Gloria Vanderbilt wearing a Mainbocher dress, taken by Richard Avedon for Harper's Bazaar in March 1955.
March 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Gloria Vanderbilt wearing a Mainbocher dress, taken by Richard Avedon for Harper's Bazaar in March 1955.
“I’ve had my best times trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across a sawdust floor. I’ve always loved high style in low company.” — Anita Loos #BOTD
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April 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve had my best times trailing a Mainbocher evening gown across a sawdust floor. I’ve always loved high style in low company.” — Anita Loos #BOTD
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#Ootd is this 1948 Mainbocher evening dress. Mainbocher was an American couturier from Chicago, working in Harper's Bazaar and Vogue before making his own house. He made exquisite dresses like this one from Indian saris, which was owned by Millicent Rogers. #Fasionhistory @metcostume.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
#Ootd is this 1948 Mainbocher evening dress. Mainbocher was an American couturier from Chicago, working in Harper's Bazaar and Vogue before making his own house. He made exquisite dresses like this one from Indian saris, which was owned by Millicent Rogers. #Fasionhistory @metcostume.bsky.social
Fresh Spring greens for a warm afternoon on some sun drenched patio I hope. Mainbocher designed this cocktail dress with matching stole in 1960, a silk ensemble printed with a sprinkle of florals @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
May 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Fresh Spring greens for a warm afternoon on some sun drenched patio I hope. Mainbocher designed this cocktail dress with matching stole in 1960, a silk ensemble printed with a sprinkle of florals @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Mainbocher Corset (París, 1939). Foto de Horst P. Horst. Muchas veces reproducida e imitada, pero tengo que publicarla... #photography #art #fashion
September 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Mainbocher Corset (París, 1939). Foto de Horst P. Horst. Muchas veces reproducida e imitada, pero tengo que publicarla... #photography #art #fashion
In honor of #NationalLingerieDay here is one of my favorite photographs
The Mainbocher Corset. Horst P. Horst, 1939
The Mainbocher Corset. Horst P. Horst, 1939
April 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
In honor of #NationalLingerieDay here is one of my favorite photographs
The Mainbocher Corset. Horst P. Horst, 1939
The Mainbocher Corset. Horst P. Horst, 1939
She stands, hands on hips, and muses over its possible whereabouts. Then she looks at the trifle and the realisation dawns…. Mainbocher dress, #1960s @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
She stands, hands on hips, and muses over its possible whereabouts. Then she looks at the trifle and the realisation dawns…. Mainbocher dress, #1960s @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
today's random theater photo:
Mildred Dunnock and Tallulah Bankhead in Philip Barry's Foolish Notion (1945)
Miss Bankhead's costumes by Mainbocher
Mildred Dunnock and Tallulah Bankhead in Philip Barry's Foolish Notion (1945)
Miss Bankhead's costumes by Mainbocher
July 29, 2026 at 2:19 PM
today's random theater photo:
Mildred Dunnock and Tallulah Bankhead in Philip Barry's Foolish Notion (1945)
Miss Bankhead's costumes by Mainbocher
Mildred Dunnock and Tallulah Bankhead in Philip Barry's Foolish Notion (1945)
Miss Bankhead's costumes by Mainbocher
Jean Patchett in Mainbocher, by Horst P. Horst
Vogue, December 1951
Once again, Horst + Mainbocher = a magical photograph.
Vogue, December 1951
Once again, Horst + Mainbocher = a magical photograph.
June 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Jean Patchett in Mainbocher, by Horst P. Horst
Vogue, December 1951
Once again, Horst + Mainbocher = a magical photograph.
Vogue, December 1951
Once again, Horst + Mainbocher = a magical photograph.
Richard Rutledge gets in on the act: Evelyn Tripp in Mainbocher
Vogue, June 1953
Vogue, June 1953
June 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Richard Rutledge gets in on the act: Evelyn Tripp in Mainbocher
Vogue, June 1953
Vogue, June 1953
today's random theater photo:
Dennie (Olga the manicurist) Moore and Ruth Gordon in Miss Gordon's play Over 21 (1944), directed by George S. Kaufman.
Miss Gordon's clothes by Mainbocher.
Dennie (Olga the manicurist) Moore and Ruth Gordon in Miss Gordon's play Over 21 (1944), directed by George S. Kaufman.
Miss Gordon's clothes by Mainbocher.
June 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM
today's random theater photo:
Dennie (Olga the manicurist) Moore and Ruth Gordon in Miss Gordon's play Over 21 (1944), directed by George S. Kaufman.
Miss Gordon's clothes by Mainbocher.
Dennie (Olga the manicurist) Moore and Ruth Gordon in Miss Gordon's play Over 21 (1944), directed by George S. Kaufman.
Miss Gordon's clothes by Mainbocher.
Is it even worth having a ballgown if it doesn’t come with matching berry red choker necklace and wristwear? Mainbocher loved red and deployed it to excellent effect here in his 1947 gown @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Is it even worth having a ballgown if it doesn’t come with matching berry red choker necklace and wristwear? Mainbocher loved red and deployed it to excellent effect here in his 1947 gown @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
"Mainbocher Corset", Horst P. Horst, 1939.
