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Friday Treat Time and a little bit of glitz and glamour to make us smile this January! ✨ Dating to about 1921, this stunning black satin and Raschel lace evening dress was designed by and features a large central jet ornament and two long loops of black beads

Friday Treat Time and a little bit of glitz and glamour to make us smile this January! ✨ Dating to about 1921, this stunning black satin and Raschel lace evening dress was designed by #CallotSoeurs and features a large central jet ornament and two long loops of black beads
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Today is Saint Lucia’s Day, patron saint of and so it feels appropriate that I have been researching the lives of court dressmakers & the myriad women working in that industry. Here a late ensemble by , with all the trimmings Philadelphia Museum of Art

Today is Saint Lucia’s Day, patron saint of #seamstresses and so it feels appropriate that I have been researching the lives of court dressmakers & the myriad women working in that industry. Here a late #1920s ensemble by #CallotSoeurs, with all the trimmings @philamuseum
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She is no shrinking violet this lady but rather proud in purple and sparkling with paillettes of the same shade of silk . This voluminous design came from the house of around 1907 as change was afoot in the fashion world, Palazzo Pitti European Fashion Heritage Association

She is no shrinking violet this lady but rather proud in purple and sparkling with paillettes of the same shade of silk #chiffon. This voluminous design came from the house of #CallotSoeurs around 1907 as change was afoot in the fashion world, Palazzo Pitti @EurFashion
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Just a little golden column of sunlight, opaque and sheer drifting together in layers. It is a design from the , the trio of sisters who made such bold garments over two decades NGV

Just a little golden column of sunlight, opaque and sheer drifting together in layers. It is a #1920s design from the #CallotSoeurs, the trio of sisters who made such bold garments over two decades @NGVMelbourne #fashionhistory
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