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frostedmagnolias · 3 days
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c.1899
Emile Pingat
MFA Boston
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• Dress.
Date: 1967
Designer/Maker: Ann Lowe
Place of origin: United States: New York, New York City
Medium: Silk, cotton, velvet.
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paintingispoetry · 4 months
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Vittorio Reggianini, La Soirée, ca. 1880-1938
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empirearchives · 9 months
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Black empire style gown
Tulle and silk
C. 1800-1810, Napoleonic era
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
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Wool wedding dress, c.1895
cr: finnwicks_costume
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witheredroseblossom · 3 months
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Lillian Cook in “The Bluebird”, 1918
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wh0-is-lily · 5 days
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Undergarments of The Edwardian Era
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tomcraweley · 7 months
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Find something new from Season 1-2 of 'The Gilded Age'~
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threadtalk · 1 year
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Oh, saints. This dress combines so many things I love in one place!
First of all, we’re in the late 1830s (by my guess), a time of dress transition. You can see the influence of the Romantic with those sleeves, but the hint of later Victorian gowns in the bodice shaping. The particular bodice here is fan-pleated, which is pretty self-explanatory if you look at the way the fabric is both pleated and fanned out. I do adore the result. 
But, ahem, that damask? That color? Purple, always. Of course. For a 200 year old dress, the hue is still so striking. It is not Perkins Purple, however, as it’s two decades too early for that.
The weave? I damn near fell out of my chair looking at it. It’s one of those cases where I wish there were even higher resolutions so I could zoom in and see the stitches. Alas, we are not yet there in terms of technology, so I will instead cope with this.
And then it gets better. Because that silk damask? It’s almost 100 years older than the dress itself. UGH I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Could it have been Spitalfields? Maybe! It’s hard to say because we don’t have the provenance. 
From the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
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design-is-fine · 9 months
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Giacomo Balla, The Anti-Neutral Suit: Futurist Manifesto, 1914. Expansion of spring, painting, 1918. Italy. Source
“We must invent futurist clothes, hap-hap-hap-hap-happy clothes, daring clothes with brilliant colors and dynamic lines. They must be simple, and above all, they must be made to last for a short time only in order to encourage industrial activity and to provide constant and novel enjoyment for our bodies.” – Giacomo Balla,
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daguerreotyping · 10 months
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Tintype of a pair of affectionate young men, one draping his arm over his companion's shoulder and his leg over his companion's leg—while said companion, in turn, rests a hand on his thigh, c. 1860s
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frostedmagnolias · 2 days
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Blue satin dress
c. 1909
Museum of Vancouver
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• Skirt.
Designer/Maker: Tachi Castillo
Date: ca. 1955
Medium: Cotton, wool, metallic thread & rhinestones.
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paintingispoetry · 5 months
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Albert Anker, "Diligent", 1886
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empirearchives · 3 months
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Empire style dress designs made by Jean-François Bony
c. 1803, France, Napoleonic era
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Wedding gown, 1912.
Silk charmeuse trained gown, lace bodice trimmed w/ crystal beads & pearls.
via augusta auctions
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