1. Another early Schiaparelli trompe-l’oeil sweater, this one from the summer of 1928. I love this one! It’s the epitome of sporty, jazz age fashion.

    Another early Schiaparelli trompe-l’oeil sweater, this one from the summer of 1928.

    I love this one! It’s the epitome of sporty, jazz age fashion.

  2. This cute hand-knitted sweater with a trompe-l’oeil bow was the piece that launched Elsa Schiaparelli’s fashion career. She made the sweater for herself in 1927 and soon afterward wore it to a society luncheon where it caused quite the sensation. She soon received numerous requests from other attendees to make copies of the sweater available for purchase. Her business soon grew enough for her to open a salon. The rest is fashion history.

    This cute hand-knitted sweater with a trompe-l’oeil bow was the piece that launched Elsa Schiaparelli’s fashion career.

    She made the sweater for herself in 1927 and soon afterward wore it to a society luncheon where it caused quite the sensation. She soon received numerous requests from other attendees to make copies of the sweater available for purchase. Her business soon grew enough for her to open a salon. The rest is fashion history.

  3. An adorable little girl in a white dress and pelerine and side button boots from an 1871 painting entitled The Seashell by William-Adolph Bouguereau. It is especially interesting to note that the mother in the painting is wearing a modified version of the jumper-style dresses which were so popular for girls’ fashion in the mid-to-late 1860s.

    An adorable little girl in a white dress and pelerine and side button boots from an 1871 painting entitled The Seashell by William-Adolph Bouguereau.

    It is especially interesting to note that the mother in the painting is wearing a modified version of the jumper-style dresses which were so popular for girls’ fashion in the mid-to-late 1860s.

  4. Sleeveless over-dresses with distinctive W-shaped necklines, such as the one worn in Renoir’s 1864 portrait of Mademoiselle Romaine Lancaux, were considered especially stylish for girls in the mid-1860s.

    Sleeveless over-dresses with distinctive W-shaped necklines, such as the one worn in Renoir’s 1864 portrait of Mademoiselle Romaine Lancaux, were considered especially stylish for girls in the mid-1860s.

  5. Girls’ jumper style dresses from the Autumn 1918 edition of Butterick Quarterly.

    Girls’ jumper style dresses from the Autumn 1918 edition of Butterick Quarterly.

  6. Jumpers (the American definition, not the British) enjoyed a great deal of popularity in with schoolgirls of all ages in the late 1940s. I love that selection from Fall 1947 is marketed as clothing that “Teens will love to wear… mothers will love to buy”, hinting that the age-old battle between mothers and daughters over appropriate school attire really is age-old.

    Jumpers (the American definition, not the British) enjoyed a great deal of popularity in with schoolgirls of all ages in the late 1940s.

    I love that selection from Fall 1947 is marketed as clothing that “Teens will love to wear… mothers will love to buy”, hinting that the age-old battle between mothers and daughters over appropriate school attire really is age-old.