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A comment from one of my readers (thanks Jen!) has prompted me to add a few more photos from the exhibit.  Jen was drawn to this dark fuscia dress shown below.  It has a slight boat line neckline and a dropped waist.  The bust was pushed up to make the waist look small. The photo on top is representative of the beautiful work of the late 1890's.  The dress in the foreground has leg o' mutton sleeves.  These grew in size over the years again to emphasize the tiny dimensions of women's waists. The dress in the middle had beautiful velvet flowers embroidered into the fabric.  I was struck by how much smaller women tended to be 100 years ago.  Size 12 was definitely not the norm back then.

My daughters and I recently spent a relaxing afternoon exploring the Indianapolis Museum of Art .  A special fashion exhibit called Fashion in Bloom drew us to the museum.  There we could see Fashions through the decades created by Givenchy and Indiana's own Bill Blass and Norman Norell, among others.  The allure of flowers through the years was apparent as evidenced by the tiny florals in the 1800's fabric of French designers down to the larger boisterous prints of the 70's era in the US. I have posted a few photos here to share a touch of glorious color in the middle of winter.  Consider this a bouquet of virtual flowers for you! Notice in this photo how the bubble hem was popular several decades ago and is now a popular trend again. The clever wrapping and draping of fabric has always been a figure-flattering look.