Couture Gallery

Advert for French couture house of Boue Soeurs in New York

Advert for the French couture house of Boue Soeurs in New York, 1926. Based in 9 Rue de la Paix, Paris and with branches in San Francisco and Palm Beach, Boue Soeurs claimed to be the only Rue de La Paix house in America at the time. The model is Genevieve Tobin appearing in Sweetheart Time. Date: 1926

© Mary Evans / Jazz Age Club Collection

Istar-Sahar Oriental style dress from Molyneux, 1919-21 (pochoir print)

781122 Istar-Sahar Oriental style dress from Molyneux, 1919-21 (pochoir print) by Brunelleschi, Umberto (1879-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robe orientale de chez Molyneux
Illustration from La Guirlande: album mensuel d'art et de litterature (The Garland: A Monthly Album of Art and Literature) published in Paris); The Stapleton Collection

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Model showing a dress to a client in a fashion house (b/w photo)

5207866 Model showing a dress to a client in a fashion house (b/w photo) by Geniaux, Paul (1873-1914); Private Collection; (add.info.: Model showing a dress to a client in a fashion house. Illustration from La Femme dans la Nature, dans les Moeurs, dans la Legende, dans la Societe, Volume 4, by V du Bled, Jules Clarette, Camille Pert and Marcel Prevost (Maison d'Edition Bong & Cie, Paris, c1908).); © Look and Learn

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