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1922 Medieval-inspired frock from "La Gazette".

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Caraco jacket in printed cotton, England,1770-1790, skirt in quilted silk satin, 1750-1790. Jacoba de Jonge Collection in MoMu - Fashion Museum Province of Antwerp (x)

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April 1995. 'Meet the hot new R&B diva who has the world asking "Whitney who?"'

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Jean Paul Gaultier autumn/winter 1997

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Pillings autumn/winter 2025

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"SUPERFINE: TAILORING BLACK STYLE" Exhibition 2025 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City by Slaven Vlasic if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways

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This parrot dress can be seen at the New York museum of Fashion. It's so stunning. I wish there was a whole collection based on the different colors parrots or macaws can be.

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Comme des Garçons - Spring 1997 RTW

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Schiaparelli dresses from the 1940s at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Three beautiful women wearing three gorgeous frocks during the hurtle race at the Auteuil racecourse in Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France. 1923

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Toulouse-Lautrec - Au salon de la rue des Moulins (1894)

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1925 c. Evening dress by French designer Suzanne Talbot of silk with metal embroidery. From The Met.

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Kiki de Montparnasse by Man Ray 1923

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the jewel book of anna of bavaria

pages from the kleinodienbuch (jewel book), an illuminated inventory of the jewelry owned by duke albert v. and duchess anna of bavaria. illuminated by hans mielich in munich, c. 1552-55

source: Munich, BSB, Cod.icon. 429

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painted eye pins of framed watercolor on ivory, united states c. 1900s.

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Three miniatures from an illuminated manuscript of Martin le Franc, L’Estrif de Fortune et de Vertu, in French, on vellum [Central France (probably Tours, possibly Lyon), c.1470-80

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Oh wow, these Inuit prints!!! Kenojuak Ashevak, Observant Owl; Kenojuak Ashevak, Throat Singers Gathering; Ningiukulu Teevee, Seasonal Migration; Sheelaky (artist) and Iyola Kingwatsiak (printer), Sea Spirit.

More than 100 of these beauties are available in St. Lawrence University's Canadian Inuit Prints, Drawings, and Carvings collection on JSTOR, which is free and open to all!