fripperiesandfobs:

Afternoon dress ca. 1835

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Silk afternoon dress (American), Met, 1855

Silk afternoon dress (American), Met, 1855

oldrags: Afternoon dress by Lucile, 1919-20, Hillwood Estate So I actually wasn’t aware of Lucile before recently but I love her and I wish I could find more of her work

oldrags:

Afternoon dress by Lucile, 1919-20, Hillwood Estate

So I actually wasn’t aware of Lucile before recently but I love her and I wish I could find more of her work

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Afternoon dress | Metropolitan Museum | c. 1903

Afternoon dress | Metropolitan Museum | c. 1903

Silk Afternoon Dress | Metropolitan Museum | c. 1855 Happy 1,000 posts!

Silk Afternoon Dress | Metropolitan Museum | c. 1855

Happy 1,000 posts!

Worth afternoon dress, 1872

Worth afternoon dress, 1872

defunctfashion: Afternoon Dress | c. 1853

defunctfashion:

Afternoon Dress | c. 1853

Silk afternoon dress | Metropolitan Museum of Art | c. 1885

Silk afternoon dress | Metropolitan Museum of Art | c. 1885

bygoneyears: 1898-1900, M. Davey & Company Afternoon Dress

bygoneyears:

1898-1900, M. Davey & Company Afternoon Dress

defunctfashion: Jacques Doucet | c. 1900-05 Worn by a lady of society during her afternoon calls, this dress is an excellent representation of the complexity of surface decoration and lace treatment which are quintessential Belle Époque devices denoting opulence and luxury. The treatment of the velvet is exemplary, for such an advanced technique as impressed velvet would only be available to French couture houses. The jacket and bodice are quite becoming, as the blousing of the underbodice creates a bolero effect which was a prevalent style during this period. (The Metropolitan Museum) 

defunctfashion:

Jacques Doucet | c. 1900-05

Worn by a lady of society during her afternoon calls, this dress is an excellent representation of the complexity of surface decoration and lace treatment which are quintessential Belle Époque devices denoting opulence and luxury. The treatment of the velvet is exemplary, for such an advanced technique as impressed velvet would only be available to French couture houses. The jacket and bodice are quite becoming, as the blousing of the underbodice creates a bolero effect which was a prevalent style during this period. (The Metropolitan Museum) 


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