THE WONDERFUL 20's IN THE TV SERIES

The fabulous 20's in tv series. What's your favorite styling? The gipsy look of Peaky Blinders, the poor one of Weimar Republic or the splendour of english nobility in Downton Abbey?
The costume designers are Stephanie Collie for Peaky Blinders, Pierre-Yves Gayraud for Babylon Berlin, and Susannah Buxton and Caroline McCall for Downton Abbey, and all of them have done a wonderful work and and they were able to tell us through the clothes one of the most interesting periods of the last century.

Grace Shelby  -  Charlotte Ritter  -  Lady Mary Crawley

Peaky Blinders

Babylon Berlin

Downtown Abbey

FOREST WITCH

Ci fu un gran fumo e poi tutte le voci tacquero mentre il fumo incominciava a diradarsi, tutti gli occhi fissavano oltre il fumo, dove c'era la strega. Le fiamme crepitarono alte, la notte diventò chiara come il giorno, le lingue di fuoco si unirono in un'unica vampata che salì nel cielo non ancora buio....si videro i capelli della strega che svanivano nella luce e la sua bocca che si apriva in un grido senza suono.
da "La Chimera" di Sebastiano Vassalli

 There was a lot of smoke and then all the voices were silent while the smoke began to clear, all eyes stared through the smoke, where there was the witch. The flames crackled higher, the night became as clear as day, the tongues of fire mixed into a single flare-up that went-up in the sky still dark .... They saw the witch's hair vanish into the light, and her lips that opened in a soundless scream.
from "The Chimera" by Sebastiano Vassalli

                                                                                                                               photo:Paolo Prevedini

Abito tulle ricamato anni '20, guanti lana C'N'C' Costume National, cappello lana e paillettes Morgan de Toi, sciarpa Brooksfield, anfibi vintage
20's embroidered tulle dress, C'N'C' Costume National wool gloves, Morgan de Toi wool and sequins, Brooksfield scarf, vintage boots

EMBROIDERED TULLE

Armani Privé

Armani Privé

Valentino

Valentino

Erdem

Stèphan Rolland

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1920-LONG DRESS

After hundreds of years of concealing women's bodies, designers began to reveal their pure forms.
The wardrobe of the Twenties is immensely attractive, women wore stunning evening wear.





CLOSET CASTLE di Annapaola Brancia d'Apricena

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

Abito di tulle ricamato anni '20
20's embroidered tulle dress

                        FROM HER TO ETERNITY

photo:Alfred Cheney Johnston 1925

photo:Alfred Cheney Johnston 1925

photo:Baron Adolf De Meyer 1920

Chanel 1939

Coco Chanel 1937

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DESSOUS

"There are things best displayed by concealment" - Michel de Montaigne





CLOSET CASTLE di Annapaola Brancia d'Apricena

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

Lingerie chiffon e pizzo anni '30
30's chiffon and lace lingerie

             UNDERWEAR- A CENTURY AGO

photo by Alfred Cheney Johnson 1927

1920

1933

Betty Page 1955

1930

1900

Milla Jovovich by Paolo Roversi-Vogue 2002

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CLUTCH

This small, precious accessory  began in the nineteenth century, when women often used small embroidered silk bags,  the ancestors of today’s evening bag, were used to carry small essentials, for example a little bottle of perfume and a needle and thread, or an embroidered handkerchief and smelling salts to guard against fainting. During the Second World War, rationing meant that it became the most popular accessory, it could be made with the minimum of materials.
"To clutch”, cioè "stringere in mano". Nel 1800 le donne erano solite usare delle piccole sacche in seta per trasportare poche cose essenziali come una boccetta di profumo, un fazzoletto ricamato e dei sali, in caso di un eventuale mancamento.  Durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, con il razionamento dei beni, divenne l’accessorio più popolare grazie ai minimi materiali necessari per la sua manifattura.





CLOSET CASTLE di Annapaola Brancia d'Apricena

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

Clutch ricamata anni '20
20's embroidered clutch

                        EVENING BAGS

1920

1920

1930

Vogue 1972

Vogue 2010- ph.Miles Aldridge

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THE 20's IN THE 60's

Flounces, shift shape and knee-lenght skirt, here the clothes of flappers in the 20's, which continue to inspire fashion in each decade for almost a century...even the fabulous 60's, before arriving to the geometric and futuristic shapes and optical prints, take a pass into revival of the 20's.
Balze, linea a sacchetto e gonna al ginocchio ecco gli abiti delle flappers negli anni '20, che continuano ad ispirare la moda in ogni decennio da ormai quasi un secolo..non ne sono rimasti immuni neanche i favolosi '60, che prima di arrivare alle linee geometriche e futuristiche e alle stampe optical fa un passaggio nella rivisitazione degli anni '20.

CLOSET CASTLE  di Annapaola Brancia d'Apricena   

Dal baule di un castello ritrovamenti  e riadattamenti 

     Renewed findings from the coffer of a castle 

Abito di merletto a balze anni '60 ispirato agli anni '20
60's lace flounces dress inspired by the 20's

Mia nonna con il vestito di merletto nero a balze nei primi anni '60
My grandmother with black lace flounces dress in the early 60's

Abiti anni '60 ispirati agli anni '20 sulla copertina di Life
60's dresses inspired by 20's on the Life cover

Paulene Stone

Paulene Stone

Gli anni '20
The 20's

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