# fashionhistory

This week's is Marjorie's amazing silk bias cut evening gown, which she wore for her 1934 portrait by Frank Salisbury. She wore it with a velvet red drape with fox fur, paired it with a ruby and diamond clip and matching Cartier bracelets.

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2020-12-01

This week's is this 1903-05 evening dress by Jay's Limited in London. Marjorie went to London in 1902, at 15 years old, and was exposed to the height of European fashion. She wore this dress at a dance at the Naval Acadamy in Annapolis.

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2020-04-14

This week's is Marjorie's 1905 magnificent traveling suit. She got this outfit as a part of her wedding trousseau after she married her first husband, Edward B. Close. They went to Hot Springs, VA for their honeymoon.

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2020-03-02

This week's is Marjorie's 1948-52 evening dress. It was designed by Eleonora Garnett, who lived a fascinating life! She was born in Estonia, moved to Moscow as a young girl and escaped to Shanghai during the Russian revolution.

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2019-12-10

This week's is a gorgeous 1921 Madeleine et Madeleine evening dress. Marjorie got this dress when she went to Paris. After WW1, "divided skirts with an uneven hem" became popular.

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2019-11-04

I adore Marjorie Post but in this week's we see how dressing up can sometimes go too far. In 1929, she went as an "American Indian" to a Fancy Dress Ball. Today cultural appropriation is a big topic around dressing up and Halloween especially

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2019-10-15

This week's features the Queen of Fancy Dress herself, Marjorie. She loved to dress as Marie Antionette and this dress was worn both in 1904 and 1924. In the second case, she won the 1st prize in the Everglades Ball.

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2019-10-07

This week’s is a 1927-32 dress, slip, and cape, which was commissioned when she lived in NYC with husband E F Hutton. The Hillwood wrote it “captures the flair of the Art Deco period of the 1920s with its geometric patterns and bright colors.”

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2019-08-20

This week's is a 1933-35 afternoon dress made from printed chiffon and was purchased from the New York luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman. It would then be hand sewn by private dressmakers to fit her and her preferences.

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2019-07-16

This week's is a 1910-12 Widoff grey velvet evening dress with ivory lace and embroidered beading. Interestingly, this dress may have been made earlier, as "the side seems have been reshaped and the hemline has been altered."

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2019-06-25

This week's is a dress that Dina Merrill, Marjorie's youngest daughter, wore to her mother's wedding to Joseph Davies (her third husband). It is heavily inspired by the Regency era. In fact, it reminded my of a painting of Josephine by Appiani

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2019-06-18

For this week's here is one of Marjorie's 1903-04 afternoon dresses. This dress' bodice is region breasted- referring to shirts that were gathered and pleated with excess fabric in the front. Another term for it is monobosom...

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2019-06-11

Although not for the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, here is the outfit Marjorie wore when the NY State Woman's Suffragette Party meet with President Woodrow Wilson + a typical suffragette hat!

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2019-06-05

This week's is this peach-colored taffeta gown with a brocaded rose pattern that Marjorie Merriweather Post wore for the marriage of her daughter, Nedenia, to Stanley Rumbough, Jr. in 1946. The sleeves & bow are quite dramatic!

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2019-05-21

Today's is actually 2 dresses by Robert Piguet from 1933-1937 ( she liked buying dresses in multiple colors). Piguet is an amazing figure- he was taught by Poiret and Redfern, before going on to teach Dior and Givenchy himself.

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2019-05-14

This week's is this 1929 Evening Dress. Its black silk charmeuse bodice, tulle skirt with a long train, and decorative rhinestones makes it look like something Madonna would wear

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2019-03-05

I'm normally a sweatpants and tshirt kind of sleeper but this 1918-1921 negligee from makes me want to up my game! The fern cotton embroidery on the silk organza and tulle is quite incredible. I also love the big bell sleeves.

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2019-01-22

This week's is a 1947-1950 grey dinner dress. It has a lovely tailored silhouette with darts on the bodice's sides, a slim V neck, and a full shirt. But of course the highlight is the beaded decorations on the shoulders & waist

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2018-11-26