A brightly colored, embroidered evening jacket from Schiaparelli’s Fall-Winter 1938-1939 collection.
I love the pintucks on the shoulders.
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A breathtakingly sequined velvet evening cape entitled “Apollo of Versailles”, Schiaparelli, 1938.
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A striped velvet and satin evening cape made by Schiaparelli between 1935 and 1940.
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A Schiaparelli evening jacket with sequined sleeves, Fall-Winter 1939.
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A vividly patterned silk evening blouse from Schiaparelli’s Fall-Winter 1938-1939 collection.
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An boldly patterned evening cape from Schiaparelli’s Spring-Summer 1939 collection.
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A gorgeous sequined evening blouse from Schiaparelli’s Fall-Winter 1938-1939 collection.
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What we think of as the standard frilly prom dress, with layers of gauze and tulle, developed in the mid-1950s. This picture of the 1958 Prom at Mariemont High School in Cincinnati show a lovely variety of these dresses as well as the very dapper white jacket/black pants combo that was the pinnacle of men’s formal evening wear in the late 1950s.
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An amazing straw mini dress by Arnold Scaasi, 1966.
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A delicate evening ensemble entitled “Teheran” from Dior’s Spring-Summer 1962 Collection.
