Old Rags

Dress by Pierre Arnoux, 1968, McCord Museum

This belongs in my closet

Evening dress, ca 1956, McCord Museum

Evening dress by Digby Morton, ca 1954, McCord Museum

Evening dress, 1930’s, McCord Museum

Wedding dress by Marguerite Lapointe, 1926, McCord Museum

Evening dress by Lucien Lelong, 1928 France (worn in Canada - Montreal), McCord Museum

Evening dress by Ida Desmarais, 1921, McCord Museum

Dress, ca 1926, McCord Museum

Dress by Eaton’s, ca 1927 Canada, McCord Museum

This was bought from a department store chain that closed as late as 2002.

Riding habit, 1920’s, McCord Museum

Remember the riding habit from the 1860’s I posted not too long ago?  The one with the skirt that was actually longer than that of a normal day skirt?  Well, this is what riding habits had turned into by the 1910’s just a few decades later.

Diadem, ca 1923, McCord Museum