FALLING FLOWERS

If nature for every season gives us various types of flowers, so the fashion each season offers us a different type of flowers. This summer, the flowers are large and strong colors, like those of my 40's dress. And if it is a law of nature that the flowers fall and then reborn, on clothes flowers remain firmly, to be worn again after decades.

 Se la natura per ogni stagione ci regala vari tipi di fiori, così anche la moda ogni stagione ci propone  diverse tipologie di fiori. Quest'estate i fiori sono grandi e i colori forti e decisi, proprio come quelli del mio abito anni '40. E se è una legge di natura che i fiori cadano per poi rinascere, sugli abiti i fiori restano ben saldi, per poi essere indossati nuovamente anche dopo decenni.

                                                                                                                               photo:Lucia Dovere

40's floral chiffon dress, sandals by Islo Isabella Lorusso
Abito chiffon a fiori anni '40, sandali neri con profili viola Islo Isabella Lorusso
Location: Riot - Palazzo Marigliano-Naples

FLORAL DRESSES

Michael Kors

Blumarine

Jeremy Scott

Celine

Simone Rochas

Max Mara

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40's FLOWERS

Most of the women's fashions during the 1940s were designed with the same squared shoulders, small waist, and skirt above the knee. Despite the hardships of WWII clothes in the 1940s fabrics with floral prints were very popular. Brown and green dyes were heavily rationed for use in military uniforms. In response, deep maroon, gray, or undyed white or beige fabrics were available for popular use. Less fabric became the way to go. Less buttons, pleats and zippers were used. Women's hemlines were lifted to save on fabric, and their garments kept to a slim cut with little embellishment. By 1947, after WWII was over, the "New Look" began to replace the wartime utility fashions. This new style embraced femininity, with rounded shoulders, shapely bust lines, closely-defined waistlines, slightly padded skirts, and full, billowing skirts that hung just below the calves.




CLOSET CASTLE di Annapaola Brancia d'Apricena

Renewed findings from the coffer of a castle

40's flowery chiffon dress by Le Gallinelle-Roma

Lillian Gish-The Wind 1928

1940

1940

1940

40's inspired by Ellen von Unwerth 2001

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NEW LOOK REBORN..EACH YEAR

The name of spring/summer Dior collection in 1947 was "Carolle", a name that suggested the silhouette of the new look with its prominent shoulders, accentuated hips, and small waist.

Late 40's crêpe de Chine and silk dress, Ibici tights, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, Accessorize headband
Abito fine anni '40 in crêpe e raso,collant Ibici, francesine Giuseppe Zanotti, cerchietto Accessorize

COROLLE

Dior

Andrea Incontri

Lanvin

Marco De Vincenzo

Aquilano Rimondi

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DIORAMA

I love this 40's dress!





CLOSET CASTLE di Annapaola Brancia d'Apricena

Renewed findings from the coffer of a castle
Dal baule di un castello ritrovamenti e riadattamenti

40's silk crêpe de Chine and satin dress
Abito crêpe di seta e raso anni '40

DIORAMA

Dior 1947

Marion Cotillard -Dior

Marion Cotillard -Dior

40's NIGHT

During the dark days of World War II, someone made this dress.

Abito di raso anni '40, cintura raso e gròs vintage, collant di pizzo Calzedonia, pump vernice Gastone Lucioli, orecchini Studio Morelli
40's satin dress, vintage satin and gròs belt, Calzedonia lace tights, Gastone Lucioli patent leather pump, studio Morelli earrings
FALL/WINTER 2013- 40's DRESSES

Costello-Tagliapietra

Bottega Veneta

Andrea Incontri

Marc Jacobs

Ralph Lauren

Carolina Herrera

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