Coco Chanel created the little black dress in 1926. Today’s LBD is Carl Lagerfeld’s 1987 take on the classic. Taking over the Chanel reigns in 1983, he executed this little black dress for the autumn/winter 1987–88 in a fetishistic black vinyl and black polyester jersey combination; modern persona into the 1920s silhouette.
This was a 1994 gift of Thomas Shoemaker, in memory of Michael L. Cipriano. The accession number is 1994.161.1 at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83616.
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Today is a pair of 1955 Italian leather heels by Derigú. These are a part of the Osgood collection, which focuses on high-style European shoe design from 1954 to 1958, and represents many of the finest and most inventive Italian makers.
These were a gift of Charline Osgood in1960. Its accession number is 2009.300.3213a,b at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158126.
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We love our @henrymarguwigs Henry Margu Kendalls and how versatile they are! Now, I got mine wig first from Cysterwigs. Michelle tried it on and was smitten and sure enough, she found one of their online outlet. They are two different colors and Michelle @michelle_dvm99 wore hers up while I kept mine down-just great mother/daughter fun!
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Today is a silk and feather hat by Cristobal Balenciaga (Spanish, Guetaria, San Sebastian 1895–1972 Javea) from 1966-a sweeping asymmetrical look.
This was a gift of Mrs. Benjamin R. Kittredge in 1971. Its accession number is 2009.300.2600 at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/157445.
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“The decoration of sequined fireworks on this evening dress, which was worn by Countess Madeleine de Montgomery to Lady Mendl's seventy-fifth birthday party in 1939, is a fitting climax to le beau monde of the 1930s. When Adolf Hitler declared that Germany was at war with Poland in September 1939, the glamorous era of the 1930s came to a close. The fireworks motif, executed in brilliantly colored sequins, takes on additional symbolic meaning since the dress was created and worn immediately prior to the start of World War II. The dress was part of a collection assembled and brought to New York by the donors and their friends and displayed in an exhibition to benefit the French war charities in 1940.” It was a gift of Mrs. Harrison Williams, Lady Mendl, and Mrs. Ector Munn in 1946. It accession number is C.I.46.4.7a–c at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81492.
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Hello and good Monday to everyone. Did you have a packed weekend? During October, that seems easy to do! I ended mine with Michelle and I attending a Kansas City Ballet performance of the “The Wizard of Oz”. This work is truly scrumptious, with incredible costumes (major WOW here) and amazing technical feats. Three ballet companies collaborated to produce this outstanding work: Kansas City Ballet, Colorado Ballet (Denver) and The Royal Ballet of Winnipeg. Kansas City had the world premier but the Colorado Company will perform it in February and the Winnipeg in May. If you live in Denver or Winnipeg try to take this one in.
Now to Michelle and I. When the girls were small, I was never into dressing like your daughter thing with identical dresses, etc. I think, however, Michelle and I got pretty close for the ballet. We are wearing the same hair but in different colors and styled differently and there will be more about that tomorrow.
Our dresses (or frocks as some refer to them) are from Rachel Riss’s Linear Collection. Michelle accented her black Boheme (out of stock) with blues, including a shawl that she knitted, my blue Cheryl Eve Acosta ring and one of my vintage Rodo bags.
My Caftan is in Mist Grey (this color is now out of stock), but a gorgeous blue in this design in on clearance over on The Linear website. I thought there was an air of medieval about this dress so I pulled out all my heavy old gold tone jewelry that I had. The dress was shown with a belt on the Linear’s site but that didn’t work for me. I added a vintage 40’s costume jewelry pin and that was just the cup of tea.
My heels are pink/beige leather snake print D”Orsays by Nine West and my brown suede clutch (it also has a small gold chain) is a vintage Sasha that I found on eBay a few years ago.
For today, that’s it. I’m going to be back tomorrow to talk alternative hair and showcase our wigs we wore.
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