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AUTHENTIC - CAROL CHANNING / BOB MACKIE "Diamonds" Dress #3300 - c. 1975 Original BOB MACKIE Silver Beaded Fringe Dress Worn by CAROL CHANNING! First off, I love what I found online... "When broadway star Carol Channing sang "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in the 1974 musical Lorelei , all that glittered was not what it seemed. Designer Bob Mackie created the show's eye-catching costumes, including a bejeweled dress for the character Lorelei Lee's big number. (Channing had gotten her big break in the Anita Loos play Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1949 and starred in its revival, Lorelei , 25 years later.) The showstopper of a dress, which Channing wore for all of the production's 320 Broadway performances, now resides within ...

Rare 1820s Raspberry Silk Ball Gown Evening dresses of the 1820s were decorated with all types of fancy borders including rouleaux, the bands of bias cut fabric stuffed with wool or cotton that would provide additional body and shape at the hemline. In addition the hemline is decorated with a pinked silk ruffle above the rouleaux and above that a scalloped flounce accented with satin appliques that appear to be flower buds about to open. The dress has a slightly empire waistline with the bodice fitted with a series of three vertical darts on both sides of the bust. The neckline is rounded and set off by delicate hand made lace and satin trim. The satin is carried around the neckline and extends in layered "petals" across the puffed short sleeves. Each petal is edged in lace and the sleeves are decorated with the same bud shapes and scalloped edging as is found at the hemline. Back closure with hooks and eyes. The sleeves are lined with a fine silk gauze that is deteriorated b...

1889-1892 Victorian HOT Raspberry Pink POPPY straw bonnet French Italian Couture This is a stunning and unusually colored phenomenal Victorian bonnet of vibrant raspberry handwoven and wired chip straw, trimmed with WONDERFUL vibrant pink hand-painted silk poppies and a huge boned silk taffeta bow! This absolutely stunning hat was made in the height of frivolous French and Italian couture worn in Paris 1889-1892 for the extremely rich who did not need a bonnet do anything than look charming on a summer day. Made by "Mme. Josse at 3 Boulevard Italiens, Paris (underneath)" (written in stylized yellow-gold of the finest makers). Mme. Josse was a famous hat maker at the time. The straw crown is very tiny, and diamond shaped. Four separate brims make up the "Flower petal" brims (bonnet made to resemble a flower!). The handmade and hand painted thick silk poppies surround the brims, and the very decadent and poufy boned bows decorate the front. Long, stylish pink silk taf...

1910 Edwardian MARGUERITE Madame Marge' COUTURE EVENING GOWN Metallic Lace What a gorgeous, remarkably made early Couture designer gown with "corset" style waist by MARGUERITE! Ms. Madelyn Shaw (the Associate Curator of Costume and Textiles at the Rhode Island School of Design and Art) wrote a research paper on the Tirocchi Sisters, and touched upon this enigmatic designer, MARGUERITE, (with grateful assistance from another unpublished research paper by Filomena D'Elia of Washington, D.C..) I wish to thank and credit both of these ladies for this important information below on Marguerite's little known life plus works, to be able to describe the background of this special designer made this wonderful gown. Ms. Shaw referred to this early, important, but nowadays not generally well-known but successful designer of the 1910s -1920s- late 1930's, Marguerite, (later on known as Madame Marge'). Marguerite's dressworks are noted in the research to be docum...

A love of vintage clothing can lead to a small home-based business. These old clothes are still easy to find and easy to resell them from home. Vintage, antique and used designer clothing has become very popular in recent years. Collectors are wearing these classic fashions from the past. Rare pieces could earn their owners enough to cover a car or mortgage payment. Online auction houses show thousands of items everyday in these categories. Study those sites to get a sense of what to look for – what collectors are actually buying. With time and experience, the investor will learn the language of dress design, fabric and fashion. And there are also numerous books available on vintage clothing which will prove helpful. Selling Vintage Clothing Online Vintage clothing is a renewable resource and as products, they are still easily found on the cheap. Begin with a very small investment and experiment by listing it on an online auction site. Present the piece well. List all the details, meas...

Drawing the line between polish and pretension is trickier, especially when last year’s costume can be this year’s classic, and next year’s yawn. Just consider the steady infiltration of 19th-century haberdashery into the 21st-century wardrobe. Garment after garment has arrived on the scene that one might think more Gilbert and Sullivan than Bergdorf and Goodman, only to be taken up by the young beards. Not long ago, big brass-buttoned military coats looked a bit extreme. So did high-button, high-lapel vests and slim tweed trousers. And so did guys who tucked said trousers into high, old-fashioned hunting boots. Now these clothes (along with those ever-present beards and mustaches) look like downtown defaults compared with fall runway looks like cardinal-red tailcoats at Ralph Lauren, capes and bowlers at Alexander McQueen and knee breeches at Robert Geller. As with home design, where curio cases, taxidermy and other stylish clutter of the Victorian era have been taken up by young hip...

Custom Order Deposit for Linda M. $900.00 Civil War 1800's Purple Satin Black Mantle Reenacting Gown Civil War Walking Gown With Matching Wrap Pale Green and Cream Civil War Southern Belle Dress Gown Cranberry Reenacting Dress Victorian Bustle Gown 1869 Gold and Ivory Extravagant Walking Ensemble Custom Civil War Ball Gown 1866 Godey Peterson fashion plate Civil War Era Gown 1866 Elegance in Blue and White Southern Belle Civil War Gardening Ensemble in Pink and White Southern Belle Civil War Evening Ball Gown Black Lace Civil War 1800's Evening Gown Lavender and lace Civil War Southern Belle 1863 Gown in Red and White Southern Belle Civil War Dress Gown Dupioni Silk See it in Southern Lady Magazine June July with Shabby Lane Shops Colonial Dress with Wrap 1750 's Williamsburg Gown "

Southern Belle Dresses Antebellum Dress Costumes " border="0"> Victorian Bustle Dress...Civil War Ball Gowns...Bustle Evening Gowns...Bridal and Wedding Gowns... Antebellum dress ....Reenactment Dress..Southern Belle Dress...Gone With The Wind Frocks. Please contact me for availability on custom orders. What is it about 1800's gowns so lovely you have to take a second look...The gentle swish of fabrics...layers of trims...laces...pearls. Yards upon yards of shimmery fabrics. Dresses that took weeks to make. Does the idea of a custom made Victorian or Civil War gown appeal to you ... or an already completed gown that is just what you were looking for!! Please take a peek at my offerings ... Several of the gowns images are from the original 1800's Godey Peterson's Ladies Journal. Beautiful examples of Dickens era and Victorian bustles. I have been fortunate to acquire several copies of this genteel magazine. It is filled with short stories...poetry...recip...

Retro Vintage 1980s Sequined Evening Dress. A fabulous English retro vintage full length evening dress in black and white, dating to circa 1987. This wonderful sexy evening dress has a fitted and boned bodice, completely covered with black, white and cream sequins. The dress is ankle length and it has a full polyester skirt, which swishes nicely when you move. The skirt of the dress is gathered into the fitted waist and it has an underskirt and net petticoat all sewn in, to give it some shape. The dress has sequined straps, but, these look like they have been added and they could be easily removed if you wanted to wear this strapless. The dress fastens with a rear concealed zipper and it has a cloth label, which reads: Bernshaw. A really great dress, very light and easy to wear, all you need with this dress is big hair, and you'll truely look like a diva! The dress is in great shape, with no flaws or damage, excellent condition.

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