#history of fashion

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Day Dress.

Date: 1910-1912

Medium: Blue silk velvet, purple silk taffeta, embroidered blue silk tulle.

[frostedmagnolias]

Cape

Late 1890s

The John Bright Collection

[paintingispoetry]

Vittorio Reggianini, La Soirée, ca. 1880-1938

[woodlandkisses]

Headpieces by Thierry Mugler

[empirearchives]

Black empire style gown

Tulle and silk

C. 1800-1810, Napoleonic era

Centraal Museum, Utrecht

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Wool wedding dress, c.1895

cr: finnwicks_costume

[witheredroseblossom]

Lillian Cook in “The Bluebird”, 1918

[wh0-is-lily]

Undergarments of The Edwardian Era

[tomcraweley]

Find something new from Season 1-2 of 'The Gilded Age'~

[threadtalk]

Oh, saints. This dress combines so many things I love in one place!

First of all, we’re in the late 1830s (by my guess), a time of dress transition. You can see the influence of the Romantic with those sleeves, but the hint of later Victorian gowns in the bodice shaping. The particular bodice here is fan-pleated, which is pretty self-explanatory if you look at the way the fabric is both pleated and fanned out. I do adore the result. 

But, ahem, that damask? That color? Purple, always. Of course. For a 200 year old dress, the hue is still so striking. It is not Perkins Purple, however, as it’s two decades too early for that.

The weave? I damn near fell out of my chair looking at it. It’s one of those cases where I wish there were even higher resolutions so I could zoom in and see the stitches. Alas, we are not yet there in terms of technology, so I will instead cope with this.

And then it gets better. Because that silk damask? It’s almost 100 years older than the dress itself. UGH I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Could it have been Spitalfields? Maybe! It’s hard to say because we don’t have the provenance. 

From the Maryland Center for History and Culture.

[design-is-fine]

Giacomo Balla, The Anti-Neutral Suit: Futurist Manifesto, 1914. Expansion of spring, painting, 1918. Italy. Source

“We must invent futurist clothes, hap-hap-hap-hap-happy clothes, daring clothes with brilliant colors and dynamic lines. They must be simple, and above all, they must be made to last for a short time only in order to encourage industrial activity and to provide constant and novel enjoyment for our bodies.” – Giacomo Balla,

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• "Overdraft' Waistcoat.

Date: 1967

Designer: Mary Quant; Made by: Steinberg and Sons; Made for: Ginger Group

Place of origin: London

Medium: Wool, Acetate

[frostedmagnolias]

Black Satin Brocade Bodice with Yellow Flowers and Green Velvet Bows

c.1890

made by American designer Miss Foley

brocaded silk satin, cotton net, and beads

Phoenix Art Museum

[paintingispoetry]

Albert Anker, "Diligent", 1886

[daguerreotyping]

Tintype of a pair of affectionate young men, one draping his arm over his companion's shoulder and his leg over his companion's leg—while said companion, in turn, rests a hand on his thigh, c. 1860s

[empirearchives]

Empire style dress designs made by Jean-François Bony

c. 1803, France, Napoleonic era