#1868

[zegalba]

Jean Antoine Injalbert: Hotel Chappaz (1868) Located: Béziers, France

[yesterdaysprint]

A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding, 1868

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Woman's Wedding Dress.

Place of origin: Liverpool, England

Date: 1868

Medium: Silk taffeta

[nemfrog]

Dragonfly. Pictures and stories of animals. 1868.

Internet Archive

[antiquebee]

1868

[digitalfashionmuseum]

White cotton dress with green beetle wing embroidery, 1868-1869, British.

Victoria and Albert Museum.

[mapsontheweb]

States and territories in 1868.

[omgthatdress]

Evening Gown

1868

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Orange means healing.

Central Florida Emergency Trans Care Fund

Equality Florida

ACLU Florida

Tampa Bay Abortion Fund

[venustapolis]

Dawn (Adolphe Alexandre, 1868)

[zegalba]

Gustave Doré: Satan in Council (1868)

[yesterdaysprint]

A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding, 1868

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Corset.

Date : 1868-1874

Medium: Silk, baleen & cotton

[nemfrog]

Metamorphosis of the swallowtail. Métamorphoses mœurs et instincts des insectes. 1868.

Internet Archive

[yourdailyqueer]

Lida Heymann (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 15 March 1868 

RIP: 31 July 1943

Ethnicity: White - German

Occupation: Feminist, activist

Note: With her vast inheritance she established a women's centre, offering meals, a crèche and counselling. She also founded a co-educational high school and professional associations for female clerks and theatre workers.

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Pink Taffeta Dinner Dress, ca. 1869.

Augusta Auctions.

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode illustrée, no. 24, 14 juin 1868, Paris. Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel, 28 r. Nve. des Pts. Champs. Manteaux des Grands Magasins du Louvre, 164 r. de Rivoli. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Description de toilettes (Bibliothèque Forney):

Robe de taffetas bleu, avec tablier simulé par un bouillonné encadré de dentelle noire étroite, partant de la taille, s'écartant sur chaque côté, et bordant toute la robe (moins le devant); au-dessus de ce bouillonné se trouvent deux autres bouillonnés pareils, séparés par une dentelle noire; sur le devant de la robe (non garni de bouillonnés), des nœuds composés de quatre bouclettes, sans pans, sont posés en guise de boutons. Grand manteau de voiture, fait en cachemire noir, doublé de taffetas rouge, orné de frange et de galons en or, à manche large et fendue. Chapeau de dentelle noire, avec diadème en métal doré.

Robe de taffetas changeant (gorge de pigeon), garnie d'un volant plissé à tête; mantelet en dentelle noire, se rattachant au chapeau; le corsage de la robe est à moitié décolleté, et se complète par une guimpe de mousseline blanche; les manches, justes, sont garnies de trois rouleaux en taffetas; la ceinture est bordée de chaque côté avec un même rouleau. Gants demi-longs, en peau de Suède; ombrelle en taffetas changeant, pareil à celui de la robe, doublée de gros de Naples blanc; haute frange changeante.

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Dress of blue taffeta, with apron simulated by a swirl framed in narrow black lace, starting from the waist, spreading out on each side, and bordering the whole dress (minus the front); above this bouillonné are two other similar bouillonnés, separated by black lace; on the front of the dress (not trimmed with bouillonnés), bows made up of four loops, without sides, are placed as buttons. Grand mantle, made of black cashmere, lined with red taffeta, adorned with fringe and gold stripes, with wide and split sleeves. Black lace hat with golden metal tiara.

Dress of changing taffeta (gorge de pigeon), trimmed with a pleated flounce with a head; black lace cloak, attaching to the hat; the bodice of the dress is half-necked, and is completed by a white muslin skirt; the tight sleeves are trimmed with three rolls of taffeta; the belt is bordered on each side with an even roller. Half-length gloves, suede; parasol in changing taffeta, similar to that of the dress, lined with white gros de Naples; high changing fringe.