historicalfashion
A blog posting historical fashion garments, portraits, or drawings from the Middle Ages to the 1950s, and some special exceptions for later dates. This includes photographs, explanation of the garment, and historical details. Long live the past!
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You can follow my personal tumblr here.
Find your favorite eras by navigating the tags here!
Ask me anything and tell me what you'd like to see!

Various stays, 18th century
Form the Germanic National Museum
We have the 18th c on the brain… Majorly.
Brocade casaquin jacket from Augusta Auctions, 1780s

Caraco jacket, LACMA, c. 1760 (altered 1780)
all photos by me
Caraco jacket at Bayrisches National Museum in Munich, 1780s
Jacket, Met Museum, probably 1770s or 1780s

Quilted cotton maternity jacket, Williamsburg, c. 1780-95

Silk caraco, Snowshill Collection, c. 1780-90

Pierrot jacket and embroidered petticoat, Kyoto Costume Institute, c. 1780

Jacket at Williamsburg, c. 1775-85

Cotton and linen jacket (French), Snowshill Collection, 1775-1825
That date definitely spans too much time. There’s no way this is a Regency era jacket - it’s so eighteenth century!

