Saturday, July 10, 2010

coats & capes

Some of my favorite pieces from the "American Woman" exhibit at The Met...
As you can see, I'm a little obsessed with capes.
Evening Coat, Liberty of London (British, founded 1875), 1910–1915

Evening Cape, Liberty of London (British, founded 1875), 1900–1909

 Cape, Liberty of London (British, founded 1875), 1900–1910

 Evening Cape, Liberty of London (British, founded 1875), 1910–1915

Evening Coat, Paul Poiret (French, 1879–1944), ca. 1912

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5 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 10, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    I really love the first one !

    See U !

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  2. UnknownJuly 10, 2010 at 5:51 PM

    This is a beautiful trend for coats, I really hope it catches on!

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  3. CeCeJuly 11, 2010 at 2:03 PM

    I read about that exhibition and would LOVE to see it. The capes are fantastic!

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  4. ChristineJuly 11, 2010 at 5:37 PM

    You should totally start a cape trend--I'll follow. That first one is so beautiful!

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  5. elsieJuly 12, 2010 at 5:54 PM

    I'm a little miffed now that Liberty of London didn't do a fabulous cape for their Target line! :)

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