Gertrude Vanderbilt WhitneyAdolf de Meyer (French; 1868–1949)ca. 1913Platinum printArchives of Ameri
Gertrude Vanderbilt WhitneyAdolf de Meyer (French; 1868–1949)ca. 1913Platinum printArchives of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Papers, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.Lassitude. Robe de dîner, de Paul Poiret = Weariness. Dinner Dress, by Paul PoiretGeorges Lepape (French; 1887–1971)In: Gazette du bon genre (Paris, 1912–22 originally published: Gazette de Bon Ton, No. 1, Pl. VIII (1912)The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Picture CollectionEvening DressPaul Poiret (French; 1879–1944)1913Mauve and ivory silk satin and seed beadsMuseum at The Fashion Institute of Technology, New YorkGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s ensemble “calls to mind the costume designs of Léon Bakst for the Ballets Russes of Diaghilev, and the faux-orientalist fashion designs of Paul Poiret as interpreted by illustrator Georges Lepape” (Christie’s, London) -- source link
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