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Happy Today’s is this 1909 dress from Maria Verhaeren of New York. International Women’s Day was first celebrated in New York on Feb 28, 1909. So I like to think that a woman wore this dress at that time.

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This week's late is this 1898-99 maternity dress. It was worn when Alexandra Feodorovna was pregnant with Maria Nicolaevna, her third daughter. This dress also has the exact same colors as my childhood bedroom!

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2020-03-08

As classic today as it was 70+ years ago. Hard to believe this is from the May 1949 issue of Seventeen magazine! Who said you can't wear grandma's clothes?!

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2020-03-08

Today's is this lovely 1865 afternoon/evening dress by Mme. Olympe. It is very similar to a 1862-5 Worth & Bobergh dress that I highlighted a couple weeks ago. This isn't very surprising as Olympe used to go to Paris to keep current with the latest fashions

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2020-03-06

Today's is this 1870 Worth dress. Women's fashion was contingent on the time of day, with women gradually revealing more skin as the day went on. Interchangeable bodices made changing easier. Learn more on 's History Mystery 40

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2020-03-04

This week's is Marjorie's 1905 magnificent traveling suit. She got this outfit as a part of her wedding trousseau after she married her first husband, Edward B. Close. They went to Hot Springs, VA for their honeymoon.

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2020-03-02

This week's is this House of Worth 1885-1890 transformation dress. That means the dress has two bodices- an afternoon and evening one. It would also be interesting to know the dimensions for the dress looks two very different sizes

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2020-02-29

Today's is a continuation of yesterday's theme- "modern" reinterpretations of 18th-century clothing. This 1923 dress by Sylvie Boue of the Boue Soeurs transforms the 18th century court dresses she saw in Rococo paintings into a dress fit for a flapper.

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2020-02-21

This week's is Maria Feodorovna's 1893 visiting dress from the House of Morin-Blossier. It was founded by two sisters who went on design dresses for a number or Queens and Princesses, including fashion icons Maud of Wales and Mrs. Vanderbilt.

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Today’s is a 1835-40 silk day dress. It is made of a “changeant satin woven with black and deep red with red dots at intervals,” which produces a strange iridescent color that is hard to imagine in the 19th century.

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Today’s is a 1885 Japanese dressing gown made for the western market. Japan opened to trade to the West in 1854 and interest in Japanese culture surged. Japan capitalized on this and sold them their “exotic” designs in a form they were comfortable wearing

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Three sisters, I presume, from Langport (#Michigan, I think and not dressed in matching belted velvet jackets in rather a 'Chinoiserie' style, worn over flouncy frocks and photographed at C. Payne's studios.

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2020-02-02

Carrying on with the fashion in sports theme, this black cotton bathing suit with red piping trim is from the . Made in England between 1900-1910, the 2 piece suit consists of a modest belted dress worn over a pair of bloomers.

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2020-01-29

Here's the second batch of my earlier finds, celebrating my followers getting to 3,000! 🎉🥳
I'm amazed, thank you, great to have you all here xx

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2020-01-28

Today’s is a 1820 English gown. The whole gown is covered in metallic threaded floral embroidery and decorated with pink ribbons, tassels with golden sequins, and trimmings.

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1/2 Harriet Van Rensselaer Crosby c1860, posing solemnly for her Matthew Brady in an embellished paletot - those sleeves! Harriet is granddaughter of Margaret Schuyler Van Rensselaer of "#Hamilton" "...and Peggy!" fame.

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2020-01-22

Today's is this 1832 American dinner or evening party dress. It is made of moire, which is a type of wavy silk, sometimes called watered silk. This material was popular for evening occasions. Also look at the wonderful pleating around the bodice and sleeves!

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