1930s elegant dress

Joan Bennett picture

1938

Historical Dress — PRINTED SILK CHARMEUSE EVENING GOWN, 1930s 1930s...

Vtg 30s 40s Long Ivory Shiny Silk Rayon Satin Bias Cut w/Lace Nightgown L/XL. This exquisite long nightgown comes from a local estate. It appears to have seen little, if any, wear--no runs nor stains. It is done with a bias-cut bottom making for swishy glamour in ivory silk/rayon-satin. The bodice features pretty pale tan lace insets with puckered bustline and wide lace straps with a plunging back v-neckline. It is large--size 40 on label which updates to about a size 12/14 by today's…

Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.Photograph probably taken for Peggy Hamilton's Los Angeles Times feature "Fashions"Paramount actress Kathleen Burke modeling a close-fitting evening gown with an empire waist and with an ostrich feather wrap around her shoulders.

1930s fashion was the decade of elegance and glamour .The 1930s are often thought of as a rather boring decade, the bit in between the exciting, decadent

1934