Day Dress

This is a Renaissance revival dress. The thick cloth of bouclé and smooth satin, the slits used effectively throughout the dress, and the decorations typical of the Renaissance revival all convey the nostalgia for the grand past which was felt at the end of the 19th century.
After Gustave Beer opened a house in Vienna, they relocated their base of operations to Paris in 1905. Gustave Beer kept hold of their foreign clientele, and introduced their works during the season at a famous hotel in Paris.