Mourning Parasol

Apr. 24th, 2025 04:35 am
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Left: The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey

Right: Mourning parasol 1915–18

"This is a good example of a mourning parasol for a highly fashionable woman. Although mourning clothing was somber, stylish individuals dressed in a very fashionable manner. The touch of mourning crepe found in the canopy identifies it unquestionably as part of mourning attire." The Met
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Peggy Guggenheim

Apr. 23rd, 2025 08:33 am
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Left: Mysterious Messages by Edward Gorey

Right: Peggy Guggenheim wearing a dress by Paul Poiret, photographed by Man Ray in 1924.
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1980s fashion

Apr. 22nd, 2025 04:17 pm
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Postcard illustration by Edward Gorey.
The original caption reads:
A one or two inch piece of string
Cannot be used for anything.
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Donna Anna

Apr. 21st, 2025 03:25 pm
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Left: This evening dress demonstrates the fashion for exotic shapes and for bright colours on black backgrounds - trends that were established by Paul Poiret's brilliantly coloured clothes and the vivid designs for the Ballets Russes (the Russian ballet company founded in 1909 by Serge Diaghilev) by the painter and stage designer Leon Bakst (1866-1924). The garment is reminiscent of fashion illustrations by artists such as Georges Lepape and Charles Martin for the Gazette du Bon Ton. Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Right: Donna Anna. Costumed character illustration for the Peter Sellars production of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the New Hampshire Monadnock Music Festival, September, 1980.

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