All posts tagged: Poiret

Rate the Dress: ca. 1925 Royal Flush (possibly by Poiret)

It would be hard to match last week’s Rate the Dress pick for sheer impact, so this week I’ve selected something a little simpler: a mid ’20s evening dress with a sense of fun and whimsicality, and a possible provenance to Poiret. Will you find it no less loveable (or no less hateable)? Let’s find out! Last week: a c. 1892 Pingat ‘tea dress’ or tea gown I knew when I posted the Pingat tea gown that it was going to elicit very strong reactions, good or bad. Some of you just loved it. Some of you loved it for sheer chutzpah. Some of you thought it was hideous, but were impressed by the design impact. And some of you thought it was just hideous. (I fell into camp 3. I couldn’t help but to admit the dress was effective, but I just couldn’t like it!). The Total: 8.5 out of 10 Forget the dress rating. Go check out the comments! 10/10 for those! This week: a ca. 1925 playing card themed evening dress, possibly …

Rate the Dress: Poiret Negligee of 1913

Published by The Dreamstress

Last week I gave you a double Rate the Dress, with a fantastical winter scene and two different outfits to Rate. Overall you liked the outfits but thought some of the details were a bit silly. The detail that all liked was the military frogging on the brunettes jacket, and she rated an impressive 9.2 out of 10, leaving poor blondie with her miss-matched skirt to trail at 7.7 out of 10. Gentlemen may prefer blonds, but costume enthusiasts don’t always think they are best dressed! If you follow me on Facebook you’ll know my opinion of this week’s Rate the Dress, but I couldn’t resist posting it here. It’s so very festive, and perfect for the upcoming Bi/Tri/Quadri/Quin/Sex/Septi/Octo/Nona/Centennial Challenge coming up in the Historical Sew Fortnightly. Festive isn’t always good though. Sometimes festive can look like a bad costume. And certainly not everyone likes bright yellow. Even at the height of Poiret’s popularity he was sometimes accused of sacrificing taste for shock value. Has this garment strayed into tacky, or does it manage the …

The 10 most iconic wedding dresses ever

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#10 is one of three iconic 50’s wedding dresses to feature on the list. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy wasn’t yet an international style icon when she married on September 12, 1953, but her stunning frock by dressmaker Anne Lowe is still a statement of class, taste, and timeless embellishment that references design details seen on wedding gowns of the 1860s-1880s, while still being iconically 1950s. #9 is a wedding dress with a difference. Mia Farrow’s suit for her July 19, 1966 marriage to Frank Sinatra was clean, modern and fun, the epitome of 60s mod and the total antithesis of the 1950s ballgown wedding dresses. At #8 is the daughter-in-law to #10’s style icon. All eyes were on Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy when she married on September 21 1996, and her strikingly simple and sexy bias cut Narcisco Rodriguez gown was a breath of fresh air after the poofy romance of 1980s wedding dresses. #7 is the only dress on the list that wasn’t actually worn for a wedding, but it is the dress that started the trend …