Pink for your Pinkies

Last night I ran across not ONE, but THREE ads for pink gloves in a 1947 UK Vogue magazine that are now listed in the shop.  I guess PINK was the "in" color for gloves that year! How could you ever be in a bad mood wearing any one of these beautiful pink beauties?

Looking at these gloves reminds me of being five or six years old, and rummaging through the chest of drawers where my mom kept her myriad pairs of gloves.  All the different colors and lengths.  What a treat! 

Pink Crescendoe Gloves by Superb

Vogue UK 

February 15, 1947

Etsy Listing # 74398399

Dawnelle White & Pink Trimmed Short Gloves

Vogue UK

February 15, 1947

Etsy Listing # 74397839

Wear-Right Cocktail Length Pink Gloves

Vogue UK

February 15, 1947

Etsy Listing # 74398594

Everything is just rosy!

I wanted to continue with the smiles and happiness I, hopefully, generated with my sunny yellow blog last night.  Today, everything is just rosy!

LOTUS peep toe high heels 

Harpers Bazaar UK

 March 1947

Etsy Listing # 72786281

Pauline Trigere Aubergine Wool Coat with Leopard Muff & Helmet Cap

Harpers Bazaar

October 1949

Etsy Listing # 72883147

 Nettie Rosenstein Dinner-at-Home Dress

Modelled by Jean Patchett

Harpers Bazaar

October 1949

Esty Listing #73168371 

I love the way this dress is labelled -- "a dinner at home dress".  I can't imagine what life would have been like if this was what you were expected to wear for dinner at home!  That's just a wee bit more formal than it is at OUR house.

In the 1920s American fashion business, imported fashions by named French couturiers were considered the best to be had. At this time Nettie Rosenstein's designs were sold by stores under their own labels, though purchasers were told that the dresses were in fact by her. Through word of mouth, Rosenstein earned name recognition and her own-name label became a valuable commodity. Her clothes were retailed around America, but only one store in each city was permitted to carry fashions bearing Rosenstein's label.  

In 1937, Rosenstein was described by Life Magazine as one of the most highly regarded American designers.  She was one of the first recipients of the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award on its launch in 1938. In 1940, Rosenstein clothing was sold out of 92 shops and department stores across the USA, at prices ranging from $98 to $500.  Whilst these prices were beyond the range of most consumers, Rosenstein's designs were so widely copied that she still influenced the average American woman's wardrobe.  One such design was the "little black dress" designed to go from day to evening with low-cut evening necklines combined with daywear silhouettes and materials.  Her designs also included printed dresses with gloves to match, and she was also known for her accessories and striking costume jewellery. She was also the designer responsible for First Lady Mamie Eisenhower's dress for the 1953 Inauguration Ball.

 Aubergine Satin Evening Coat with Fur Trimmed Hood & Fur Muff

Harpers Bazaar

December 1938

Esty Listing # 65234107

 Wolsey Pink Ban-Lon Nylon Cardigan

Harpers Bazaar UK

December 1958

Etsy Listing #65234107

Oh, so pretty in pink!  Are you smiling yet?

 

Pierre Cardin Pale Pink Wool Coat with Matching Hat

Pierre Cardin
Pink Wool Coat with Matching Hat
L'Officiel de La Couture et de la Mode de Paris
 March 1961
Etsy Listing #69668574

Cardin was known for his avant garde style and his Space Age designs. He prefers geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form. He advanced into unisex  fashions, sometimes experimental, and not always practical. He introduced the "bubble dress" in 1954.

Cardin moved to Paris in 1945. There, he studied architecture and worked with Jeanne Paquin after the war. He worked with Elsa Schiaparelli until he became head of Christian Dior's tailleure atelier in 1947, but was denied work at Balenciaga.

Cardin founded his own house in 1950. His career was launched when he designed about 30 of the costumes for "the party of the century", a masquerade ball at Palazzo Labia in Venice on 3 September 1951, hosted by the palazzo's owner, Carlos de Beistegui. He began with haute couture in 1953.