professorpski:It’s Fall: Let’s Break Out the Velvet in 1932This dress of silk velvet was made by the

professorpski:It’s Fall: Let’s Break Out the Velvet in 1932This dress of silk velvet was made by the House of Doeuillet-Doucet in Paris in 1932 and is part of the collection of the Chicago History Museum. It has a kind of medieval look with the higher neckline, the voluminous sleeves, the long skirt and the bodice fitted to the body with curbed seams that soften the square neckline. The flared sleeves are gathered from elbow to wrist not with one line of stitching, but with multiple lines. The skirt goes to the floor and has a small train at back. By the 1930s, the hemlines of formal evening dresses went down to the floor again from their knee-length heights in the middle of the 1920s. But this dress seems to come from an earlier time and the dark red color recalls rich, glowing colors of the Renaissance. One can imagine it worn with gold jewelry, and I almost want to find some stiff gold lace to embellish the neckline.         I know nothing about Mrs. Italia Blair de Soriano, the donor, except what the curators tell us: That she “wore it at the wedding of her daughter Inez to Gonzalo de la Gandara in Biarritz, France, in November 1932 and also at the wedding of her granddaughter Luz de la Gandara to Count Adas Goluchowski in Madrid, Spain in December 1953.” Which tells you that the style seemed to exist outside of fashion if it could be worn to two important events some 20 years apart. All of our clothing should be so transcendent. You can find more about the Chicago History Museum here. It is open now, but check for the details:  https://www.chicagohistory.org/                                       -- source link

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