.. go together in creating a key influence that changed the silhouette and the fashion of the day in about 1861. There is a section in the website under La Belle Epoque which details the Worth Company‘s influence and history, so we will go into it only “lightly” here. (Photo: …
Fashion History Blog
We’ve been discussing factors that changed early to mid..
.. Victorian eras. The first was the invention and evolution of the sewing machine for home and domestic use as well as mass production. The second was high fashion designers to lead the way. Mid-Victorian is considered to have started around 1860-61. There were only a few houses open that …
Happy New Year 2019!
The “Old” Georgian gives way to “New” Regency fashion regimes, as we turn 2018 into 2019 with all its potential. And we have written over 800 blog posts, put on 6 shows a year, and are getting ready to give walking tours of Cody, Wyoming. That’s on top of building …
More Hirsch & Cie designs…
… from its almost 80 year run. Along with many other fine design houses, it exemplified the changing shape of fashion – the silhouette.
Some examples of Hirsch & Cie fashion..
.. featured lace, details, 3 dimensional objects, and lots of texture.
The Hirsch & Cie design house…
….was greatly successful in Amsterdam until 1943, when it was forced to close as part of the Nazi policy of dispossessing Jews of their property during the repossession of the Netherlands. It re-opened in 1948 after the war. The iconic building had various functions in the 1970’s and was acquired …
Hirsch & Cie high fashion survived…
… two world wars, but increasing competition from ready-to-wear and rapidly changing fashion trends, ultimately led to Hirsch & Cie closing its doors in 1976. The Hirsch & Cie building is once again the gem cherished by many an Amsterdammers. It is presently an Apple (MAC) computer store. (Hirsch & …
Fashion house Hirsch & Cie was so successful it expanded…
it outgrew its available space. Thanks to the high quality and well paying clients, notoriety of its models, and fame through art, it had a long run as a fashion house. It was decided to say goodbye to the original buildings and build a new fashion house on the existing …
Back to mid-Victorian influences…Israelis portraits showed…
… high fashion as it was worn in real life and on real women. (“Reading in the Park” by Israelis)
Happy Christmas 2018!
To you and all your kin!