Mrs. Condé Nast wearing one of the famous Fortuny tea gowns.
Mrs. Condé Nast, Clarisse Coudert, fashion designer, 1917.
Category: 20th Century
Indonesian Culture. Fabrics and Weapons of the Malays.
Indonesian Culture. Fabrics and Weapons of the Malays. The Malay (Orang Melayu) are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia. They belong to the Austronesian ethnic groups and speak the Malay… Read More
Indian plantation workers at Malabar around 1910.
Plantation workers harvest pepper in the historic, fabulous Malabar, today’s Kerala state, South-West of India.
Married Woman of Bethlehem in richly colored dress.
Married woman from Bethlehem. Over the richly colored dress, a short embroidered jacket is worn.
The dress of the Arabs. Affluent class. Pictorial work.
The name Arab originally was reserved for the nomad tribes east of Palestine and in the Syro-Arabian desert, but today it is generally used for most of the surviving Semitic peoples who, in addition to living in Arabia, are to be found in Mesopotamia, North Africa, the western shores of the Red Sea, and the eastern shores of the Persian Gulf.
Traditional costumes and customs of Lithuania. The peasant folkart.
The peasant art of Lithuania. The Lithuanian women wore long wide robes of wool or linen embellished with a relief-like floral ornament. The costume of the men consisted of a long home woven woolen coat of a dark-blue or grey color, resembling in cut and fold the jacket of the women.
Mesopotamia. Luxurious Assyrian dresses, coats and shawls.
Mesopotamia. Luxurious Assyrian dresses, coats and shawls. Fashion common to both sexes.
Robe d’après-midi de Georges Dœuillet
Les Soeurs de Lait – Robe d’après-midi de Georges Dœuillet
Robe du soir, de Paul Poiret, 1920s.
Le Jardin de L’Infante – Robe du soir, de Paul Poiret.
Wedding Garments. Hungary bridal couple.
Wedding Garments. Hungary bridal couple.