Two-color relief line-block print entitled The Débutante by Howard Chandler Christy, 1906 via
The Débutante by Howard Chandler Christy (1906)
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The Sweet Girl Graduate by Howard Chandler Christy (1906)
Two-color relief line-block print entitled The Sweet Girl Graduate by Howard Chandler Christy, 1906 via
Anna Held by Aimé Dupont (1900)
Helene Anna Held (1872 – 1918), known professionally as Anna Held, was a Broadway stage performer and singer, born in Warsaw, Poland she started her career with stints in theatres in Paris and London, she is most often associated with theatre producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband.
Anna Held, full-length photo, facing right, with right hand on hat and left hand on hip by Aimé Dupont, 1900 via
Anna Held, full-length photo, facing right, with right hand on hat and left hand on hip by Aimé Dupont, 1900 via
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon (1906)
Louise Françoise Marie Laure d’Orléans (1882 – 1958) was a Princess of the Two-Sicilies and maternal grandmother of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Louise was the youngest daughter of Philippe d’Orléans (1838–1894), Count of Paris and claimant to the French throne as “Philippe VII”. Her mother was Princess Marie Isabelle d’Orléans (1848–1919), daughter of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain.
On 16 November 1907, Louise married in Wood Norton, Evesham, Worcestershire, UK, Infante Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949), and widower of Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Infanta of Spain. The couple lived in Madrid and had 4 children.
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon, 1906 via
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, 1906 via
Louise of France Princess of Bourbon by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, 1906 via
Tea Time Belle Epoque (Circa 1900)
Unknown, Tea Time Belle Epoque, Circa 1900 via
Evelyn Nesbit by Otto Sarony (1901)
Geneviève Lantelme (1900s)
Geneviève Lantelme circa 1900 via
Costumes de Théâtre by Redfern (1908)
Revolutionary Belle Epoque Fashion: Jeanne Margaine-Lacroix
Jeanne Margaine-Lacroix has been neglected by fashion historians. She inherited her couture house from her mother Mme. Margaine, in 1899. The following year she changed the name to Margaine-Lacroix.
She influenced the new slender line of fashion. She was famous for her revolutionary corsetless dresses and her ground-breaking front-lacing corsets. In the 1900s, Paris was the fashion capital of the world. Couturiers routinely sent mannequins to the racecourse, wearing their latest designs. Her models caused a sensation at Longchamp in 1908.
Three mannequins walked onto the racecourse dressed in blue, white and havane brown creations by Margaine-Lacroix. According to newspapers, spectators called the three women a “monstrosity”, accused them of being semi-naked and showing revolting décolletage .
However, soon women everywhere were wearing dresses after Margaine-Lacroix’s design.
In the Spring of 1908, three women walked onto the Longchamp racecourse in Paris and caused a scandal by the semi-naked clothes they were wearing via
Longchamp racecourse, Paris 1908 via
Tanagréenne back drape on Sylphide dress by Jeanne Margaine-Lacroix. Here is an example of her slender, corsetless line, the robe-tanagréenne. It is worn by her favourite model, who small bust and simple hairstyle were avant-garde for the time and contrasted strongly with the generally accepted ideals of fashionable feminine beauty in the first decade of the twentieth-century, 1908 via
Sylphide dress with Tanagréenne back drape by Jeanne Margaine-Lacroix, 1908 via
Margaine-Lacroix mannequins pictured in the Parc de Vincennes in March 1910, wearing the new jupe-culotte – an early version of trousers via
March 1910. Margaine-Lacroix mannequins in the new jupe-culotte via
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