This photography comes from <<Horst P Horst>>.The Author is Horst P Horst.

Firstly, Horst P Horst is one of my admired photography master. Also his works full of classical culture, especially Greek architectural aesthetics. he focus on hands, a feet , the back of a human body . He used classical techniques to restore the beauty of human body structure. Secondly, the designer of this garment is Main Bocher  who is a famous fashion designer .He designed this garment in 1930s for his own brand. Moreover, Main Bocher stressed that the curves of the female body. He is good at through the design to tighten the waist line to highlight women’s elegant and soft He’s design than Christian Dior ‘s” New Look ” early several decades . It can be see clearly that he is a very forward-looking artist and create a lots of perfect fusion of people and clothes the works of art. Then, I consider about the reason why this photograph at a premium .This is because of these two artists are good at using classical techniques to demonstrate women’s gentle . So, It had this “Main Bocher corset ” s birth.

What ‘s more ,This dress is a very famous work in the history of fashion. In addition, This photo was introduced to Madonna’s song MV scene in 1990, is VOGUE, there is a rap song, which mention the 16 golden age of Hollywood movie star, at the end of the period of MV inside, they use the idea of this famous work. And, the garment styling inspiration can represented the retro styled .

According to my investigation,in fact, in World War II, some American designers has been with the new shape features, but the first to lead the entire trend is mainly from the people of Paris, For example, In the beginning Mainbocher is not famous in America But after Mainbocher opened his first fashion shop in Pairs . He became famous step by step and back to the United States,.The Paris as the main fashion vane. this has not changed until after the Second World War in a period of time. But now I gradually developed a curiosity and doubt, I would like to leave a opening question :Whether the popular direction in 30s, (a large number of post-war revival in the retro style costume) concerned about the United States and not affected by the war, and in economy and all aspects in turn affect from Europe? I mean whether the trend of fashion from Europe is actually due to the influence of American culture, because the United States was not affected by the war at that time

Reference:

1: Horst:Photographs,1931-1986

2:http://glamourdaze.com/world-war-two-fashion/post-wwii-influence-in-the-1930s

3: The Impact of War on 1940’s Fashion in the USA.