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My new novel, #TheLostOrphans, is out today, so I’m toasting #frockingfabulous 1941 looks! By #CharlesJames, La Sirène is a masterpiece of horizontal tucks. #Fashionhistory via The Met.

To celebrate the release of my new novel, #TheLost Orphans, we’re having a day of 1941 looks! #CharlesJames serves us #frockingfabulous jewel tones to keep it glam. #fashionhistoryvia the Met.

I’m toasting the release of my new novel, #TheLostOrphans, with #frockingfabulous looks from 1941! Throw on your #CharlesJames silky lounging PJs and have a read. #fashionhistory via the Met.

#Frockingfabulous glamour to the max, courtesy of the "Ribbon" gown by #CharlesJames. This cracking bit of #FashionHistory hails from 1946, and it's a stunner. Via The Met

From 1941, #CharlesJames serves us #frockingfabulous jewel tones to start the day the glam way. #fashionhistory via the Met.

The Clover Leaf by #CharlesJames is a #frockingfabulous knockout. The original was warn by Austine Hearst for the 1953 coronation ball, since it wasn't finished in time for Eisenhower's Inauguration Ball, and this copy was also made in 1953. Via the Met. #Fashionhistory

A #frockingfabulous 1952 marvel from #CharlesJames, who "cut away the hem as it winds clockwise over itself until it terminates in a disengaged point at the left front waist. The narrow underskirt, suggests a continuation of the spiral but is cut separately." #Fashionhistory via the Met.

A couple of 1951 variations on the #frockingfabulous "Petal" ballgown, by #CharlesJames, which he originally designed in 1949. #Fashionhistory via Phoenix Art Museum and The Met.

If you're going to do #FashionFriday... Be Fashion Friday

#Gowns by #CharlesJames, 1948, who "saw himself as an artist and sculptor of dress rather than a dressmaker," using "historical references in shapes and construction, especially[...]drapery forms of the 1870s and early teens"

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Be the queen of everything in this #frockingfabulous metallic beauty by #CharlesJames. #Fashionhistory of 1945, via the Met.

This 1954 masterpiece of construction can only be #CharlesJames. #frockingfabulous #fashionhistory via the Met.

1950's "Infanta" by #CharlesJames is serving all the #frockingFabulous a Disney villainess could need. Via The Met. #fashionhistory

#CharlesJames serves up the colour options for his #frockingfabulous Swan gown. #Fashionhistory of 1951, via the Museum at FIT.

She’s ruched for the gods and she’s #frockingFabulous! This 1951 #gravymagnet by #CharlesJames is a masterpiece of textile engineering and I shall hear no other. #fashionhistory Via the Met.

If I were designing a Cristobal Balenciaga; a Christian Dior; and a Charles James. #Balenciaga #Dior #charlesjames #Alasà

⁣'Petal' silk evening dress created by Charles James.⠀
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Date: 1951 ⠀
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© The Metropolitan Museum of Art⠀

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⁣The Petal Ballgown by Charles James. Sleeveless sweetheart bodice of black velvet; peplum of black silk satin comprised of petal-shaped pieces; & voluminous pleated floor-length skirt of white silk taffeta.⠀
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© The Museum at FIT⠀
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Charles James evening dress, featuring a silk velvet bodice and a skirt of white silk faille.

Ca. 1956

©️Cincinnati Art Museum

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John and Dominique de Menil's house in Houston designed in 1948 by Philip Johnson with interiors by Charles James, photographed by Jason Schmidt studio.
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Watch the deconstruction of The Ribbon Dress, by Charles James
Digital design: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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#thesophisticate #musings #elegantlifestyle #culture #refinedliving #charlesjames #deconstruction #fashion #themet #metmuseum #ribbondress #beyondfashion

Watch the deconstruction of The Butterfly Ball Gown, by Charles James
Digital design: Diller Scofidio+Renfro
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#charlesjames #metmuseum #ballgowns #beyondfashion #fashion #butterflyballgown #thesophisticate #elegantlifestyle #culture #refinedliving #ds+r #deconstruction

I examined this lovely dress at the Museum at #FIT last year as part of my research on #CharlesJames. It is truly sculptural and shaped the wearer through the formidable internal architecture. There was also a black velvet stole that was equal parts petal and bat wing #queer #fashion #history