Archive for November, 2007
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
The Darnell Collection
We’ve been in the Blue Mountains this week to photograph some select couture pieces from Charlotte Smith’s Darnell Collection. Here you can see Charlotte sharing a fabulous beaded 1920s silk gown with us.
Charlotte is featured on this evening’s ABC programme The Collectors
Charlotte Smith’s collection has been described as “two centuries of elegance”. Three years [...]
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
From my table on the verandah at the Carrington Hotel
What a beautiful day it is, here in Katoomba! We’re here for a few days photographing the Darnell Collection, one of the most impressive private collections of vintage clothing in Australia.
I couldn’t resist taking a few snaps of the Carrington Hotel, where we’re staying. It’s such a beautiful place. I first saw it a decade [...]
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Circa at the NGV
Next June, the National Gallery of Victoria will be hosting an exhibition on Art Deco from London’s Victoria and Albert museum called Art Deco 1910-1939.
Recently the launch was held, complete with a beautiful car of the era - and models dressed by Circa and Sydney’s Vintage Clothing Shop.
Photos courtesy National Gallery of Victoria.
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
The Costume Collection: 1950s
Part Eight of the series on Loel Thomson’s Costume Collection.
Loel has created a lovely tableaux for two of her cotton ‘fifties frocks - I wish I had taken a close up of the one below, the cotton floral has that slightly uneven, slightly raised look that perhaps is hand-painted. It’s accessorised with a straw basket [...]
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
The Costume Collection: 1940s
Part Seven of the series on Loel Thomson’s Costume Collection.
World War 2 saw great changes in social roles and for clothing, the rising popularity of suits for women. ‘Forties suits are generally hand-tailored and of very high quality, designed to last the distance. As well as shoulder padding, some have bust and hip padding too, [...]
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
The Costume Collection: 1930s
Part Six of the series on Loel Thomson’s Costume Collection.
Garments from the 1930s can be the hardest to find in good condition in Australia - items from the ’20s have been collectable for a long time, and those from the ‘forties and ‘fifties were (up until recently) readily available, but it’s the delicate and feminine [...]
