resplendentoutfit
resplendentoutfit
The Resplendent Outfit
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Women's fashion history from roughly the 17th to 20th centuries. I combine art history and fashion photography with painted portraits of fashionable women, to tell the story of dress.My other Art History Blogs:@pagansphinxartblog@larobeblanche@thepaintedroom@artofthestilllife@sassafrasandmoonshine@thecanvasmirror
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resplendentoutfit · 4 days ago
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A Selection of 1920s Fashion Plates
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resplendentoutfit · 8 days ago
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Robert Henri's Exquisitely Dressed Spanish Dancers
Robert Henri (American, 1865 - 1949)
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Spanish Girl of Madrid • 1908
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La Raina Mora • 1906
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Spanish Dancing Girl • 1904
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Spanish Dancer • 1904
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Betalo (The Dancer) • 1910
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El Tango • 1908
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resplendentoutfit · 24 days ago
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1930s Summer Dresses
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resplendentoutfit · 26 days ago
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Costume Party
A new feature where I share a unique costume or two from across the historic timeline. Who knows, perhaps one will inspire your next party get-up.
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Nigel Ellacott (British/Scottish, 1953-2024) was one of the United Kingdom’s foremost pantomime dames, panto historian, writer, costume designer.
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resplendentoutfit · 1 month ago
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1920s Portrait Beauties
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Archibald George Barnes (British, 1887–1972) • The purple cloche • 1920s
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David Jagger (British/English, 1891 - 1958) • Portrait of Vivien St. George • 1928
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Frances Cranmer Greenman (American, 1890 - 1981) • Self Portrait • 1923 • Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
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Julius Rolshoven (American, 1858-1930) • 1929
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Howard Chandler Christy (American, 1872-1952) • Female Portrait • 1922
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Ellen Barbara Segner (American, 1901 - 2001) • Portrait of a Seated Art Deco Woman • 1920s
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resplendentoutfit · 1 month ago
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Feminine & Flowery in the 1930s
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resplendentoutfit · 2 months ago
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Painting to Dress Match-up
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Franz Russ the Elder (Austrian, 1817–1892) • Kaiserin Elisabeth von Österreich (Princess Elisabeth of Austria) • 19th century
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Dress re-creation
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resplendentoutfit · 2 months ago
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Portraits in Green
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Richard von Marientreu (British, 1902-1991) Portrait of a Lady in a Green Dress • 1930
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David Jagger (British, 1891-1958) • An Elegant Lady • 1920
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Félix Edouard Vallotton (Swiss, 1865 - 1925) • Portrait of Aïcha Goblet • 1922
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Richard E. Miller (American, 1875–1943) • Miss V. in Green • 1915
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Clément Serveau (French, 1886 - 1972) • La Chemise verte • Unknown date
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resplendentoutfit · 2 months ago
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More 1920s Portrait Beauties
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Philip de László (Hungarian, 1869 - 1937 ) • Mercedes Santamarina Gastañaga • 1921
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F. Edwin Church (American, 1876-1975) Lady in Charlotte's Dress • c. 1928
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Archibald Motley Jr. (American, 1891 -1981) • The Octoroon Girl • 1920s
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Georges van Zevenberghen (Belgian, 1877 - 1968) • Le Manet • 1922
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Howard Somerville (British, 1873–1952) • Miss Nora Baring • 1920s
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Louis Ginnett (British, 1875–1946) Jacinta • 1925
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resplendentoutfit · 2 months ago
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Painting to Dress Match-up
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William Dargie (Australian, 1912-2003) • Portrait of Dinah Krongold • c. 1950
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Beaded velvet and satin evening gown • Emilio Schuberth, designer, Rome • c. 1950
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resplendentoutfit · 2 months ago
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A Collection of Antique Beaded Purses
I've been collecting images of beaded purses that are truly works of art. I unfortunately can't identify them according to their respective fashion era. Still, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
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resplendentoutfit · 2 months ago
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Portraits of Pauline
Herbert James Gunn (British/Scottish, 1893 - 1964)
James Gunn was one of Great Britain's foremost portraitists, painting many society portraits as well as those of officials and dignitaries. His most ubiquitous and beloved subject, however, was his wife, Pauline. Gunn rendered the beautiful Pauline many times, capturing her elegance and her fashionable wardrobe.
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Pauline in the Yellow Dress • 1947
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Pauline Waiting • 1939
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Right: Pauline in McLeod Tartan • 1946
Left: My Wife, Pauline • c. 1933
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Pauline, the Artist's Wife • c. 1930
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Pauline in Paris • 1936
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resplendentoutfit · 2 months ago
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British Painter Doris Zinkeisen's Elegant Women (Including Herself)
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Doris Zinkeisen (British, 1898 -1991) • Self-Portrait • 1929
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Portrait of Mrs Irwin Buxton in a silver dress • 1930
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Portrait of Mrs. Sanders Watney • 1937
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Portrait of a Woman at the Opera • Unknown date
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Portrait of Miss Harold Taylor • 1933
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Portrait of Consuela Kennedy in an Evening Dress • 1937
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resplendentoutfit · 2 months ago
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Bernard Boutet de Monvel's Stylish Women
(French, 1881–1949)
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Delphine Boutet de Monvel, the artist's wife
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Portrait der Sylvie Boutet de Monvel (the artist's daughter) • 1941
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Right: Elizabeth Goodspeed • 1933
Left: Duchess de Brissac en robe du soir • 1945
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Right: Portrait of a Lady in a Red Armchair • 1930s or 40s
Left: Madame Pierre Champin • 1937
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Sylvie Boutet de Monvel (the artist's daughter) • 1931
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resplendentoutfit · 3 months ago
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Painting to Dress Match-up
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Julius Rolshoven (American, 1858 - 1930) • Portrait of Hortense Acton • 1908
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Callot Soeurs 1910s formal dress
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resplendentoutfit · 3 months ago
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1920s Portraits
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William Orpen (1878 - 1931)
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William Henry Margetson (1861–1940) • Golden Autumn • 1925
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Leonid Frechkopf (Russian, 1897-1982) • Portrait of the Artist's Wife • 1928
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Right: Gerda Wegener (Danish, 1886- 1940) • Portrait of Ingeborg Minni Helvard • 1920s
Left: Alexander O. Levy (American, 1881-1947) • Isabel • c. 1922
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Jean-Gabriel Domergue (French, 1889 - 1962) • Portrait of Maria Luísa Cabral Metelo (Portuguese socialite) • 1926
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resplendentoutfit · 3 months ago
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Givincy in the 1950s
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The fabulous Audry Hepburn
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