)

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode illustrée, no. 40, 3 octobre 1886, Paris. Robe en soie unie et lainage rayé. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

Jupe courte, plissée tout autour, faite en faille prune de Monsieur. Tunique et corsage en lainage de même teinte à rayures de peluche. Cocardes de ruban assorti sur chaque côté de la tunique ouverte.

Dress in plain silk and striped wool

Short skirt, pleated all around, made in prune de Monsieur faille. Woolen tunic and bodice of the same color with plush stripes. Matching ribbon cockades on each side of the open tunic.

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1873 Grey blue visiting dress by House of Worth (Charles Frederick Worth)

silk faille and silk taffeta trimmed with steel beads

(Albany Institute of History & Art)

[jewellery-box]

Blue Silk Faille Reception Dress, 1867

3-piece robin's-egg blue faille decorated with cream satin-stitch, tambour and french-knot embroidery, bodice having long sleeve, prong-set oval opalescent buttons; trained skirt with large embroidered repeats above the hem, deep, stiffened hem binding; small separate peplum with embroidered waistband.

[threadtalk]

House of Worth gowns have a tendency to be all out in terms of colors and patterns, but I love that this dress plays with the monochrome palette and leaves the details for the tailoring. Dating from 1873, it's got the silhouette of the times you'd expect but with the high-neck conservatism of the next decade. I love the ruffles and diagonal lines along the hem and bustle. According to the description, it's silk faille taffeta and trimmed with steel beads. Just stunning! I love everything about this dress.

From the Albany Institute.

[milksockets]

silk faille jacket + skirt with appliquéd bows, 2012 in oscar de la renta: his legendary world of style - andré leon talley (2015)

[the1920sinpictures]

1922 c. Jeanne Lanvin silk faille and chiffon robe de style with a velvet ribbon accent, worn in Cleveland, Ohio by Phyllis Peckham. From the Cleveland History Center.

[frostedmagnolias]

Evening dress worn for concert

c. 1907

made of cream colored silk faille with chiffon inlets, pleated off shoulder style enhanced by large bunches of white velvet ribbon flowers.

was worn by Jessica de Wolf as the soloist at the opening of the St. Paul Auditorium, April 1907.

dress made by Mary Abigal O’Keefe

Minnesota Historical Society

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Day Dress.

Date: 1890-1900

Designer/Maker: David Jones Pty Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia); Owner: Mrs. Amy Grimley (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Medium: Silk brocade, faille, glass beads, sequins, metal.

[phrynefishersfrocks]

The third outfit Phryne wears in "Murder & the Maiden" (Season 3, Episode 2) is a gorgeous blue and purple coat with a matching purple cloche accented with blue floral embroidery.

The star of this outfit is the beautiful chinoise coat made of black silk with midnight blue damask floral designs and purple silk trim on the pockets and her lapped sleeve cuffs. Her coat is lined with purple silk, and has a standing mandarin collar with a single hidden closure at the waist. Marion Boyce, the costume designer, added cut out elements from original 1920's silk embroidery, attaching two large blue flowers to the left shoulder, as well as one on her hat. She finishes off her look with a blue silk organza floral brooch pinned to her shoulder.

Her accompanying cloche is a matching purple felt with a tight molded brim and decorative swoop near Phryne's left cheek, along with one of the silk embroidered flower motifs also seen on her coat.

Underneath her coat, Miss Fisher wears her dark blue camisole with small scalloped trim on the straight neckline, along with her navy blue wide leg silk faille pants. She accessorizes with a bag made of the same fabric as her coat, long teardrop earrings, and a large purple amethyst and diamond ring.

Season 3, Episode 2 - "Murder & the Maiden"

Screencaps from here, costume exhibition photos from Laura Emily's Flickr, and Marion Boyce's website.

[gatabella]

Artful Ava Gardner, aware of the lovely feminine line given by a bouffant skirt, has added a Sorel import —a French Bianchinni pure silk taffeta gown—to her wardrobe for fall evening wear. The skirt is six yards wide! And the waist! A delectable line that could easily be spanned, as in grandma’s time, with two hands. Ava carries out the “new look” in the butterfly strap (over just one shoulder and lined with tissue faille), the other shoulder tantalizingly bare.

-Photoplay magazine, November 1947

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode illustrée, no. 24, 16 juin 1889, Paris. Robe en faille et toile de laine. Robe en soie et bengaline. Modèle de chez Mme Coussinet, rue Richelieu, 43. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

[history-of-fashion]

1954 "Mexico" cocktail dress by Christian Dior

silk (faille, velvet), metallic thread, sequins

(National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne)

[jewellery-box]

Dress, c. 1874

Charles-Frederick Worth

Purple and pale purple silk faille set of bodice and skirt; silk lace and purple velvet bows at neck and cuffs; apron-shaped overskirt with purple silk fringe at front; skirt with three flounces of self-fabric and velvet placed alternately.

 The Kyoto Costume Institute