icon - emilie flöge

photo by madame d'ora

with gustave klimt

in summer dress, 1907

at lake atter, autochrome by lumiere, ca. 1910

vienna, photo by moriz nahr, ca. 1905

photo by madame d'ora

with gustave klimt

at attersee, autochrome by freidrich walker, 1910

emilie flöge was the life-long companion & muse of gustave klimt & one of vienna's most exclusive couturier's between 1904 & 1938. she established her salon, schwestern flöge, in 1904 with her sisters helene (married to ernst klimt) & eldest, pauline. the loose fitting, beltless style of dresses they designed encouraged greater freedom for the body. & yes, i want them ALL! swoon.

1912

stockholm olympics

mata hari by emilio sommariva

gustav klimt wearing his painter's coat in front of his studio holding one of his cats

consolidated edison from the second avenue elevated, new york, karl struss

the medium eva c. with a materialization on her head and a luminous apparition between her hands, 

a. von schrenck-nötzing

young girl amidst marguerites, alfonse van besten

plate 19 from the storyville portraits, e.j. bellocq

 (photographs from the new orleans red-light district)

white star line advertisement for the return journey of the titanic

street in china, baron adolf de meyer

self portrait, anton josef trčka

washing & bleaching, alfonse van besten

the kiss by constantin brâncuşi

houdini upside down in the water torture cell

marchesa casati, baron adolf de meyer

grand prix de circuit de la seine, june 26,  jacques henri lartigue

lil shuckers (child labor), lewis hine

self portrait, egon schiele

fashion at the auteuill racetrack, france, seeberger brothers

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this week's obsession

emilie flöge was the life-long companion & muse of gustave klimt and one of vienna's most exclusive couturiers between 1904 and 1938. she established her salon, schwestern flöge, in 1904 with her sisters helene (married to ernst klimt) & eldest pauline. the loose fitting, beltless style of dresses they designed encouraged greater freedom for the body and art & was greatly influenced by the "secession" group founded by klimt & friends in 1897 which called for creative involvement in all aspects of decorative arts. their creative partnership went both ways, klimt's art was heavily influenced by emilie's textiles and he, in fact, designed dresses and labels for the line. their relationship is speculative, klimt was a well known ladies man and although he never committed to emilie they remained together until his death. i swoon, swoon, swoon for that striped & checkered dress! oh la la i believe i would live in it for quite a long time.