In the Spring of 1908, three women walked onto the Longchamp racecourse in Paris and jaws dropped. The elite society event was known for debuting the latest couture creations to the public, but no one had seen fashion quite like this before. Dressed in blue, white and havane brown creations, according to newspapers, spectators called the three…
Minimalist grey-brown, expensive looking and elegant even in jeans. Gucci Sunglasses and extravagant dogs as accessory. I think one can never tire of people-watching in Italy.
Allgemeine Tendenzen und Kleideretiquette Die Zeit zwischen dem Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts und dem Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges , genau genommen die Jahre 1990 – 1914 wird „Belle Epoque…
As the boulevards are associated with Paris, Hyde Park with London and Fifth Avenue with New York City, so also is the cafe entwined with the city of Vienna. Such was the renown of the Viennese caf…
La Belle Époque nella storia dell'arte, nella musica e letteratura: tutto sulle caratteristiche e le contraddizioni delle forme d'arte alla fine dell'Ottocento
Immeuble rue de l'église, Place Étienne-Pernet, Paris.
The industry’s most prestigious fashion houses are currently celebrating haute couture week, but for the fashion world a century ago, every week was haute couture week. During the Belle Epoque, there was no such thing as an off-the-rack dress and clothes shopping was a luxury reserved for the wealthy elite. Fashion was made by hand from start…
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Após a década de 1840, marcada pela escassez, veio a efervescente e próspera década de 1850.Prosperidade crescente significava maior elaboração nas roupas. As saias foram ficando mais rodadas e, na…
These gorgeous color photographs of Paris in 1914, at the end of the La Belle Époque, were made using Autochrome Lumière technology, a technique developed in 1903 by the Lumière brothers. Through them we see Paris on the cusp of seismic change. It’s as near a view Parisians had of their vibrant, confident and permissive city at the time. … Continue reading "Gorgeous, Color Photographs of Paris Between The Great War And La Belle Époque"
A look into La Belle Époque Edwardian fashion from silhouette to accessories.
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, I’m pretty enamored by the Edwardian era. Obviously I love Titanic, but Somewhere in Time, Tuck Everlasting, and Downton Abbey also have a special place in my heart. I love the layered skirts, the … Continue reading →
Belle Epoque Era Print of Gorgeous Parisian Marthe de Florian from 1908 by Giovanni Boldini. A well known French socialite. Beautiful portrait in many sizes. Dazzling pink satin gown. Several sizes available in menu. Printed on Epson Premium paper with archival quality inks.
La Belle Époque or the Beautiful Era dated from the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 to the outbreak of World War I in around 1914. Occurring during
Dalla penna dell’illustratore del Massachusetts Charles Dana Gibson, alla fine del XIX secolo nasce la prima tendenza beauty della storia! Sono le Gibson Girl, emancipate donne che divengono il si…
Migliaia e migliaia di cartoline con le sue immagini, richiesta dai più famosi fotografi, da pittori e scultori, imitata dalle donne, ammirata e desiderata degli uomini, icona della Belle Epoque, più di Mata Hari e di Carolina Otero. Cleopatra Diane de Merode nacque a Parigi il 27 settembre 1875, figlia illegittima della baronessa austriaca Vincentia de Merode, dama di compagnia dell'imperatrice Elisabetta, e dell'avvocato austriaco Theodor Christomannos, che non la riconobbe, ma continuò ad aiutare economicamente madre e figlia. A 8 anni cominciò a studiare danza classica e debuttò a 11 anni all'Opera di Parigi. Pur essendo una bimba di contorno nei balletti, si faceva notare Il grande fotografo Felix Nadar la ritrasse fin da bambina, la madre si rendeva conto della bellezza e della fotogenicità di Cleo e probabilmente cercava di sfruttarle. A