Raphael Suits

I want to share some beautiful suits by the designer Raphael.

1950

I love the pocket detail on this striped suit.

1951

1951

1951

Love this jacket!

1952

1953

1953

1953

I love the bias trim on this jacket.

1954

1954

1954

1954

Jean Patou

I’m procrastinating a trip to the post office, so I decided to share some pretty for your enjoyment.

I have a thing for red suits and I think Jean Patou did too. I don’t know much about the designer yet, but I have a growing file of his work.

These are from L’ Officiel, you can find the archives of this wonderful magazine here. Man I wish I could read French sometimes!

circa 1955

Circa 1955

circa 1956

circa 1957

circa 1957

Which one is your favorite? I can’t decide, though I am drawn to both the red with the leopard fur ensembles.

I Love Lace Part I

I am in the middle of a huge batch of doll clothes again and wondering why I do the things I do. So I am distracting myself by looking through my ginormous collection of fashion pictures. If you thought my whoared of fabric was bad, you should see all the pictures I have on my computer and in 3-ring binders.

I have a small collection of lace that I am dreaming about using and here is some eye candy for you all. Most of these pictures are from L' Officiel. I pretty sure the word for lace in French is Dentelle now.





























































More photos to come!

Another Black Cocktail Dress

While I was collecting massive amounts of inspiration in the L'officiel archives , I fell in love with this design by Jacques Heim, circa 1954. Lace and pleats in the same dress, j'adore!



Of course, I couldn't find prepleated fabric in white or cream, but I had bought some black pleated fabric years ago.





I couldn't tell what the front of the dress looked like so I took the liberty of adding a little bit of the pleated fabric to the neckline.



The hat is from the Gene outfit "Suited to Be a Colonel". I think it goes well with the dress.