April 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
"Mainbocher Corset", Horst P. Horst, 1939.
This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this floor-length, sleeveless dress of navy and white floral printed silk crêpe de Chine with a matching covered belt that was designed by Mainbocher in c. 1935. V&A collection. #fashionhistory
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this floor-length, sleeveless dress of navy and white floral printed silk crêpe de Chine with a matching covered belt that was designed by Mainbocher in c. 1935. V&A collection. #fashionhistory
HORST P. HORST, The New Detolle Corset with Back Lacing by Mainbocher, 1939
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #art #noir #vintage #atmosphere #fashionphotography #horstphorst
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #art #noir #vintage #atmosphere #fashionphotography #horstphorst
March 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
HORST P. HORST, The New Detolle Corset with Back Lacing by Mainbocher, 1939
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #art #noir #vintage #atmosphere #fashionphotography #horstphorst
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #art #noir #vintage #atmosphere #fashionphotography #horstphorst
This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this full-length evening dress of black satin embroidered with a large swirling pattern made from gold sequins. The haute couture dress was designed by Mainbocher in 1938 and donated by Lady Glendevon to the V&A collection. #fashionhistory
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this full-length evening dress of black satin embroidered with a large swirling pattern made from gold sequins. The haute couture dress was designed by Mainbocher in 1938 and donated by Lady Glendevon to the V&A collection. #fashionhistory
This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this chic Mainbocher four-piece suit. Dating from 1937, the light grey wool flannel jacket and skirt are worn with a brown and white polka dot silk blouse and matching handkerchief. Chicago History Museum collection. #fashionhistory
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this chic Mainbocher four-piece suit. Dating from 1937, the light grey wool flannel jacket and skirt are worn with a brown and white polka dot silk blouse and matching handkerchief. Chicago History Museum collection. #fashionhistory
Call Me Madam opened at the Imperial Theatre in NYC on this date 75 years ago.
Here's Ethel Merman, who won the Tony, wearing Mainbocher, while the rest of the cast wears Raoul Pène Du Bois (who also designed that fabulous set)
Here's Ethel Merman, who won the Tony, wearing Mainbocher, while the rest of the cast wears Raoul Pène Du Bois (who also designed that fabulous set)
October 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Call Me Madam opened at the Imperial Theatre in NYC on this date 75 years ago.
Here's Ethel Merman, who won the Tony, wearing Mainbocher, while the rest of the cast wears Raoul Pène Du Bois (who also designed that fabulous set)
Here's Ethel Merman, who won the Tony, wearing Mainbocher, while the rest of the cast wears Raoul Pène Du Bois (who also designed that fabulous set)
Horst P. Horst on his famous Mainbocher Corset shot, September 1939
"It was the last picture I took in Paris before leaving on the Normandie for America. I remember I finished shooting it at four in the morning & three hours later I was on the boat train. War broke out a few days later."
"It was the last picture I took in Paris before leaving on the Normandie for America. I remember I finished shooting it at four in the morning & three hours later I was on the boat train. War broke out a few days later."
June 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Horst P. Horst on his famous Mainbocher Corset shot, September 1939
"It was the last picture I took in Paris before leaving on the Normandie for America. I remember I finished shooting it at four in the morning & three hours later I was on the boat train. War broke out a few days later."
"It was the last picture I took in Paris before leaving on the Normandie for America. I remember I finished shooting it at four in the morning & three hours later I was on the boat train. War broke out a few days later."
Is he wearing Mainbocher?
May 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Is he wearing Mainbocher?
Shrug off the short, crossover red satin jacket to reveal a strapless, many petalled cocktail dress in the same fabric. Mainbocher had made a name for himself two decades earlier but in the mid #1950s was still creating drama in evening wear @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
September 18, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Shrug off the short, crossover red satin jacket to reveal a strapless, many petalled cocktail dress in the same fabric. Mainbocher had made a name for himself two decades earlier but in the mid #1950s was still creating drama in evening wear @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
American actress, writer, and producer Katharine Cornell was born #OnThisDay in 1893. She wore this Mainbocher light green cotton and synthetic lace shirt-dress with a silk slip as Mary Prescott in The Prescott Proposals (1953). Museum of City of New York collection. #fashionhistory
February 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM
American actress, writer, and producer Katharine Cornell was born #OnThisDay in 1893. She wore this Mainbocher light green cotton and synthetic lace shirt-dress with a silk slip as Mary Prescott in The Prescott Proposals (1953). Museum of City of New York collection. #fashionhistory
Baroness von Mainbocher
March 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Baroness von Mainbocher
To answer a now-deleted response, Mainbocher did “Miss Martin’s clothes” and only Miss Martin’s clothes. The other costumes, including Flo’s wedding dress, were designed by Lucinda Ballard.
February 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
To answer a now-deleted response, Mainbocher did “Miss Martin’s clothes” and only Miss Martin’s clothes. The other costumes, including Flo’s wedding dress, were designed by Lucinda Ballard.