lui e all'altro famoso fotografo dell'epoca, Reutlinger, si devono la maggior parte delle foto di Cleo. Cléo de Mérode in un ritratto fotografico del 1910 di Léopold-Émile Reutlinger: La ragazza divenne subito famosa per la sua grazia e per la sua eccezionale bellezza, forse più che per le sue doti di ballerina. La sua pettinatura, che usava anche fuori dal palco, lo chignon con le bande di capelli a coprire le orecchie, diventò una moda, imitata da moltissime donne dell'epoca anche se non con lo stesso splendido risultato. Cléo de Mérode in un suo spettacolo: Era bella, bellissima, un aspetto quasi virginale unito a un intenso sex appeal. Nel 1896 posò per lo scultore Alexandre Falguiere, che realizzò la celebre statua 'La danseuse' che si trova ora al Museèe d'Orsay. Cleo negò sempre di essersi spogliata per lo scultore che, da vero gentiluomo, non la contraddisse mai a riguardo, ma la statua fece scandalo nei salotti bene accrescendo la fama di Cleo, fosse o non fosse stata lei la modella. Nel 1896 Leopoldo del Belgio la vide danzare e se ne innamorò. Lui aveva 61 anni, lei 21. Si sa poco della loro presunta relazione durata fino alla morte del re, avvenuta nel 1909. Cleo de Merode tenne sempre molto alla sua vita privata, ma ovviamente era un pettegolezzo troppo succoso e le chiacchiere ne danneggiarono la reputazione. Le vignette satiriche sul Re, chiamato Cleopoldo, si moltiplicarono, a la coppia fu coperta di ridicolo. Nonostante i giudizi non sempre lusinghieri sulla sua moralità, dovuti a questo legame, la fama di Cleo crebbe tanto da farla diventare famosa in tutto il mondo Al culmine della sua carriera iniziò ad esibirsi alle Folies Bergere, cosa mai fatta da una ballerina dell'Opera, dove venne notata da Toulouse Lautrec che la immortalò in un bellissimo manifesto e in un disegno. Molti pittori la ritrassero, splendido il quadro di Giovanni Boldini, quello di George Clairin, di Alfredo Mueller, di Paul Berthon, Manuel Benedito, il disegno di Einar Neiman. Anche Gustav Klimt fu affascinato da Cleo e pare che si sia ispirato a lei nel quadro Danae. Qualche pettegolezzo vuole anche una sua relazione con Klimt, ma forse è solo uno dei tanti pettegolezzi. Cleo ritratta da Giovanni Boldini: Nonostante la sua fama, le decine di proposte di matrimonio, Cleo ebbe solo due storie d'amore. Una fu la relazione con Leopoldo, la seconda con lo scultore Luis de Perinat, autore della statua che ora adorna la sua tomba, ma la donna non accettò mai di sposarsi. Cleo, ballerina non eccelsa, sicuramente non un'etoile, modestissima attrice nel suo unico film, riuscì a costruire il suo personaggio ma con intelligenza, sfruttando esclusivamente la sua bellezza con estrema raffinatezza, fino a divenire un'icona del suo tempo, non un'avventuriera, o una demi-mondaine come si diceva allora. Quasi una specie di influencer di altri tempi Dopo la prima guerra mondiale la sua fama, come quella delle altre artiste della Belle Epoque, cominciò a tramontare, e lei si ritirò a Biarritz e poi a Parigi. Ritratto di Cléo de Mérode di Henri Gervex Negli anni '50 intentò e vinse la causa contro Simone de Beauvoir che l'aveva definita una 'cocotte' in un suo libro e che fu costretta dal tribunale a cancellare la frase. Cleo morì nel 1966, quasi dimenticata, ma Cecil Beaton ne fece delle bellissime foto, quando era quasi novantenne, e Cleo gli fece promettere di distruggere le foto venute male, una rivelazione del suo essere, ancora nell'anima, un poco civetta. La tomba di Cléo al cimitero di Père Lachaise. Fotografia condivisa con licenza Creative Commons via Wikipedia: Riposa a Parigi nel cimitero di Père Lachaise
Dalla penna dell’illustratore del Massachusetts Charles Dana Gibson, alla fine del XIX secolo nasce la prima tendenza beauty della storia! Sono le Gibson Girl, emancipate donne che divengono il si…
Next week (15 to 28 July 2013) there will be an exhibition at Chelsea Gallery (part of Chelsea Reference Library) on the forgotten designer whose figure-revealing dresses caused a sensation in 1908…
Gibson Style.
