Historic Influence
7:58 AMI couldn't decide if I wanted to compare to an extant garment or an illustration, so you get both!
![Photobucket](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/balletwench/The%20Fashion%20Historian/hi-4.jpg)
Left: Karl Lagerfeld for House of Chanel, Spring 2012 Couture
Right: Evening dress, 1925, from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
![Photobucket](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/balletwench/The%20Fashion%20Historian/hi42.jpg)
Left: Karl Lagerfeld for House of Chanel, Spring 2012 Couture
Right: George Barbier illustration, early 1920s
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