lostsplendor:

Historical Evolution of Style: Japan, Illustrations c.1868-1908 via The New York Public Library

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goblinkinginthetardis:

thevintagethimble:

Wine and Ivory Jacket
Jacket made of heavy wool in wine and cream. Tight fitting, hip-length jacket with stand-up collar. Front attached vest is ornately trimmed with maroon machine embroidery. The same trim is found on the shoulder, bottom of sleeve and on the back. Skirt of the jacket is shaped to fit over a bustle. c. 1890s. | NDSU

Lady Jilli? I’ll wrassle you for it.

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omgthatdress:

Motoring Helmet

1920s-1930s

Kerry Taylor Auctions

thevintagethimble:

Coat, 1900–1909, Albanian Medium: silk, cotton & metal. | THE MET

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blackhistoryalbum:

Black Victorians | 1890s

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omgthatdress:

Jacket

1940s

Timeless Vixen Vintage

omgthatdress:

Dress

Elsa Schiaparelli, 1934

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

celestialmazer:

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A DRESS

Restored dress as worn by Ellen Terry in her 1888 portayal of Lady Macbeth.

“When Ellen starred alongside Henry Irving in Macbeth in 1888, there was not a wide choice of fabrics available in England, and Alice could not find the colours she wanted to achieve her effects. She wanted one dress to ‘look as much like soft chain armour as I could, and yet have something that would give the appearance of the scales of a serpent.’ (Mrs. J. Comyns Carr’s ‘Reminiscences’. London: Hutchinson, 1926) Mrs. Nettlship found a twist of soft green silk and blue tinsel in Bohemia and this was crocheted to achieve the chain mail effect.

The dress hung beautifully but: ‘we did not think that it was brilliant enough, so it was sewn all over with real green beetle wings, and a narrow border in Celtic designs, worked out in rubies and diamonds, hemmed all the edges. To this was added a cloak of shot velvet in heather tones, upon which great griffens were embroidered in flame-coloured tinsel. The wimple, or veil, was held in place by a circlet of rubies, and two long plaits twisted with gold hung to her knees.’

the history blog.
the guardian
V&A 
blogspot

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toughtink:

omgthatdress:

Cycling Ensemble

1895

The Kyoto Costume Institute 

just gonna leave this link here….

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omgthatdress:

Suit

1900

The Metropolitan Museum of Art