Just Another Flapper

nitratediva: Rare candid footage of Rudolph Valentino goofing...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:40:00 -0400

Rare candid footage of Rudolph Valentino goofing off with Agnes Ayres on the set of The Sheik. Part of me watches this and goes, “Shameless hussy!” The other part goes, “Well, yeah, that’s how I’d be acting around Rudy, too.”

nitratediva: The adorable Colleen Moore performs a flapper...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:10 -0400

nitratediva:

The adorable Colleen Moore performs a flapper beauty ritual in Flaming Youth.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 16:43:17 -0400

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Sat, 18 May 2013 04:56:07 -0400

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Fri, 17 May 2013 16:28:51 -0400

oldroze: Coat, 1919Paul Poiret (French, 1879–1944)Silk, wool,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:00 -0400

oldroze:

Coat, 1919
Paul Poiret (French, 1879–1944)
Silk, wool, metallic thread

Poiret once ruefully admitted that he could not sew and was thus unable to fully control all aspects of his art. However, it was this very absence of training in tailoring and dressmaking that facilitated the couturier’s audacious technical advances.

The “Paris” coat exemplifies Poiret’s conception of dress as a three-dimensional form that maintains the integrity of its two-dimensional fabric. It is constructed of one fifteen-foot length of silk velvet that has been twisted into shape without resorting to cutting. The apertures for the arms are unstitched interruptions along the single seamline that forms the garment. Devoid of decoration, except for the placket at the hipline that anchors the loop-and-button closure, it is a masterwork of modernist simplicity and structural ingenuity.

Poiret designed the coat for his wife, Denise, who was photographed wearing it like a great wrap with a short evening dress called the “Faune.” While the dress does not appear to have survived—it was an astonishing combination of gold lamé and black monkey fur interspersed with gilt military fringe—Denise Poiret’s coordination suggests that the “Paris” was among the more exotic evening coats in her wardrobe.

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Fri, 17 May 2013 13:46:50 -0400

Anna May Wong in Piccadilly, 1929

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:33:15 -0400

Anna May Wong in Piccadilly, 1929

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Thu, 16 May 2013 18:16:32 -0400

hoodoothatvoodoo: Svetlana Dorosheva ‘Pekenese’

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:46:08 -0400

hoodoothatvoodoo:

Svetlana Dorosheva

‘Pekenese’

oraclesofthefortuneteller: The Summoner by Sarachmet

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:08:22 -0400

oraclesofthefortuneteller:

The Summoner by Sarachmet

viα humanrun: A Red Clown- Marion Peck

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:27:34 -0400

viα humanrun: A Red Clown- Marion Peck

plan22fromouterspace: Costumes for the le ” théatre.” Henri...

Wed, 15 May 2013 06:56:45 -0400

plan22fromouterspace:

Costumes for the le ” théatre.”

Henri Manuel (1874-1947). Paul Poiret, c. 1920.

Costumes pour le théatre paris 1920

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eclecticwhims: christiesauctions: “How important are bees to...

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:39:10 -0400

eclecticwhims:

christiesauctions:

“How important are bees to the food we eat every day? Of the 100 species that provide 90% of the world’s food, nearly three-quarters of them depend on bees for pollination.” Conservation International

It’s named “Queen Bee”, wow.