1920s Evening Dresses and Gowns

Undiminished by time, this 1920's fuchsia-pink flapper dance dress still casts its magical spell. This exceptional French beauty is fashioned in silk chiffon with lavish metallic sil...

Circa 1925 France Ball gown or flapper dress in coral silk crepe embroidered with pearls and mirrors dating from the Roaring Twenties. Two long sleeveless panels with matching undergarment visible on the sides of the dress which is very scooped out. Indian-inspired decor with geometric frieze around the edges. Large mound of concentric circles in staggered rows at the base of the two panels, topped with large medallions, also present in the peaks of the large cleavage. Work of appliqué with white and bronze glass beads and small circular mirrors, referring to the Indian arts and crafts of the community of the Sindh or Kutch provinces. No label on it. Good condition of color and conservation. Dimensions: Equivalent French Size 36 Front height 109 cm Back height 105 cm Shoulders 35 cm Collar 16 cm Chest 82 cm Waist 77 cm Hips 86 cm The Roaring Twenties develop an unbridled party sense with the success of the first post-war Music-Hall and jazz magazines. The liberation of the female body materializes definitively in these loose, short and dangling dresses of a successful wriggling and hopping dance, Charleston or Foxtrot. Orientalist, Indian and "Chinese" inspirations are fashionable and influenced directly by the great balls initiated by Paul Poiret and the artistic elite led by Serge de Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This dress was presented at the exhibition "Falabalas, Portraits and Fashion for...

1920s Hand Embroidered Chinese Silk Cocoon Kimono With Vintage Ribbon made from Piano shawl

Breathtaking B. Altman Couture metallic silk-lame evening dance dress dating back to the mid 1920's. The ethereal pink and gold color palette touches a deep chord in our collective a...