First, a couple of gowns that might be worn by the characters in these books . . .
1860s skating costume
1866-1868 The Philadelphia Museum of Art
And something for Primrose to wear in the forthcoming Parasol Protectorate Abroad series.
1890-1895 The Victoria & Albert Museum
Some vintage picks for the Rack:
1914 Dinner Dress The Philadelphia Museum of Art
1925 Raymond C. Yard Christie’s
1938 Evening Suit Elsa Schiaparelli The Arizona Costume Institute; 1938-1939Suit Elsa Schiaparelli, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1940 Elsa Schiaparelli The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1940 Schiaparelli ensemble; 1943 Sally Victor The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1945 Evening Gown Elizabeth Hawes Augusta Auctions
1954 Cocktail Dress Christian Dior The Chicago History Museum
1955 Norman Norell The Indianapolis Museum of Art
1958 Jacques Fath The McCord Museum
1959 Cristobal Balenciaga The Henry Ford Costume Collection
Joan on Mad Men c. early 1960s look
Retro Rack is also on facebook where I post additional images and fashion thoughts.
Talk about weird timing. I was planning on emailing you later today about something vintage and fashion and fun, but in the meantime and going through the final proofs of one of my older backlist romances that I'm bringing out in ebook next month.
ReplyDeleteAnd I discovered that at some point in the editing process the editor-who-shall-not-be-named deleted my reference to the heroine wearing the shocking pink Schiaperelli suit from 1938. DELETED it!
So I googled, because I am putting it back in, by golly. And I found it!
On your blog.
Happy day! Thanks for this! (Love this blog, as always.)
pooks
Words cannot describe how happy this makes me. Yes! Put the pink back in. Why one earth woudl it be deleted?
DeleteI haven't the slightest idea, but the less said about that particular editorial process, the better, ahem.
ReplyDeleteSince you're modifying comments, I'll go ahead and ask here. Next Tuesday I am going to announce a contest for people to post pictures of themselves in period/era garb (their choice of era and garb) since Paisley Vandermeir (my heroine) is obsessed with same. The ebook comes out Dec 4; I'll probably end the contest that day. Would you consider judging and choosing the winner?
Oh, what a thoughtful offer. Sadly I have to decline, I tend to do everything by random number because I really hate playing favorites and choosing. I don't want to hurt feelings.
DeleteMy thoughts exactly. Some people are comfortable with this kind of thing and others aren't, and I'm not. So I totally understand!
DeleteI took your advice and had a drawing for the winner. You are very wise.
ReplyDeletehttp://planetpooks.com/more-costume-entries-are-coming-but-first-the-winner/
Oh good! I'm so glad it worked for you. An the winner look AMAZING!!!
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