Wearable Art

fashion in art, art in fashion
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst: Ophelia, c. 1937. Puffed sleeves have gone in and out of fashion since the Middle Ages. But the sudden craze for enormous puffed sleeves in the 1930s was largely attributed to the actress Joan Crawford, who appeared in a ginormous puffed creation in the film “Letty Lynton” in 1933. The gowns designer, Adrian, would go on to largely define “Hollywood glamour,” particularly with Crawford, who popularized his broad-shouldered suits and coats.

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst: Ophelia, c. 1937.

Puffed sleeves have gone in and out of fashion since the Middle Ages. But the sudden craze for enormous puffed sleeves in the 1930s was largely attributed to the actress Joan Crawford, who appeared in a ginormous puffed creation in the film “Letty Lynton” in 1933. The gowns designer, Adrian, would go on to largely define “Hollywood glamour,” particularly with Crawford, who popularized his broad-shouldered suits and coats.

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