Ball gown, French, 1900-2. Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Well, we’ve made it to Christmas Eve, which of course means that you all get a VERY special dress to FEAST your eyes upon today! Namely this fabulous peach turn of the century ball gown, which was worn by a member of the disgustingly wealthy Vanderbilt family.
This is, I think you’ll agree, one seriously special dress – just look at the intricately gorgeous decoration and the elegant pleated draping of the skirts. Perhaps the decoration would be a tad fussy for some tastes but I think it’s perfection and if you can’t go out decked like a fairy on top of the tree on Christmas Eve then when can you? EXACTLY.
Happy Christmas Eve everyone!
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