# fridayfrills fashionhistory

Today’s is a fancy dress costume from 1820. It’s an interesting regency interpretation of the renaissance, made of satin, glaze and silver trimmings.

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2019-10-12

In honor of my job , today's is all to do with airplanes! There are three fashion illustrations and one excellently executed example of how aviation has been the inspiration for fancy dress since its beginning.

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2019-10-11

Today's is Miss. Stevenson dressed as "Photography" to a fancy dress ball in Montreal in 1865. She took the idea from a fashion plate (like those pictured) Also, note that she is showing her ankles, something quite scandalous at the time.

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2019-10-10