24 November 2018

DECO EXPO 1925 PARIS


                                      
             UN COUP        

                                       D'OEIL 


            FURTIF 

at the sumptuous sights to be seen in 1925 Paris 
  
      at from April to October

                          There were thousands of exhibitors from 20 countries, all housed in Pavilions created in the STYLE MODERNE.....a term that morphed into ART DECO after the name of the exhibition.

Lets start with the strangely untypical pavilion of Great Britain.  And wander past Pavillon Printemps
 Manufacturers from Sèvres had a garden as well




                     Pavillon de la Ville de ParisThere were thirteen different entrances to the expo. This one was at rue St.Dominique and rue Constantine

Insides were spectacular too.



























Two stunning examples of the work on display






Not part of the Expo, but a separate article in the magazine was this feature on Nashville Tennessee. It seemed to fit in well with this collection.
'The Parthenon in the country of sky scrapers'. A temporary structure for the centenary celebrations of the state in 1897, it was so popular it was rebuilt to last. It is still there and is now an art museum.


THERE WILL BE ONE MORE CHAPTER FROM THE WORLD OF 1925 EN FRANCE....more advertisements will follow.




15 November 2018

L'illustration 1925



L'illustration 

1925

France

A lucky find at a brocante this summer in the south of France. On a day so hot I had to carry the magazine very very carefully, as the sun had crisped and dried the pages and the glue on the spine.

Published in Paris (où d'autre?).
No. 4286. In it's 83rd year.
Subscription for one year in France 120 francs.
Étranger 160 francs.




This was a special edition for a large event;


EXPOSITION DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS

The term Art Deco came into common parlance after this exhibition.....coming from the name of the exhibition itself.













Some quickly taken and hastily edited photographs of this gem of French loveliness. Have a peek at some of the advertisements that paint a picture of a world that vanished long ago...when damsels  relied on a decent soap to glow and simper and household goods were stark and modern and oh so gorgeous....










                   





   
         





More on the exhibition itself in a future post.

2 November 2018

Eye Bath.

BATH 
ENGLAND


THE FASHION MUSEUM


Royal Crescent












Ball Room at The Assembly Rooms














I have no photographs of the current exhibition on at the Fashion Museum, hence a few snaps of warm Bath stone and the crisp blue elegance of the ball room at the Assembly Rooms.

The Fashion Museum is outstanding. World class.
'A History of Fashion in 100 Objects' is a carefully selected (they have over 100,000 items to draw from) tour through time and fashion. Gloves, fans, shoes....and outfits. Not just a waistcoat here and a spencer there, but the whole thing. The condition of the clothes and the quality of the display makes a small town curator of costume sigh. A lot.

The Royal women exhibition (included your admission charge) was glorious.
From royal ladies dead long before I was born, through to personages I saw many many times on TV or in print during their lifetimes, there were exquisitely displayed garments.

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (mother of the current Queen Elizabeth II) loved a ball gown and they suited her so well..she knew the value of looking like a Queen of the royal household. You can feast your eyes on a 1954 Hartnell oyster silk satin evening gown that she wore.
Princess Margaret had such a small waist. The  Dior cream chiffon outfit she wore to Ascot in 1952 looked impossibly tiny...but newsreel from the time showed her wearing the ensemble and yes, she was tiny.

Going into the Assembly Rooms and seeing the inside of them is treat enough, but to go down a flight of stairs and then be in a world of costume, is on another plane entirely.
Lighting is dim, as you would expect, but it all helps to reinforce the feeling that you are on Planet Costume, as you walk past case after case of  fabulous sights and arresting tableaux.


One not to be missed.

FASHION MUSEUM BATH
ASSEMBLY ROOMS
BENNETT STREET
BATH BA1 2QH


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