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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Dress, 1810-15
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Evening dress, 1805-09
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dress, 1826-29
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Slippers, 1795-1800
From Shoe Icons
Silk pelisse, Met Museum, c. 1820
Silk dress, Met Museum, c. 1815
Austrian dress, Met Museum, c. 1804-1815
Evening gown, Museu Tèxtil de Terrassa, c. 1795
Dress ca. 1800
From the Germanic National Museum
The buttons… oh, the buttons…
Junge Dame mit Zeichengerät by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, 1816 Germany, Galerie Neue Meister (Dresden)
I love the color of her shoes
