Vintage couture

In the new exhibit by photographer Mark Shaw, we (finally) get to see what went on behind the scenes at Paris couture in the 1950s.

Design House: House of Jacques Fath (French, founded 1937). Designer: Jacques Fath (French, 1912–1954). Date: ca. 1951. Culture: French. Medium: silk, gla...

Vogue Couturier Design 884; ©1955; Evening Gown. Full length flared and gored skirt joins the bodice back and side front under the separate draped bustle. Bodice front is cut in one with skirt. Shirred detail below the square front neck-line which is a deep V in back. Featured in Vogue Patterns Booklet, November 1955 and in Vogue Pattern Book, December-January 1955-1956 Interesting information on this pattern: MissMoon55 wrote to Vogue in November 2009 to enquire about the possibility of a…

Europeana

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Christian Dior, 1947 #ChristianDior

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Model Bettina Graziani is wearing a Creation of Jacques Fath and photographed by Portier.French Fashion Magazine:L’Officiel,December 1950.

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Good taste prevailed at this couture house.

Haute couture created by the French fashion house Balmain in 1993 for the Spring-Summer 1993 collection. The photograph was taken by the Belgian fashion photographer Etienne Tordoir.

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Balmain, 1955