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fripperiesandfobs: Lady From Vienna (by josefnovak33)

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Lady From Vienna (by josefnovak33)

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fripperiesandfobs:

Dressing gown, 1890

From Les Arts Decoratifs

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oldrags: Portrait of Princess Elizaveta Alexandrovna Tchernicheva by Alexis-Joseph Perignon, 1853

oldrags:

Portrait of Princess Elizaveta Alexandrovna Tchernicheva by Alexis-Joseph Perignon, 1853

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oldrags: ornamentedbeing: Charles Worth Fancy Dress I can’t tell what this is supposed to be.  Late 1600’s/early 1700’s?  An actual old woman trapped in the body of a 28 year old?  The opposite of that?  Was there cannibalism involved?  At any rate it’s Worth.

oldrags:

ornamentedbeing:

Charles Worth Fancy Dress

I can’t tell what this is supposed to be.  Late 1600’s/early 1700’s?  An actual old woman trapped in the body of a 28 year old?  The opposite of that?  Was there cannibalism involved?  At any rate it’s Worth.

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treselegant: ‘The leisure hour’ 1871.

treselegant:

‘The leisure hour’ 1871.

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Worth Wedding Gown, Glenbow Museum, 1892

Though it’s out of order with the rest of the dresses, I had to post this Worth gown that vintagevision recommended. Isn’t it absolutely striking? I know from experience how difficult it is to manipulate and elegantly display silk satin, so I’m in awe of the expertise and beauty of this garment. C’est magnifique!

oldrags: Walking dress, 1880’s

oldrags:

Walking dress, 1880’s

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ornamentedbeing: Research chemist William Perkin was trying to make quinine when he instead came up with a substance that has ensured the world is a brighter place. “… For that privilege, thank a young Victorian research chemist. His attempt to create the anti-malarial medicine quinine from coal tar in his flat in Cable Street in the East End of London went serendipitously wrong as he worked over Easter 150 years ago… . Appropriately, considering the origins of Perkins’ colour, he was to receive a helping hand from the two most famous women of the day - both empresses. Queen Victoria caused a sensation when she stepped out at the Royal Exhibition in 1862 wearing a silk gown dyed with mauveine. In Paris, Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugenie, wowed the court when she was seen wearing it. To propel the scientist further on the way to a great fortune, the fashion of the time was for crinoline skirts that, happily for him, needed a lot of his revolutionary new dye.”  The entire article is fascinating! 

ornamentedbeing:

Research chemist William Perkin was trying to make quinine when he instead came up with a substance that has ensured the world is a brighter place.

“… For that privilege, thank a young Victorian research chemist. His attempt to create the anti-malarial medicine quinine from coal tar in his flat in Cable Street in the East End of London went serendipitously wrong as he worked over Easter 150 years ago… . Appropriately, considering the origins of Perkins’ colour, he was to receive a helping hand from the two most famous women of the day - both empresses. Queen Victoria caused a sensation when she stepped out at the Royal Exhibition in 1862 wearing a silk gown dyed with mauveine. In Paris, Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugenie, wowed the court when she was seen wearing it. To propel the scientist further on the way to a great fortune, the fashion of the time was for crinoline skirts that, happily for him, needed a lot of his revolutionary new dye.” 

The entire article is fascinating! 

lostsplendor: Dress by Charles Frederick Worth, c. 1888.  Source: Kyoto Costume Institute

lostsplendor:

Dress by Charles Frederick Worth, c. 1888.  Source: Kyoto Costume Institute


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