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Here’s a 1785-87 French pink striped silk dress . At this time women were highly corseted and their busts spilled out the top of the dress, hence the white silk to cover up the cleavage a little bit.

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2019-03-27

Sorry for the lateness. Here is the last of my unplanned but enthusiastically embraced green week. This is a 1730s green brocade dress from one of my favorite museums in the world

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2019-03-25

Lunch break and time to savour the sumptuous embroidery details on costume in the Fashion and Style exhibition

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2019-03-21

Today’s is an early Worth creation- 1862-1865, When Worth was still partnered with Otto Bobergh. Together they owned the shop, Worth & Bobergh (1858-1870). Perhaps, that is why this dress, although beautiful, does now look like a “typical” Worth outfit.

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2019-03-14

Today's is an 1815-1820 Dutch striped gown . Their description of this dress discusses how although in the early 1800s sheer white dresses were in fashion, starting in 1815 darker colors also became popular.

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2019-03-10

This week's is this 1929 Evening Dress. Its black silk charmeuse bodice, tulle skirt with a long train, and decorative rhinestones makes it look like something Madonna would wear

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2019-03-05

A stunning design by Madeleine Vionnet which was licensed by the American ready-to-wear manufacturer A. Beller & Co, c. 1928.

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2019-03-02

Did you know that American department stores used in-house designers to create original fashions for specific clients, advertising the garments exclusive to the store? Read the part 2 of our thematic essay to find out more!



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2019-03-02

Today's is this 1910 green and pink satin evening dress by Worth now at Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum. I especially love the gathered fabric in the back that forms the train. The back truly is the focus of this outfit

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2019-02-21

Today’s is a work of art. It is a 1725 Spitalfields silk dress. Spitalfield (a London suburb) became famous for their silk after French Protestant (Huguenot) refugees settled in the area. This dress shows their skill of making lace like patterns in silk.

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2019-02-18

This Poiret promotion underscores how he was creating styles reflecting the popular s-bend silhouette, a trend he would later claim to hate. From Costumes, for Paul Poiret's summer 1906 collection.

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2019-02-17

“Thank you... I thought it might be too much...?”

Was there such a thing as ‘too much’ for the eighteenth century gentleman when it came to choosing an impressive outfit?

Find out at our next lecture Tue 19th Feb

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2019-02-13

Now for another completely gorgeous outfit. This one is from the 1700s, though the museum has not put an exact date. I am thinking it is from the 1780-1790s. The miniatures on the belt are particularly interesting.

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2019-02-06

Here’s Queen Louise of Denmark’s green ball gown from the 1860s. She became Queen Consort in 1863 at the age of 46 so this dress must either be before or at the beginning of her reign. It looks youthful, but I’m sure she wasn’t concerned with 😉 fashionhistory

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2019-02-03

Incredible sketch drawn for a designed by Seymour Moss, whose company MOBA created gold & gemstone “fashion jewelry."

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2019-02-02

Here is a 1900 Worth ball gown. By this time Charles Frederick Worth had died and his son Jean-Philippe took over. This is one of his gowns and although by then, Worth was no longer a fashion leader, this dress looks like it could be for Hestia herself

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2019-01-25

I'm normally a sweatpants and tshirt kind of sleeper but this 1918-1921 negligee from makes me want to up my game! The fern cotton embroidery on the silk organza and tulle is quite incredible. I also love the big bell sleeves.

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2019-01-22