When I'm a sorbet, I'll wear this all the time. of 1895, via Christie's, where it smashed its £600 estimate and sold for £1875.

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Today's is another Lanvin creation. This one is a 1926 day dress made of white organza and decorated in an ombre red and orange colored yoke and applique circles on the hem. The illustrated fashion plate is even more whimsical.

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Paris.
Corbay-Wenzel,
2 rue Cambon.

Wedding dress,c.1888.
Cream-colored silk satin trimmed with glass pearls and silk chiffon.

© The Philadelphia Museum of ARt.

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French.

Cotton & flax dress, 1797-98.

©

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Christian Dior named this 1949 evening dress ‘Gruau’ for his friend who illustrated advertisements for early collections. The decorative buttons here emphasise the asymmetry that was a feature of these late designs

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A snapshot of pelisses during the era for a lengthy post I'm working on, including how they differed from the redingote.

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The evolution of fashion seen by an AI from minus 10,000 years to a cyberpunk future.
Done by associating different time periods to the prompt "fashion drawings". (1/4)

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from 1823, when waistlines were finally hovering at the natural waist. "Morning Exhibition Dress" of "mignionet leaf green" "Open Brandenburgh" trim of "narrow rouleaux and trefoils." Reach out for an archive quality copy of any of my restored plates!

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Young lady from Mount Lebanon.
An original antique print from an 1880 journal.
The subject is wearing the traditional headdress.
Lebanese Fashion History

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One of the 80 fashion plates I'm presently restoring for a project. Hailing from 1812, this depicts a “Short pelisse of deep lilac, shot with white" with loop crossings and Spanish buttons, a bear muff, a helmet with a laurel wreath and white feathers.

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plate from 1809. One of 80 I'm restoring and recoloring by hand for a project. I love this one. The detail is delightful.

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France.

Robe à la française, c.1770.

Cotton and linen plain weave, block-printed and dye-painted, with silk passementerie.
©

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Paris.
François Boucher (1703-1770)

Portrait of Madame de Pompadour, 1758.

Collection ©

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John Raphael Smith (1751-1812)

Felicia, 1796.

Portrait, almost life-size, wearing a tall fancy hat tied with a bow under her chin, carrying a thick muff.
Mezzotint.

Collection ©

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