The Gibson Girl, the idealized Edwardian pin up illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson cemented the Edwardian style myth of nipped waists
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The Rosa 'Schneewittchen' is a true classic and therefore fits perfectly in the Belle Epoque range. Spray rose Schneewittchen is known for its endless and very rich flowering throughout the season. The flowers are creamy white and have an open structure. Rosa 'Schneewittchen' is a selection from 1958 by the breeder Kordes. The rose has been the proud owner of the Top Rose designation for many years. Plant the rose in the sun/partial shade for the best results and prune the flowers regularly for good and lush subsequent flowering. This rose has the predicate Top Rose. Rosa Schneewittchen is delivered directly from the rose nursery.
The Rosa 'Schneewittchen' is a true classic and therefore fits perfectly in the Belle Epoque range. Spray rose Schneewittchen is known for its endless and very rich flowering throughout the season. The flowers are creamy white and have an open structure. Rosa 'Schneewittchen' is a selection from 1958 by the breeder Kordes. The rose has been the proud owner of the Top Rose designation for many years. Plant the rose in the sun/partial shade for the best results and prune the flowers regularly for good and lush subsequent flowering. This rose has the predicate Top Rose. Rosa Schneewittchen is delivered directly from the rose nursery.
Long Description#Product Details#The story of a Sicilian dynasty that has known glory, wealth and power. Xerjoff’s Quattro Pizzi is named after the most iconic palace that was home to Palermo’s most symbolic and prominent families. A perfume reminiscent of the Belle Époque era, where love, beauty and nobility entwine with secrecy and sin. A juxtapose of sweet and spicy hits the senses on first spray with rum, davana and pink pepper, where the intoxicating notes of tuberose enchant and seduce at the heart, a sensual scent that lingers like a lover's forbidden touch on the skin long after the sun goes down. Heat and passion unravel through the notes of this scented story ahead of Sicily’s breathtakingly beautiful backdrop. OLFACTORY NOTES Top notes: Rum, Davana, Pink Pepper, Coriander Heart notes: Tuberose, Coconut Base notes: Hay, Blonde Leaf Tobacco, Tonka Bean
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. (Coco Chanel) Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions. (Coco Chanel) Fashion fades, only style remains the same. (Coco …
Edwardian tips on how to be be graceful and why you should exercise to become more graceful.
1. The Belle Époque was an era of peace and plenty between wars The French expression Belle Époque was used in retrospect after the horrors of World War One—a term of nostalgia for a simpler time of
The Rosa 'Schneewittchen' is a true classic and therefore fits perfectly in the Belle Epoque range. Spray rose Schneewittchen is known for its endless and very rich flowering throughout the season. The flowers are creamy white and have an open structure. Rosa 'Schneewittchen' is a selection from 1958 by the breeder Kordes. The rose has been the proud owner of the Top Rose designation for many years. Plant the rose in the sun/partial shade for the best results and prune the flowers regularly for good and lush subsequent flowering. This rose has the predicate Top Rose. Rosa Schneewittchen is delivered directly from the rose nursery.
Offering a new Fine Art quality archival pigment reprint of this Leopold Reutlinger photo, of Cleo de Merode, a French dancer of the Belle Epoque, 1901. It is a high quality print and enlargement from the postcard sized original photogravure, unframed, approximately 7x10" on 8.5x11" archival fine art paper, suitable for matting, framing and display. Leopold Reutlinger (1863-1937) was a French photographer born in Peru, who came to Paris in 1883 to help in his father's photo studio. He took it over in 1890 and by the early 1900s the rich and the famous held him the highest esteem, requesting him whenever a professional photo was needed. He continued very successfully until 1930 when he lost an eye in an accident with a champagne cork forcing him into retirement. From the Fine Art Los Angeles Collection, a unique group of fine art photos from the pioneers of photography. Your print will not have a watermark and will be shipped safely in a rigid photo mailer for its protection. FREE SHIPPING in the U.S. Your satisfaction is guaranteed. Enjoy!
Maude Fealy was an American stage and silent film actress who survived into the talkie era. At the age of three, she performed on stage with her mother, Margaret Fealy, and went on to make her Broadway debut in the 1900 production of Quo Vadis, again with her mother. Afterwards, Fealy toured England with William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes from 1901 to 1902. Between 1902 and 1905, she frequently toured with Sir Henry Irving's company in the United Kingdom and by 1907 was the star in touring productions in the United States. (source)
