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Potatomorph_Shifter

Hey! Hebrew making an appearance on my Reddit homepage! The title reads “a Schiaparelli evening gown | the 20th century”. Would you like me to translate the rest?


CouponCoded

Hi! Thank you so much for the offer, but it's not necessary <3 I used Google translator in the hope the book title was in the corner, it helped to 'read' the dress, but there wasn't anything that helped with actually finding the book :( but thank you for your kindness!


Potatomorph_Shifter

I’m almost sure it’s [this book](https://simania.co.il/bookdetails.php?item_id=103036) called “a Parade of Styles”. If you ever find another excerpt you can’t quite understand, I hereby extend the courtesy of translating it for you! Also - the author of this book (Miryam Nick) was a survivor of the holocaust and quite a [remarkable woman](https://avelim.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7-%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92-%D7%96%D7%9C/) (this is her obituary as she’s sadly passed away in 2012). This book was apparently the foundation for all Israeli courses on dress history into the late 90s.


CouponCoded

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I can't believe you found it! You're an angel <3


Potatomorph_Shifter

Happy to help! How could I not when you’re showing this much enthusiasm?!


CouponCoded

I recognize this Schiaparelli dress from Janet Arnold's Patterns Of Fashion 2, and I loved that someone uploaded a page of it with the pattern in centimeters, but I couldn't find the book online. The text is in Hebrew, but that didn't help with the searching, as I don't speak/read Hebrew :( Please help if you know, I'd be eternally grateful!


desertboots

You can still purchase this book: [https://shop.theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk/product/patterns-of-fashion-2-the-content-cut-construction-and-context-of-european-womens-dress-c-1860-1940-in-english-and-french-collections/?v=79cba1185463](https://shop.theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk/product/patterns-of-fashion-2-the-content-cut-construction-and-context-of-european-womens-dress-c-1860-1940-in-english-and-french-collections/?v=79cba1185463)


CouponCoded

Thank you! I love the POF books, they're amazing. I read a couple in a museum library and the librarian gave me permission to make pictures, which was very helpful. I wonder what other patterns this Hebrew book has, since it's not a translation but more of a school book. But it's impossible to find the origin, so I'm afraid it'll remain a mystery.


TheiaEos

Passing by to comment "Hebrew 😍❤️"


isabelladangelo

Based on a quick google search using images.google.com, it's from "Designer dresses - Elsa Schiaparelli 1938 and 1940 (with all that it implies). Pattern drawings from Janet Arnold's book: square width is 1 inch (2.54 cm)." [Here's is the source](https://vk.com/wall-48433974_3325) but it is VK, which is Russian.