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Current mid-week, rainy afternoon vibe. A late #1910s filmy #negligee that deserves to be worn whilst draped moodily along a chaise longue. The leaf motifs stand out against the sheer #chiffon, all creamy, pale and interesting @HillwoodMuseum #fashionhistory
After a day of inconsequential chatter but meaningful glances, Maud sails into dinner in alarming purple, Gerald scuttling rather furtively in her wake. Cicely has gone in search of a stronger beverage and Hester’s entrance is yet to be made.....#palazzopitti #1910s #storytime
7. Winifred chokes on her scrambled eggs the morning after the night before as Spencer, the butler, announces the early and unexpected arrival in her new motor of Maud Smythe, Gerald’s wife. Not as indisposed as he had hoped after all it seems......@FIDMMuseum #1910s #storytime
Twenty one years ago today I married the lovely Mr S. We celebrated with a hot and sweaty walk up to a nearby alp but I shall relive more elegant fantasy here with a late #1930s ivory silk marquisette wedding gown......aka unsuitable mountain attire @FilmLocSupport @museumatFIT
What a spectacular design this 1914 setting out ensemble comprises, soft sage green gabardine & paisley under blouse. Three porcelain buttons fasten skirt & jacket, the overall impression of a newly married woman in the first flush of fashion, Marshall Field & Co @ChicagoMuseum
Copper #1880s changeant silk all plain except for the diagonally placed narrow white stripe, arranged neatly at collar and cuffs echoing contemporary masculine lines....@AugustaAuction #Victorian #fashionhistory
The extravagant shapes of the 1860s were well served by French designer Emile Pingat, who threw everything at his designs. This pale #1860s silk has all of its highlights etched in black, an evening dress for being noticed in....@metmuseum #fashionhistory
Interesting to see component parts of garments. An early #1870s polonaise bodice on its own allows us to see the complexity of its construction without the skirt. In this case the white is given texture with #whitework #embroidery & soutache trim.....a lovely thing @FIDMMuseum
The lament of the mother of a teen on a Saturday night. Instead of swanning in a fantasy of pink pleats such as this late #1940s @BALENCIAGA I am the taxi driver to teenage boys in slouchy pants and a baggy T-shirt......@metmuseum #fashionhistory
A #skirt that spirals in ice blue silk, a glacial gown scattered with tasseled fringe and fanning out into fine knife pleats that seem to shatter the smoothness of silk at the hem. Early #1880s, Mademoiselles Giroux, Limoges @LACMA #fashionhistory