Autumn costume of striped wool fabric. Journal illustré de modes.

Belle Epoque, Autumn costume, Art nouveau, fashion
Autumn costume of striped wool fabric.

Autumn costume of striped wool fabric, 1906.

Corset with superimposed cross-circuit at the belt. Opens with a bright cloth west part, decorated with buttons. Velvet collar edged with fabric panels and tress, of which body is arranged in discharge end tucks. Sleeves with intersecting panels clips and velvet. The skirt is staffed with slotting aperture strips.

Herbst Kostüm aus gestreiftem Wollstoff.

(German original )
Corsage mit übereinander greifendem Schluss am Gürtel. Öffnet sich über einem hellen Tuchwestenteil, mit Knöpfchen verziert. Samtkragen mit Stoffblenden und Tresse eingefasst, worunter Rumpf in ausbringende Biesen geordnet ist. Ärmel mit sich kreuzenden Blendenspangen und Sammetpriese. Rock ist mit sich schlitzenden Blendenstreifen besetzt, die oben pattenförmig arrangiert sind.

II. Arrangement: Kostüm mit Bolero mit Blendenspangen und Knopfbesatz. Weste mit ausgebogtem Sammetrevers. Übereinandergreifendes Plastron. Ärmel mit Sammetstulpe. Seitlich schliessender Sammetgürtel. Rock ist am Saume mit Pattenblenden besetzt.

III. Arrangement: Bolerokostüm mit Stickereirevers mit Sammeteinfassung. Westenteil ist mit Sammetblenden kreuzweise garniert. Hoher Miedergürtel leicht gefaltet. Ärmelpuff mit aufgesteppter Patte mit Knopf. Geschlitzte Stickereistulpe mit Sammetrand. Rock mit Devant und dreifachem Blendenbesatz am Saum.

Tags: Sans-Ventre-line. Straight-fronted corset. Edwardian fashion era, Belle Époque, The Gibson Girl, Art nouveau period.

Related: The origin of the Corset. A Book of Modes and Costumes.

Source: Le costume moderne. Journal illustré de modes. Specialist journal for the entire women’s costume compartment. Published by C. Heinemann, Berlin 1906.

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Note:  Paquin Model of Moire Crepe Gilda. Paris Spring Season 1913.

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