1930s Fashion

1930S Burgundy Bias Cut Silk Velvet Draped Bodice & Open Sleeve Gown XL

1930s Black Hat w/ Covered Buttons.Black fur felt hat with satin covered buttons and inner brim and elastic band secures hat to head. Size 22 inch

1930s Black Chiffon Gown w/ Rhinestone Straps. Silk chiffon gown with ruched empire neckline with keyhold under at waistline. Hooks closed at bust,...

1930s Black Felt Beaded Cocktail Hat. Black felt cocktail hat with glass hand beaded embellishments and rolled brim. Elastic is used to secure the hat to the head.

Deep navy, jet and silvered sequin striped evening jacket on silk tulle base from the 1930s. Hook and eye closure at neck and waist. X-Small size, France 1930s. Excellent condition. ...

In this gorgeous 1930's French custom-made gown, the detailed construction and meticulous attention to detail are comparable to what you will find in modern Haute-Couture. This encha...

Sheer black lace dress from the 1930s with a fitted bodice through the hips and bias-cut skirt with scalloped seam going from low to high, where...

1930s Black Straw Day Hat with Wooden Fruit

French art deco dress of black beaded dots which graduate from small to large across bodice and skirt on silk chiffon base. Beautiful quality wor...

1930s Fantasy Printed top. Black Rayon top with green, red, and blue fantasy print and sequin along the shoulders. A single snap closure at the bottom of the neckline.

1930S Silk Blend Lamé Skirt

1930S Rayon Crepe Gold Sequined Short Sleeve Zipper Front Dinner Jacket

Art Deco novelty suede purse with dual feature of concealed makeup kit in the base. Opening with a clasp underneath is a mirror and room for powder and rouge. Ingenious novelty bag...

Circa 1933/1934 ​Paris France A reversible black and iridescent white satin silk Tuxedo skirt and jacket suit. Draped shawl collar, Pagoda wide cuffed s...

1930s Black Wide Brim Hat w/ Scalloped Brim & Cutouts. Held to head w/ elastic band and inner comb.

Shagreen (sharkskin) eyeglass holder with carnelian glass beads and silk tassel. Holder sides open for entry and closes when handle is used. Holder onl...

1930s Black Felt Hat with Side Bow. Interesting scalloped back conforms to back of head.

Hard-to-find 1930s cocktail dress in excellent condition with a scoop-neck, sleeveless bodice of black silk charmeuse and a tiered skirt of black lace. The bodice is studded with rhi...

1930's black micro pleated flapper dress. Decolletage features stunning and interesting beige lace with black trim. The lace continues vertically down the dress and is also featured ...

1930's Black Silk Velvet and Raffia Hat. Black silk velvet hat with raffia brim, glass bead and feather embellishments. Elastic band to secure hat to...

30s Red and Black Silk Kimono

1930S Russet Brown Bias Cut Rayon & Lurex Crepe Gown With Schiaparelli Style Brass Leaves Belt

This exquisite late 1930s couture gown is unmarked as to maker, however, it is undoubtedly of the highest quality: The black silk lace is trimmed with ve...

1930s strapless silver lame embroidered strapless cocktail dress. Size 4

1940's cotton velvet with metal zip on left side. Original bolero jacket.

1930's Art Deco black suede belt with hundreds of collet set paste stones in multicolor palette with gilded leaves throughout. Wider in the front with snap closures in the back. Love...

Art Deco Swimsuit with flying sun hats, sombreros or saucers?! in very Art Deco yellow-chartreuse on a brown knit ground. Charming Art Deco motifs wi...

A pretty vintage blue silk slip with detail on the front , neckline and hem.

1930S Black & Nude Silk Chiffon Lace Gown With Attached Cape

1930S Black Rayon & Silk Velvet Top With Copper Beading

An intricately carved Bakelite frame from the 1930s, with stylised flower and branch motifs, is attached to a black silk velvet clutch , which is piped in black silk, to create this ...

A chic 1930s black lace gown. The dress has a round neck at the front, with lace panels and a lace skirt. It has ribbon edging around the hem.

"In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous" Elsa Schiaparelli,1930's. "Life has changed so much, A Schiaparelli was never made for the streets." Karl Lagerfeld, 1970's. 2 quotes,2 designers, 4 decades apart. 4 decades later. Although these quotes are highly debatable, especially in the context of today's high-low designer collabs and pop up retailing, iconic fashion endures. Whether now relegated to a museum exhibition, a collector's acid free box or a celebrity one nighter, these fashion artifacts from the french Haute Couture of the 1930's echo a time, pace and culture unrecognizable to most people today. Schiaparelli changed the definition of what it meant to be a designer at an important time in the evolution of the Haute Couture. Rather than simply making beautifully elegant garments (which she also did), she focused on the concepts behind the pieces. For her fashion was a fluid medium and she effortlessly blended fashion, politics and the fine arts. She was one of the most innovative and rebellious designers of the period working against what she considered the stale fashion currents of the day. She was elegant yet untrained. As a protege of Poiret, she gained entry into the world of Parisian fashion. While her rival Chanel was essentially uneducated and a “primitive” in the artistic circles in which she socialized, Schiaparelli’s impeccable social credentials as the daughter of an old and distinguished Roman family gave her a relatively easy entree into Paris society. She was a subversive, a punk, a desecrator, a collaborator, an innovator as well as the ultimate insider whose plans on design domination and creating "la zone rose" for the modern world were cut short by the advent of WWII. She was at the height of her influence and power showing 4 iconic collections in the last years of the decade. Fascinating to consider what the House of Schiaparelli could have brought forth in the following decades had the world not been swept away in turmoil at that moment. In the context of her short prewar career, few remaining masterworks have survived. The rare "moment" she created in the 30's lives on within each art piece, safelocked away within each stitch and sequin. Each design retains her spirit and legacy as a free thinking, modernist rebel who used the avantegarde as her platform in the most creative period of fashion design in the 20th Century. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rare and Important Elsa Schiaparelli Haute Couture...