Weekend Eye Candy - Marcel Rochas, 1934

We talked earlier this week about dots and stripes.  How about this masterpiece of tailoring by Marcel Rochas from Spring, 1934?  Stripes are not easy to work with, as you have to be concerned with matching them at seams and front openings.  Bias stripes?  Even more difficult.  This two piece ensemble is made of jersey stripe in two tones of gray.

Friday Fur - Chanel, 1934

Leave it to Coco.  Here she takes a simple brown wool coat and turns it into a face framing beauty with a huge sable fur collar and matching trim at the sleeve cuffs.  Even the little hat is sable.  Photo from 1934.  By the way, if you've been looking for a sable hat, we've got one for sale at Couture Allure.  Check it out!

Paris Fashion - 1934

Today we continue our look at Paris fashions of the 1930s.  Here, from 1934, are clothes to take you from day to dinner to evening in style.  Which is your favorite?

Brown wool knit daytime dress with stripe knit accents by Bernard et Cie.

Bruyere made this dinner dress in black wool decorated with black patent leather "jewels".

Charles Frederick Worth gray wool dress with capelet and muff trimmed in gray Astrakhan fur.

Lucile Paray pink silk crepe evening gown trimmed with sable fur.

Callot Soeurs brown silk velvet evening gown trimmed in wolf fur at the hem.

Weekend Eye Candy - Bette Davis

My all-time favorite actress, Bette Davis, as Mildred Rogers in Of Human Bondage.  The film was released in 1934 when Davis was just 26 years old.  This was her 23rd film role in a career that had begun only 3 years earlier.

Vintage Couture Evening Gowns - 1934

Want to see some couture evening gowns from 1934?  I thought so.  Which is your favorite?

Maggy Rouff purple and gold silk gown worn with a large purple velvet scarf.

Chanel gold lamé evening gown.  The bodice is embroidered with gold metallic threads.

Callot Soeurs silk faille gown in dove gray with pink pleated frills at the back.

Jacques Heim black silk satin mermaid hem gown worn with a white fox fur stole.

Marcel Rochas black silk stripe gown with ruffles down the sides.  The gown is adorned with a bird made of black feathers that has a diamante beak.