Designer Fashions: 1929 Flapper Dresses

<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zN-lcahzLZw/T0sns2qgmHI/AAAAAAAADBk/XmCcSuV7d-8/s1600/IMG_0934.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713704203791145074" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zN-lcahzLZw/T0sns2qgmHI/AAAAAAAADBk/XmCcSuV7d-8/s400/IMG_0934.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 600px;" /></a>Designer collections for the summer of 1929<br /><br />Left- Lecomte, a pale green with side sash<br />Right-Maggy Rouff, beige tweed with white pique collar<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBQxR3194JMxPTGwhcvI51kihsYY0e7bfEfV03N3YzM9sNlrhOMQwYL4GQ4opMVD3vDsQBHStefF4kvJtshDzWZO9uS_rbu_iE0dVoqwUlp5lxnZpXdARJMaJr16X8_9YMGxKcAsB1PQB/s1600/IMG_0933.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713704200401132130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBQxR3194JMxPTGwhcvI51kihsYY0e7bfEfV03N3YzM9sNlrhOMQwYL4GQ4opMVD3vDsQBHStefF4kvJtshDzWZO9uS_rbu_iE0dVoqwUlp5lxnZpXdARJMaJr16X8_9YMGxKcAsB1PQB/s400/IMG_0933.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 600px;" /></a>Both by Maggy Rouff<br />Left- Yellow bodice with brown lace skirt. Brown velvet jacket with ruffled edges<br />Right-Printed chiffon with fine tucking at hip<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-naBSlPZkRRw/T0sntE7OYVI/AAAAAAAADBw/LPYmS8r9RV8/s1600/IMG_0935.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713704207619350866" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-naBSlPZkRRw/T0sntE7OYVI/AAAAAAAADBw/LPYmS8r9RV8/s400/IMG_0935.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 500px;" /></a><br />Right- Moyneux, pleated tiers on the skirt, with pleated cap sleeves<br />Other designs by LeComte<br />Left, white crepe dress with red velvet coat<br />Second- red and white checked crepe, with bias trims<br />Third- white crepe with lavender checks and black banding<br /><br />,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This post is part of a series on women's fashions of 1929, in celebration of "The Artist".<br />Most illustrations are from "Fashionable Dress", August 1929</span>

Designer Fashions: 1929 Flapper Dresses

Designer collections for the summer of 1929 Left- Lecomte, a pale green with side sash Right-Maggy Rouff, beige tweed with white pique colla...

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On the Street: 1929 Fashionable Flappers

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oignWX3PdEe6Ft2Ek0wTCMSyb2GUu-amp0vNCisXR6c4jQvwCUucmtkkZMaMtL74Z-v1fihtpYdLeIyzHtxhSKmg7t-TvbX61diU4WWIuXH8qpJ-myafRSqpoImI80UV9o3J4cON1WKa/s1600/IMG_0927.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713699233915902930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oignWX3PdEe6Ft2Ek0wTCMSyb2GUu-amp0vNCisXR6c4jQvwCUucmtkkZMaMtL74Z-v1fihtpYdLeIyzHtxhSKmg7t-TvbX61diU4WWIuXH8qpJ-myafRSqpoImI80UV9o3J4cON1WKa/s400/IMG_0927.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 600px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZfwq_2B_J7nOG8c3SrE6GYtCjtSZ65gt3I1p61YXsN17fiTNm2-tyXJ7MoS4aKsmrkDA2bfrCBIlM13Yfq__sN3ROKP_ze-CDKuhFD69BEGJISzZ6J09RTa9p_8urYXMuFZAxaysI80p/s1600/IMG_0926.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713699225991520338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZfwq_2B_J7nOG8c3SrE6GYtCjtSZ65gt3I1p61YXsN17fiTNm2-tyXJ7MoS4aKsmrkDA2bfrCBIlM13Yfq__sN3ROKP_ze-CDKuhFD69BEGJISzZ6J09RTa9p_8urYXMuFZAxaysI80p/s400/IMG_0926.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 600px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X0kghJkvOnM/T0sjK55t5XI/AAAAAAAADA0/W5f72pxtjz0/s1600/IMG_0925.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713699222498174322" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X0kghJkvOnM/T0sjK55t5XI/AAAAAAAADA0/W5f72pxtjz0/s400/IMG_0925.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 600px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J2eXuFQrHkg/T0sjKlYAb4I/AAAAAAAADAs/KekTUUygAIM/s1600/IMG_0924.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713699216988073858" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J2eXuFQrHkg/T0sjKlYAb4I/AAAAAAAADAs/KekTUUygAIM/s400/IMG_0924.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 600px;" /></a><br />You might think that current fashion bloggers invented 'street fashion' photos, but that's not so. These four photos were taken on the streets of New York to show current fashion trends in 1929.<br /><br />Top-Jacket suits of light weight wool. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney is on the right.<br />Second- Printed dresses worn with felt hat and fox scarf<br />Third-Printed silk dress worn with tan hose and gloves and dark blue Bangkock hat with fox scarf<br />Bottom-Printed silk crepe dress with fluttering scarf collar, layered skirt and draped bodice, worn with black patent pumps and a finely woven straw ballibuntal hat from the Philippines.<br /> <br />,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This is third in a series of blog posts on women's fashions from 1929, in celebration of "The Artist".<br />Most illustrations come from the magazine "Fashionable Dress", August 1929.</span>

On the Street: 1929 Fashionable Flappers

You might think that current fashion bloggers invented 'street fashion' photos, but that's not so. These four photos were taken...

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