#drop waist
90′s fashion is here to stay.
Top left is Helmut Lang Spring 1997. Top right is Marques Almeida Fall 2015. The Kate Moss influence of the 90′s has yet to die down, and the want for the sheer dresses and drop waist silhouettes that raged in the 90′s is here to stay. Look at many current runway shows and one can see that 90′s style is still influencing designers today.
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“Merveille de la Mer”
Dress
Jeanne Lanvin
1925
Sporty red silk crepe drop-waist dress embroidered with a pair of fish positioned mouth to mouth. “Merveille de la Mer” was designed for the Exposition of 1925.
Images and text taken from: Lanvin - Dean L. Merceron, pg 154.
(I came across these old scans, will re-do when I get hold of the book again.)
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