historicalfashion

felixinclusis:

iheartloons: Purple striped gown from Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1914, Resnick Pavilion, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (October 2, 2010–March 6, 2011)

I’m going here in a couple days! Expect as many pictures as I can capture without being glared at by the guards :3

iheartloons: Purple striped gown from Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1914, Resnick Pavilion, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (October 2, 2010–March 6, 2011)

I’m going here in a couple days! Expect as many pictures as I can capture without being glared at by the guards :3

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Consolation by Auguste Toulmouche, 1867

yeoldefashion:

Millinery in the 1890s followed a school of thought I like to refer to as “How many dead birds can I fit on this hat?”

historiful:

Actress Marion Davies (1897-1961), in Monta Bell’s film, “Lights of Old Broadway,” 1925.

I am in love with this apron! Featured in the Museum of the Confederacy, it was made to mimic the Confederacy’s early flag out of scrap flag fabric. (c. 1861-1865)

A discovery I just made - the earliest example of combination undergarments that I’ve seen yet. These pair, obviously “new” inventions, are from August 1858.

defunctfashion:

Walking Suit | c. 1911 - 1913

get ready for Edwardian spam.

whattheywore:

American ball gown, 1860

Costume Institute at Met

defunctfashion:

a-harlots-progress:

1767 Princess Louisa and Princess Caroline of England Kning George III younger sisters Francis Cotes

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She ‘bout to pop her sister on the head with that roll of sheet music.

defunctfashion:

Robe à la Française | c. 1770

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