1930s Fashion

1930S Rayon Crepe Gold Sequined Short Sleeve Zipper Front Dinner Jacket

Vintage Victorian Revival c.1930's bronze floral metal mesh belt. Bronze-tone metal mesh belt has a floral design imprinted on mesh. Buckle is made of three large faceted prong set a...

We found this piece in Paris and it has some very interesting and unique cut out work which has been stitched inside by hand to create a grid-work of puffy little squares. Statement ...

1930S White Cotton Eyelet Lace Cute Little Dress With Bow Pockets

1930S Ivory Rayon Crepe Pintucked Short Shoulder Cape

1930S Silk Mousseline Bright & Colorful Floral Pullover Garden Party Dress Fully French Seamed

1930S Russet Brown Bias Cut Rayon Blend Crepe Plissé Gown Slight As-Is

1930S Cream Hand Crochet Cotton Cardigan Shrug Top

1930S Blush Pink Silk Bra With Hand Embroidered Flowers

Very Rare! sold as-is 1930S Blush Pink Silk Crepe De Chine Short Sleeved Blouse With Couture Hand Detailing

1930S White With Red Floral Print And Lace Organic Cotton Bias Cut Negligee

1930S Pink & Blue Floral Cotton Voile Bias Cut Negligee Slip Dress Robe

1930S Blush Pink Bias Cut Silk Charmeuse Hand Embroidered Tap Short Knickers With Ecru Lace

1930S Tomato Red Rayon Crepe Asian Styled Lounge Pajamas

in good antique condition with some hand done repairs. 1930S Baby Blue Cotton Slub Men's Pullover Shirt From France

This kimono is as rare as it is stunningly beautiful. So we had to have it. Usually at Morphew we only carry pieces in pristine condition. However the beauty of this print has us looking past the signs of age and stains on this piece. Being sold as-is it is in lovely wearable condition it just sadly is not as mint condition as our usual wares. Please note photos. 1930S Lilac Floral...

1930S Violet Silk & Rayon Velvet Bias Cut Swing Jacket

1930'S Baby Pink Rayon Crepe Nautical Anchor Art Deco Print Dress

A stunning 1930s taffeta maxi dress. I love the blue batik floral print against the black background. The multiple thin straps from the shoulders and down to the mid back are sexy a...

- Beautiful embroidered Chinese Eyeglasses case. - From the late 19th century (Qing/Ch'ing Dinasty) - Red Hand-dieyd Silk with lovely beaded embroidery on both sides - These charm...

1930S Blue Hand Woven Rayon Blend With Real Silver Threads Kaftan Vest

"In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous" Elsa Schiaparelli,1930's. "Life has changed so much, A Schiaparelli was never made for the streets." Karl Lagerfeld, 1970's. 2 quotes,2 designers, 4 decades apart. 4 decades later. Although these quotes are highly debatable, especially in the context of today's high-low designer collabs and pop up retailing, iconic fashion endures. Whether now relegated to a museum exhibition, a collector's acid free box or a celebrity one nighter, these fashion artifacts from the french Haute Couture of the 1930's echo a time, pace and culture unrecognizable to most people today. Schiaparelli changed the definition of what it meant to be a designer at an important time in the evolution of the Haute Couture. Rather than simply making beautifully elegant garments (which she also did), she focused on the concepts behind the pieces. For her fashion was a fluid medium and she effortlessly blended fashion, politics and the fine arts. She was one of the most innovative and rebellious designers of the period working against what she considered the stale fashion currents of the day. She was elegant yet untrained. As a protege of Poiret, she gained entry into the world of Parisian fashion. While her rival Chanel was essentially uneducated and a “primitive” in the artistic circles in which she socialized, Schiaparelli’s impeccable social credentials as the daughter of an old and distinguished Roman family gave her a relatively easy entree into Paris society. She was a subversive, a punk, a desecrator, a collaborator, an innovator as well as the ultimate insider whose plans on design domination and creating "la zone rose" for the modern world were cut short by the advent of WWII. She was at the height of her influence and power showing 4 iconic collections in the last years of the decade. Fascinating to consider what the House of Schiaparelli could have brought forth in the following decades had the world not been swept away in turmoil at that moment. In the context of her short prewar career, few remaining masterworks have survived. The rare "moment" she created in the 30's lives on within each art piece, safelocked away within each stitch and sequin. Each design retains her spirit and legacy as a free thinking, modernist rebel who used the avantegarde as her platform in the most creative period of fashion design in the 20th Century. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rare and Important Elsa Schiaparelli Haute Couture...