Mrs. Condé Nast wearing one of the famous Fortuny tea gowns.
Mrs. Condé Nast wearing one of the famous Fortuny tea gowns. This one has no tunic but is finely pleated, in the Fortuny manner, and falls in long lines, closely following the figure, to the floor. Observe the decorative value of the long string of beads.
Clarisse Coudert, Condé Nast in 1917.
Clarisse Coudert, a fashion designer, was the wife of the owner of the fashion magazine Vogue, Vanity Fair, Condé Montrose Nast. The couple separated in 1919 and divorced in Paris in 1925. Continue reading →
Costume design by French couturier Marie-Louise Bruyère.
Marie-Louise Bruyère (1918-1958), called Mme Bruyère (pronounced Broo-yair) was born in rural France, but her ambitious parents, Henri Bruyère and Jeanne Loubet, moved the family to the expanding suburbs of Paris, where they prospered.
Costume design “Modèle Classicisme”
The sophisticated neighbourhood of Saint Gratien, which included Napoleon I’s niece, Princess Mathilde, amongst its residents, impressed the young designer who trained first with the house of Cheruit, and then Lanvin. Madame Jeanne Lanvin asked her to become Première d’Atelier de Couture. By 1928, she opened her own fashion house, Bruyère Couture, which flourished as her fame spread internationally, allowing her to open a grand salon at 22 Place Vendome in 1937. She staged two fashion shows a year, containing up to 200 different outfits in cool raffish elegance.
Costume design “Modèle Olympic”
Each outfit was assigned a different name. By 1947 she employed 328 people. The business continued to grow in scale and reputation, but from the mid 1950s it switched to producing prêt-a-porter outfits, and its name became increasingly eclipsed.
Haute couture dresses by Beer, Redfern. Le style parisien 1915.
Dress from Beer`s in almond green corded silk, trimmed with plain black velvet. Clichés Style Parisian, Beer. Dress from Redfern`s in blue serge, trimmed with small steel buttons.
Gallery:Le style parisien. Supplément du ” Style Parisian ” No 3. Le Directeur – Gérant: Lucien Vogel.
Haute couture dresses from Martial & Armand and Beer. Le style parisien 1915.
Left: Dress from Martial & Armand`s in ” lavande ” corded silk, lace and silver embroidery. Right: Dress from Beer`s in peacock blue velvet, waistband trimmed with a sort of old silver cartouchière.
Gallery: Le style parisien.Supplément du ” Style Parisian ” No 3. Le Directeur – Gérant: Lucien Vogel.
Dress and Mantle by Jeanne Lanvin. Le style parisien 1915.
Dress in marine “armare” trimmed with silk braids, collar in white corded silk. Hat by Lanvin. Mantle to match the dress. Hat turned up on one side and trimmed with breitschwantz. Clichés Style Pariasian.
Gallery: Le style parisien. Supplément du ” Style Parisian ” No 3. Le Directeur – Gérant: Lucien Vogel.
Dresses by Jeanne Paquin and Martial and Armand. Le style parisien 1915.
Dress from Paquin`s see the back view Pl. XII-XIII Fig. 216 (second from right) and the description. Dress from Martial & Armand`s in pink corded silk, skirt draped at the side; blue, pink and white flowers.
Gallery:Le style parisien. Supplément du ” Style Parisian ” No 3. Le Directeur – Gérant: Lucien Vogel.
LE STYLE PARISIEN. ROBES DE FOULARD 1915. D’APRÈS LES TISSUS DE MOULAY ET SCHULTZ. Costumes according to the fabrics of Moulay & Schultz. Continue reading →
