• 1930s silk tap shorts ‘No No A Thousand Times No”
  • 1930s silk tap shorts ‘No No A Thousand Times No”
  • 1930s silk tap shorts ‘No No A Thousand Times No”
  • 1930s silk tap shorts ‘No No A Thousand Times No”
  • 1930s silk tap shorts ‘No No A Thousand Times No”
  • 1930s silk tap shorts ‘No No A Thousand Times No”

1930s silk tap shorts ‘No No A Thousand Times No”

$300.00

1930s silk tap shorts embroidered with ‘No No A Thousand Times No” c. 1935-1938. The label inside reads ‘Treasures of Paris’, and an identical pair can be found in the collection of The Philadelphia Museum of Art. The embroidery is a nod to a popular song from 1934, originally sung by Elsie Carlisle, and later covered by Mae Questel as Betty Boop for a Fleischer Brothers animated short of the same title.

SIZE_ S/M

COLOR_ PINK WITH BLUE TRIM

MATERIALS_ SILK

DATES_ 1930s

SOURCED IN_ SOURCED IN_  NYC, FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ARCHIVE

CONDITION_ SOLD AS IS, VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE WEAR. PLEASE SEE PICTURES FOR MORE INFO. ALL SALES FINAL.

Curated By Display Copy