Belle Epoque

The Gibson Girl, the idealized Edwardian pin up illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson cemented the Edwardian style myth of nipped waists

Callot Soeurs was a fashion design house opened in 1895 at 24, rue Taitbout in Paris, France. It was operated by the four Callot sisters: Marie Callot Gerber, Marthe Callot Bertrand, Regina Callot Tennyson-Chantrell and Joséphine Callot Crimont. The eldest sister, Marie, was trained in dressmaking and they were all taught by their mother, a lacemaker. The sisters began working with antique laces and ribbons to enhance blouses and lingerie. Their success led to an expansion into other…

1902 belle epoque Austria

Paris Belle Epoque

Eugene Lushpin

The dice and the guns weren't the only things loaded in the Old West -- so were many of the men and women.

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France - Belle Epoque - @~ Mlle

Gaston de Latouche 1854-1913 Frankrijk

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…

The decade is the 1890s, the height of La Belle Epoque in Paris; the 'beautiful era'. But by night, the City of Light knew a much darker string of establishments to entertain its night owls. We're outside the Cabaret du Néant, translation: the Cabaret of Nothingness, but originally known as the 'Cab