Carriage dress of silk velvet & taffeta, 1885 collections

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Green velvet dress worn by Lena Horne in the film ‘Stormy Weather’(1943). Designed by Helen Rose, American. Collection of the National Museum of African American History & Culture

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Robe à la française, France c1770 collections. Cotton & linen plain weave, block-printed & dye-painted, with silk passementerie

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Today's is another example of an Indian textile imported by England. There it was made into this robe a l'anglaise in 1775. Instead of dye work, the amazing technical skill shown here is the embroidery. Thanks to for these lovely close up pics!

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An may look all elegant & stuff, but people are still people. When those get translated into reality, the results may be nice, but they sure aren't the sinuously elegant fae creatures of the plates.

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My favourite artistic interpretation of a gown is Oswald Birley’s 1919 portrait of Miss Muriel Gore . The shimmery pleated delphos dress is instantly recognisable, an almost identical shade to this surviving example

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Lê dynasty đối khâm & yếm. Credit:

More about the historical painting here 👉 https://t.co/LU3uCWWEu0

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‘La Parisienne’ oil painting of 1874 by Auguste Renoir; his model was actress-to-be Henriette Henriot (1857-1944) then aged 16. Silk taffeta/velvet walking dress , Charles Worth silk afternoon dress , day dress of ribbed silk

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Amoria in the 1920s

Black and white and Color

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The rise of fashion publications helped to popularize a trend for casual clothing during the 1780s. They also reflected the growing consumption of fashion in middle and working classes. Read more about this decade at the link below!

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The 1770s was a time of transition in women’s dress, particularly for daywear. The robe à la française was reserved for formal wear which gave way to a new prominent ‘informal’ garment, the robe à l’anglaise. Read more at the link below!

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As a child I loved the Cicely Mary Barker illustrations and today put me in mind of the bluebell. We walked amongst a carpet of them at Emsworthy Farm. 1951 petal dress fits the bill beautifully as well

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Today's shows you don't have to have a 15" waist to wear beautiful dresses. This satin gown was worn by Queen Wilhelmina in 1912 and then altered later in 1923 for the 25th anniversary of her reign. She was the Queen of Netherlands from 1890 to 1948.

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The is a filmy garment that sits like a pair of angel wings on the shoulders in an expansive gown. The elongated of this example highlights the that is sketched upon its surface

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Jean-Marc Nattier, an acclaimed 18th-century portraitist, was known for his mythological style, painting women in imagined costume that was only loosely based on fashionable trends, as is true in his 1750/60 Portrait of a Woman.

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This week's is this 1910 Callot Soeurs evening gown of bright yellow satin covered with metallic and silk tulle and decorated with embroidered floral designs in metallic and silk thread. So elegant and gorgeous!

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