With a return to long dresses (albeit deflated), and an exhaustion of all other eras of dressing, the turn of the (20th) century looks fresher than ever.
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Claude Monet hit the nail on the head with his picturesque immortalization of the woman below with a straw hat and blue scarf:
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| Claude Monet |
This washy, airy chiffon dress and straw hat craves (aside from a nod to the 70's) a pastoral scene and petite garden path, painting below also by Claude Monet...
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There may be nothing more feminine than yards upon yards of fabric, billowed underneath a pretty dame. Jessica Stam (above) demonstrates a modern version of this phenomenon. John Singer Sargent (paintings below) loved his women and their soft, dreamy yards of excess.
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| John Singer Sargent |
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| John Singer Sargent |
Are you craving a day at the park with a parasol yet?
all fashion photos via DustJacket Attic
