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Jun 25, 2021 · This 1973 white chiffon evening dress with cyclamens by Valentino channels Letty Lynton's '30s nostalgia of romance and femininity that was sweeping the world of fashion during that decade. Courtesy of Valentino. Chanel channeled the Letty Lynton dress in its spring 2017 couture collection.
The influence of the Letty Lynton dress is certainly present- the sleeves of the dress are formed from the layers of lace ruffles and are gathered at the shoulder to give extra volume. The effect is carried through the skirt where triangles of lace give an almost mermaid train to the otherwise formfitting dress.
Mar 23, 2015 · While the Letty Lynton was an occasion dress, ** Diane von Furstenberg ’**s slinky easy-on, easy-off wrap—25,000 of which were sold a week at peak success—was an everyday, and night, dress ...
Sep 22, 2017 · Travis Banton, chief costume designer at Paramount, designed a very similar gown for Kay Francis in “Trouble in Paradise”, released just 5 months after “Letty Lynton”. Even Adrian used a similar design while costuming Joan Crawford again in a later film. The vast impact of the gown, or rather its knockoffs, foreshadowed modern fast fashion.
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Aug 26, 2013 · Many costume designers and fashion designers copied Adrian’s dramatic silhouette, creating the so-called “Letty Lynton effect.” The dress proved so popular that Vogue sniffed about how “the country was flooded with little Joan Crawfords.” Thanks to the Hollywood-fashion industrial complex, these copy cats were here to stay.