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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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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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

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

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Wednesday Pic
More from my Album
Same lady & photo but two different photographers🤔
Have seen this before when they obviously went to another photographer to have a copy made. Wonder why? Shop closed? Preferred another shop?

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Tuesday Pic
For the next couple of weeks I shall be sharing an assortment of photos all from the same Victorian Album I found😍
Majority of the photos are from photographers in
I can’t decide🤔is this the same cheeky lad?😊

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Sunday Pic
A super large family group photo taken outdoors in the garden😍
Highly likely it may be the parents special Anniversary & so they have children & grandchildren all together.
If only we knew a name!🤔


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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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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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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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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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Monday Pic
Starting our week with this gorgeous photo of two children, beautifully dressed😍love the little rocking horse, prop from studio.
Photographer from my home town
A gift from lovely friend, aren’t I lucky!

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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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Friday Pic
Wonderful group photo of lovely ladies all dressed in warm coats & plus one little girl👧
Bet she had a great day😊
All look good friends, work together? works outing🤔
No printing or writing & photo on grey card.

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Installation view of "Costumes 1750-1850," an exhibition of European clothing presented at in 1932 https://t.co/reVJBtNpkP

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