Archive for August, 2009
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[svgallery name="Carol Craig"]
Lovely linen wiggle dress designed by Carol Craig of New York. Nude illusion neckline is bound at the top and trimmed with creamy three dimensional applique. Gusseted sleeves, darts at both the waist and bust as well as the hip. Kick pleat in back. Fascinating, bra covering nude colored inserts can be seen [...]
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[svgallery name="Turq Asian"]
Darts abound in this 1950s beautiful brocade fully lined dress with a dragon motif. Keyhole opening falls from a mandarin collar. Angular bust darts extend from an empire waist. Torso is well fitted with many vertical fish eye darts. Slits on both side of the dress are in the brocade only, not the [...]
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[svgallery name="Laiglon suit"]
1940s two piece rayon suit bears an older L’Aiglon label that I have never had the pleasure of seeing before. The creative print is so small that I didn’t even notice it’s detail until we began taking close up photos. Miniscule print includes: exclamation points, ampersands, astrix, pound signs and more!
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[svgallery name="Murray Schneider"]
1950s wool wiggle dress with satin cumberbund and matching bolero. Bolero has scalloped front and gusseted sleeves that extend into princess seams. Button back jacket has shoulder darts, welt button holes, and three quarter length sleeves. V back dress has gently gathered waist, ruched cumberbund and bust darts. Dress also has a 14″ [...]
