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Hugh de Twenbrokes Glazebrook, R.P. (1855-1937)

Portrait of a lady, 1904.

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2020-10-11

Extreme bustles, striped patterns, and elaborate embellishments were all staples of the year 1886, characterizing it as a time of highly exaggerated and decorative fashion. Read more in our year overview!



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2020-10-01

Changes in culture and female liberation, as well as advances in technology, have radically changed women’s swimwear from full-coverage wool suits to what we know today. Read more!



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2020-09-29

This week's is one of my favorites, the 1870-80 court dress of Maria Feodorovna (although only a grand duchess at the time). It really is a fairy tale princess dress! Here is a portrait of her in a similar garment.

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2020-09-27

A dagging is an extremely popular decorative edging technique created by cutting that reached its height during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Read more in our term definition!



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2020-09-19

The échelle is a decorative ladder of bows cascading down the stomacher of a dress. They were worn during the late 17th and 18th centuries and were very recognizable as a favorite of Marie Antoinette and Rococo painters. Read more!



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2020-09-02

1880s women’s fashion was defined by the rigidly structured bustle and an abundance of decoration. Dress reformers, influenced by artistic movements, protested the trends, but nonetheless these styles reigned supreme.



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2020-08-19

I listened to episode on Harlequin and Pierrot and was clued into today's "Harlequin d'eau argente" (silver water Harlequin) by John Galliano for Dior in spring 1998. Combining the whimsy and allure of the harlequin into an elegant ball gown.

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2020-08-04

ICYMI - Blog post: Abigail Adams disapproves of French fashion, c1800 https://t.co/igbb9HtCmc

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2020-07-30

Blog post: Abigail Adams disapproves of French fashion, c1800 https://t.co/6NNMaNKYNI

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2020-07-27

Do you have any gold clothes that were not insanely expensive? Chances are they’re Lurex--a shiny synthetic fiber made of aluminum-coated plastic with a glittering metallic sheen. Read more at the link below!



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2020-07-03

More random pics from my image folders Susan Small, part of the Model House Group c.1958-60 ad pic 1950 via https://t.co/2jmT4ZhTS5
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2020-06-03

Fast x Slow Fashion

Is a 300 year virtual shopping trip through the shops & fashions of the British city of from of & to of mass-produced global brands

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2020-05-07

Another set of Vintage Vogue Covers expressing great ideas of the Art Deco Period....

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2020-04-22

For men, the 1630s was an age of leather, long locks and lace, while women shimmered in soft satins and plenty of lace of their own. Read more in our decade analysis below!



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2020-03-12

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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2020-03-09

What Marie Antoinette Wore in the Eighteenth Century: In the eighteenth century everyone talked about what wore and she came to be perceived by the French public as a ... https://t.co/EnwKvRa9Gw

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2020-01-11