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Sheer cotton dress | Metropolitan Museum | c. 1865
oh dont mind me just sitting here in my fifties dress that i made, nbd
Hopefully I’ll have pictures of the bodice to post soon, but for now here’s a peak of my newest ’50s dress!
(Source: utopiste)
Oh look right there, it’s my 100% hand-sewn 1861 petticoat!
I realized I’ve forgotten to post my most recently finished projects to my historical blog! Here’s my petticoat :)
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Silk sheer dress | Metropolitan Museum | c. 1860
Aww, thank you so very much! I do work very hard on my clothing, and I have a few more pieces that I’ll be finishing up soon that I can post here :) I’m glad you like them!
Dress ca. 1820 via The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
(via stellar-raven)
July fashion, 1864
Silk Afternoon Dress | Metropolitan Museum | c. 1855
Happy 1,000 posts!
Christian Dior “May” dress ca. 1953 via The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
“In “May,” flowering grasses and wild clover are rendered in silk floss on organza. This “simple” patterning of meadow-gone-to-weed is composed of the tiniest French knots and the meticulously measured stitches of the hand embroiderer, suggesting that for Dior, it was not only that beauty resides in the most rustic, but also that the most successful artifice is a beguiling naivété.”
