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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Tamara Krasavina in her Firebird costume
Ballet dancer Tamara Karsavina in Firebird (1912)
Photo by Lady Clementina Hawarden.
Isabella Grace, early 1860s.
(via malalakaakihali-deactivated2012)
Soyouthinkyoucansee..it’s all in my diary
Three Ladies - Mids 1870s
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Miss Emma Nevada packing a snowball. New York City, 1883-1890.
(via steamscrapbook)
Russian duma, 1906
Does anyone know what “duma” means? It was in the title of this photograph. I’m assuming it means court. Empress Alexandra is the central figure.
Zinaida Youssoupoff in Lady-in-Waiting court dress, c. 1890
