Evening dress Madeleine Vionnet. Fall/winter 1938–39. French. Silk & spangles. | THE MET
Evening suit Brooks Brothers (American, founded 1818). 1933. American. Wool, silk, cotton & leather. This iconic evening suit was created by Brooks Brothers, which was a very prestigious men's tailor in the 1930s. This ensemble is complete down to the accessories and conveys the overall elegance of the formal look. Dress suits like this were known as white tie and were appropriate dress for the most formal evening events. Brooks Brothers was founded by Henry Sands Brooks in 1818 in New York City as a ready-made and custom men's clothier. | THE MET
Ensemble 1936. European, Eastern. Cotton.
This folk ensemble is an example of pre-WWII era regional costume, remarkable both for its completeness and its relatively good condition. The culture is identified as Yugoslavian. The name (which means “land of south Slavs”) was formally adopted in 1929 for the post-World War I Balkan region known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. The governance and make-up of the country known as Yugoslavia, at the crossroads of a politically sensitive region, changed repeatedly during the 20th century. Temporarily dissolved during World War II, the name was abolished in 2003 in favor of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; the state itself ceased to exist by 2006. | THE MET
Dress 1930's. Pink silk chiffon gown. Silk ruffles & a garden of climbing tulle & taffeta flowers with sequins and crystals. | The Frock
Dress Ostrich Feather & beaded satin gown. Circa 1935. | The Frock
Dress (back View). 1930s, McAvoy of Chicago. Olive green silk velvet dress, 1930s. The dress has a boat neckline, rhinestone shoulder clips and a short train in back. | The Charleston Museum
Evening dress, c. 1932 Light green satin evening dress, c. 1932. This stylish gown with a magnificent Art Deco design rhinestone ornamentation on the back was worn by the donor’s sister, Eleanor Rutledge Hanson (1894-1966) for her second court visit at Buckingham Palace in 1932. | Charleston Museum
Woman’s Swimsuit Margit Fellegi (Hungary, active United States, 1903-1975), Cole of California (United States, Los Angeles, founded 1923), United States, California, late 1930s. | ↳ LACMA
Evening dress Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973), summer 1937, French, silk. The butterfly was the Surrealist symbol for change, particularly the change from ugly to beautiful. As the unlovely caterpillar morphs into the brilliant colorful butterfly, so Schiaparelli's designs could transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. This evening dress design from the summer 1937 collection features a lively butterfly print, most likely made exclusively for Schiaparelli that expresses the wide array of types and colorations of butterflies and was inspired by Surrealist artists such as Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst and Man Ray. Schiaparelli shared many Surrealist views with these artists and often used her designs as a means to express these views. Besides the act of using the Surrealist symbol for change as the subject of the print, using an insect as decoration for evening wear, an unexpected choice in itself, is also surrealist-inspired. The neckline treatment is an example of Schiaparelli's playful yet sculptural design sense and assists in giving the dress its compelling visual appeal. | THE MET ↳ See parasol using the same motif HERE. From The Summer '37 Collection.
Tourmaline filigree ring, 1930's. 14 Karat White Gold. | Lang Antiques