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Evening Dress, 1858-59

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If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

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We've finally opened our Etsy shop!!!

For now we have only one article, but nothing can stop us from personalized orders! Feel free to contat us!

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1886

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Having finally the chance to show our recostructive work of a woman dressed according to Roman fashion in I sec a.C. The Tunic and stola are made according to Lex Cornelia, a law that required from unmarried woman to dress without bright colours.

Photos by The Dark Shutter

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🧣 What if you saw this red scarf in Babylon Berlin and wondered if you could make one yourself.

I think it’s darn cute and I have one myself, and it was super easy to make.

I’ve used the free Miss Marple pattern, but I do wonder how this vintage one would turn out also. It looks very similar.

if you’re eager, here are the links:

Free pattern for Miss Marple Scarf

Vinatage pattern for Ascot Scarf

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Yet another fibrecraft meme that I have made

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1855

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Wanting to make some of these...

Bad Girls Club by Xin Yingzong

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Le Petit écho de la mode, no. 52, vol. 18, 27 décembre 1896, Paris. 1. Deux toilettes d'intérieur. (Modèles de Mme Giacomotti, 2, rue du Marché-Saint-Honoré.) Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

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I was working with an item today that just utterly flabbergasted a part of me (the other was deeply frustrated with the catalogue record AS SOMEONE APPARENTLY THOUGHT IT WAS PRINTED ON SILK, coming back to that in a minute) … but ANYWAYS … said item is a replica of a medieval manuscript prayer book THAT IS ENTIRELY WOVEN out of grey and black silk … WOVEN … text, images, intricate grey scale, WOVEN … NOT PRINTED …

And it’s flabbergasting because it’s from 1888, Jacquard machine, IT USED PUNCH CARDS to weave these intricate pages … something like 400 weft per near square inch … IT looks like a page of textured paper, but it’s not, it’s entirely SILK … F*CK …

Anyways …

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La Mode illustrée, no. 36, 07 septembre 1863

Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

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La Mode illustrée, no. 10, 9 mars 1863

Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

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Illustrirte Frauen-Zeitung Volume XXIII No 24, December 15, 1896 Plate 1213

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Le Monde Elegant, 1861

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La Mode: revue du monde élégant. Sixième année. 5 Decembre 1834. Paris. Pl. 403. Chapeau en velours des Mins. de Mme. Leptit 30 Rue Grange-Batelière — Robe en pou de soie garnie de rubans façon de Mme. Hypolite — Manteau des Mins. Gagelin. Bibliothèque nationale de France

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We won.