Comments | sienamystic: 1951 Gold Silk-Gauze Shantung robe for evenings

sienamystic

1951 Gold Silk-Gauze Shantung robe for evenings

Jul 20, 2011 08:26

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Comments 7

worldforawhile July 20 2011, 17:53:19 UTC

These are not a bad idea and should be brought back into style!

sienamystic July 20 2011, 19:08:12 UTC

It's better than the giant blue housecoat my mother-in-law got me for Christmas a couple of years back. It's warm and comfy but...not precisely flattering or elegant. Bemo took a look at it and said, "I thought she wanted grandchildren!"

nineveh_uk July 20 2011, 18:01:40 UTC

I love warm and comfortable and yet gorgeous evening clothes. I have a sneaking desire for a C18 (?) quilted smoking gown as seen modelled by Count Almaviva in period productions of Le Nozze di Figaro.

sienamystic July 20 2011, 19:09:26 UTC

Oh, quilted wrappers are so lovely. I remember one from about the same time period that my former museum owned...green silk, elegant but so squishy and comfortable looking as well.

antisoppist July 20 2011, 19:05:45 UTC

I am so living in the wrong decade for my waist-hip ratio.

sienamystic July 20 2011, 19:15:40 UTC

This would be quite the retro-chic dress right now, with a shorter skirt!

makd July 20 2011, 19:57:23 UTC

gorgeous! Very Bette Davis in All About Eve.