I Heart the 30s

I'm quite partial to the Neo-classical styles of the 1930s. And I, like most people am quite the fan of George Hoyningen-Huené. His wife (or perhaps it was his sister, I forget) had a couture house during the 20s and 30s called Yteb, which was rather successful. But like many couture houses, they did not survive the war.

Horst P. Horst was a student of Hoyningen-Huené and you can totally tell from his early works which are like Hoyningen-Huené lite in some ways. He eventually found his own - at times Surrealistic- style. Some of his photos are just wacky and hilarious and I like to think he was a little off his rocker.

Patou evening dress, 1936. Photo by Horst

Paquin evening dress, 1934. Photo by Hoyningen-Huené


Cloqué silk evening dress. Photo by Horst.