#White dresses

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One Dress a Day Challenge

October: White Redux

The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge / Faye Dunaway as Milady de Winter

Rewatching this movie to make screencaps reminded me that it and its predecessor, the 1973 Three Musketeers, are just about perfect examples of their genre. The cast, cinematography, score, and yes, costumes are just top-notch. Yvonne Blake was responsible for the costumes for both films.

Milady wears this extravagant white gown while on a diplomatic-slash-assassination mission to England and then later, after being captured, manages to seduce her Puritan jailer into helping her escape. And she even climbs ladders in it! Now, that's what I call a versatile wardrobe.

Note the monogram "W" (for de Winter) on the muff. Also, that hooded cloak is quite something.

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Mallorca (Three) – 9to5chic

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Summer Vibes, part 2 | Melanin Adorned

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The Flight of the Swallows, 1906 John Henry Lorimer

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Is there something you want to tell me? 💝👰‍♀️

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Felicity Jones, 2018

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Tres chic dresses🤍🤍

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Two White Dresses by John Singer Sargent

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One Dress a Day Challenge

October: White Redux

The Court Jester / Angela Lansbury as Princess Gwendolyn

I'm pretty sure this is the dress that Gwendolyn is wearing under the blue and green robe/cloak that I featured in July--compare the cuffs. It's the most luxurious of all Gwendolyn's dresses, with the lavish gold trim and embroidery. It also reminds me of the gown worn by the lady in Edmund Leighton's painting The Accolade (see below)--enough that I wonder whether there is a deliberate reference. Especially since Gwendolyn wears this gown to a knighting ceremony, even though she doesn't get to do the actual "accolade" in the movie!

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White Dress Code - Julia Berolzheimer

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Portrait by Art Nouveau Painter Fernand Toussaint (Belgian, 1873-1963), Elegantly Waiting.

For this artist it was equally easy painting in all categories, from landscapes and seascapes to beautiful bouquets and still lifes, but in his intimate portrait and genre paintings we find, in the words of Mario de Monci, Toussaint as "the undisputed master of the grace and charm of a woman." ... (x)

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Vintage: Girls In White Dresses

1907. The back reads: "Winnie & Edna." 

Also on the back is stamped:Crothers & BirdsongNational Bicycles. Eastman Kodak and Supplies.214 E. Houston St. San Antonio, Texas

By <def> on Flickr