American Woman

I finally got over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see an exhibit I have been dying to see for awhile now: "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity."  I forgot how much I love this stuff. Of course I studied costume design in college, but that was awhile ago now. This was a nice reminder of why I got into fashion.

"It explores developing perceptions of the modern American woman from 1890 to 1940 and how they have affected the way American women are seen today. Focusing on archetypes of American femininity through dress, the exhibition reveals how the American woman initiated style revolutions that mirrored her social, political, and sexual emancipation. "Gibson Girls," "Bohemians," and "Screen Sirens," among others, helped lay the foundation for today's American woman" 

 

From The Heiress gallery... 

From The Gibson Girl gallery...

From The Bohemian gallery... (one of my favorites!)

From The Flapper gallery... (another favorite of mine)

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From The Screen Siren gallery... (again, another favorite)

*All photos from The Met's Flickr stream*

Click here for details of all the pieces in the show.

For more amazing pieces, check out the Collection Database. It's amazing.

On view until August 15th

new style alert

Our most popular print, "A Violent, Sensual, Sensitive Girl" in a all new easy, sexy style for summer. 

  

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Every Little Counts on Etsy

Calico

***Photos courtesy of Elissa from Calico***

playing dress up

*All photos via Alexandra Grecco & Hannah Metz*

The Blue Lagoon

This movie is undeniably bad, but so beautiful and worthy of watching if only for Brooke Shields' perfectly shredded Victorian wardrobe.

this is summer...

photos by craig mcdean (via Fashion indie)

kim basinger

so i was watching "9 1/2 Weeks" the other night when i was plagued by heat induced insomnia and i realized 2 things: mickey rourke looks like an entirely different person today than he did back then, which saddens me greatly, and kim basinger is seriously gorgeous. there will be another post on "9 1/2 Weeks" later, but for now... doesn't she look an awful lot like brigitte bardot in some of these pics?

style icon: samantha eggar

i have to thank samantha from t8designs for introducing me to british actress, samantha eggar. i had never heard of her until 2 days ago, but she is seriously stunning, isn't she?