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The #pelerine is a filmy garment that sits like a pair of angel wings on the shoulders in an expansive #1830s gown. The elongated #silhouette of this #whitetulle example highlights the #embroidery that is sketched upon its surface @DaguerreSVV #fashionhistory
When history collides with 2020! Here are Lizzie Tuckett, keen #19thc mountaineer, and her family in the #1860s in #crinolines and #facemasks to protect their complexions as they climbed. A bit spooky but I LOVE them! Courtesy of Frenchay Village Museum #womenrock
I’ll be sharing another YouTube episode today on the subject of royal dressers & how they contributed to the survival of garments in museums. They were hidden women and so this is a rare & tender portrait, Marianne Skerrett, dresser to #QueenVictoria by Rosa Koberwein, 1880 @RCT
Part 5 - Lady Carew sits in bed sipping her tea in an expensive rose trimmed nightgown & casts a critical eye over Miss Marchmont. ‘You shouldn’t wear lemon dear’ she pronounces. (1)
To drape myself across a sofa in drifting #chiffon, a #1970s pink gown by George Stavropoulos, criss crossing at the neck and hanging #cape-like from the shoulders. Happy weekend to you all, stay indoors and safe in pink chiffon......@ksumuseum #StayAtHome #fashionhistory
All the greens gathered together in one place here in an #1820s dress determined not to be ignored. As #Spring seems to be gradually unfurling around us, it is a nod towards brighter days and shades #thekyotocostumeinstitute #fashionhistory
Zooming in on details to enjoy the finer points of a c1912 dress by the House of #Paquin. A silk flower catches the layers of different fabric that make up this evening dress, transparent black darkening the coral charmeuse beneath @FIDMMuseum #fashionhistory
Elaborate #hem design was a popular embellishment in the #1820s, illustrated in contemporary drawings and surviving here with a twist of leaf-like piped silk @KerryTaylorAuct #fashionhistory
A #Saturdaynight loungewear treat for everyone enjoying the sofa this evening. This #nylon tricot negligee and peignoir belonged to #KatharineHepburn. Nightwear doesn’t get more glam than this......@KSUMuseum #fashionhistory
I have been working with some #1840s garments today and explaining the detachable #sleeve as a functional design feature. This #purple silk features just such sleeves, day or night, you decide......@FIDMMuseum #fashionhistory