May 12, 2013
lostsplendor: Twenties in Technicolor: Beaded Silk Dress, France c. 1925 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

lostsplendor:

Twenties in Technicolor: Beaded Silk Dress, France c. 1925 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

(via vintagegal)

Apr 19, 2013

fripperiesandfobs:

Town dress with chemisette owned by Empress Josephine, First Empire

From the Chateau de Malmaision Costume Collection app:

“This high-waisted dress with its square, low-cut neckline and decorated with white embroidered flowers and leaves is typical of the fashion at the start of the First Empire. To conceal the low neckline, it could be worn with a chemisette which was slipped inside the dress. This one is in white muslin, embroidered with a sprinkling of flowers and embellished with a ruché trim. This outfit comes from the family of Madame Poyard who looked after the Empress’s wardrobe after 1809.”

(via oldrags)

Mar 28, 2013
omgthatdress: Wedding Dress 1912 The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

omgthatdress:

Wedding Dress

1912

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Mar 2, 2013
Child’s purse embroidered by Miss Martha Edlin, c.1670-1680.  Embroidered silk, silver thread and sequins, lined with silk and braided. “Following the usual development of needlework skills in a young educated girl in the mid-17th century, Martha Edlin embroidered a multi-coloured sampler at the age of eight, and a more complicated piece in whitework and cutwork at nine. By 1671, her eleventh year, she had embroidered the panels of an elaborate casket, and two years later a beadwork jewellery case. The needlework skills she demonstrated in these pieces would be important attributes in her adulthood, in the management of her household and in the making, mending and decoration of her own and her family’s clothes.” -Victoria & Albert Museum

Child’s purse embroidered by Miss Martha Edlin, c.1670-1680.  Embroidered silk, silver thread and sequins, lined with silk and braided.

“Following the usual development of needlework skills in a young educated girl in the mid-17th century, Martha Edlin embroidered a multi-coloured sampler at the age of eight, and a more complicated piece in whitework and cutwork at nine. By 1671, her eleventh year, she had embroidered the panels of an elaborate casket, and two years later a beadwork jewellery case. The needlework skills she demonstrated in these pieces would be important attributes in her adulthood, in the management of her household and in the making, mending and decoration of her own and her family’s clothes.” -Victoria & Albert Museum

Jan 5, 2013
omgthatdress: Peignoir 1874-1877 The Metropolitan Museum of Art can I just sit around and lounge in this all day plz

omgthatdress:

Peignoir

1874-1877

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

can I just sit around and lounge in this all day plz

Jan 1, 2013
omgthatdress: Evening Dress 1910-1912 The Metropolitan Museum of Art made by “Miss Beckie,” 50 West 56th St., NY. MISS BECKIE.

omgthatdress:

Evening Dress

1910-1912

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

made by “Miss Beckie,” 50 West 56th St., NY. MISS BECKIE.

Dec 2, 2012
WUT

WUT

(Source: fuckyeahqueencampbell, via fortheloveofafros)

Oct 31, 2012
gravesandghouls: Victorian Batlady costume c. 1880’s LOVE

gravesandghouls:

Victorian Batlady costume c. 1880’s

LOVE

(via vintagegal)

Oct 19, 2012
Silver gilt ring, Anglo-Saxon, c.775-850 CE. Found in the River Thames in 1856. “The oval bezel has a central roundel engraved with a speckled blunt-faced quadruped, whose tongue and tail interlace around its body. Framing the roundel at either side are four fan-shaped fields, each with a sharp-nosed, long-eared beast-head.”

Silver gilt ring, Anglo-Saxon, c.775-850 CE. Found in the River Thames in 1856.

“The oval bezel has a central roundel engraved with a speckled blunt-faced quadruped, whose tongue and tail interlace around its body. Framing the roundel at either side are four fan-shaped fields, each with a sharp-nosed, long-eared beast-head.”

Oct 19, 2012
Metal necklace by Elsa Schiaparelli, 1938.

Metal necklace by Elsa Schiaparelli, 1938.

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