Bias cut satin evening dress designed by Charles James, London, 1934

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A secret portrait of Empress Elizabeth of Austria, made for her husband Franz Joseph I. It was his favorite depiction of her and hung opposite desk in his private study

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Men's apparel from the year 1678, Germany - [315 x 700]

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The Arlesienne evening dress by the House of Worth (ca. 1912-13). Worn by Queen Maud of Norway.

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Riverside In Spring Dress, Victor Prouve and Fernand Courteix, 1900

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1927 c. Hand-made, bespoke evening shoes from Ignazio Pluchino, 83 Walton Street, Chelsea, London. Materials used were Leather, silk, metal, linen and enamel.

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Dior's velvet dress with gold embroidery repeated in the shoes. The model is Dorothy Tristan. The photographer is Mark Shaw, 1955

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‘Pristine’ 200-year-old Faroese sweater found at UK’s National Archives

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Black Moire Silk Court Dress with Jet Beads, ca. 1885, Austrian. Worn by Empress Elisabeth ‘Sissi’ of Austria. (Kunst Historisches Museum Wien)

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What is the belt on his leg called?

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A child’s dress from my local historical center’s collection. We found it in a closet and I was able to find the donation record stating the dress is from around 1880. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it. Sorry for the poor picture I wasn’t planning on sharing but it’s so pretty not to share.

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Silk and satin embroidered evening dresses, 1928.

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Dress, 1898.

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Evening Dress, late 1950s, House of Worth.

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One more photograph I am trying to date... my great-great-grandmother's bicycle gang

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Tea gown made in c. 1900 by the House of Rouff, of embroidered silk damask, the panel probably being embroidered in India, with lace made in Limerick, that drops from the neck to the hem in a style known as the Watteau pleat. V&A Museum

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Egyptian faience beaded fishnet dress dating from the Fourth Dynasty, c. 2550 BCE.[6000x6000]

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Ballgown, Ann Lowe (1950s). White tulle with appliqued red velvet trim and oversized bows, fitted cap sleeve bodice and voluminous layered skirt, interior corset and stiff under-skirt. Whitaker Auctions.

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This beautiful unknown young lady's image was captured by Edward Billings one of Racine's (Wisconsin) leading photographers. The photo is from a small collection of Billings glass plates taken in the 1870s, 80s and 90s.

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Evening Dress, designed by Antonio Castillo for Lanvin (1957); embroidered silk zibeline, V&A. Embroidery design created by Francois Lesage, who was inspired by 18th century waistcoats.

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Gym suit, 1893–1898, United States.

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My great-great-grandma was married around 1900. What is this thing on her head?

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Unimpressed looking Norwegian ladies wearing late 1880s fashion. The lady in the middle has short hair, what a rebel!

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Afternoon or evening dress, 1903-1904. American. Hillwood Museum.

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Ball Gown, Charles Frederick Worth, 1860.

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Pink Silk Carriage Boots, 1890-1895. By Marshall Field, Inc. (Albany Institute of History & Art.)

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Milennials in the middle of the standard 30-year-echo trend also got real into like 1900s-1920s lost-generation fashions as a hipster thing or whatever. Now that zoomers are fully invested in the late 90s will they now spiral into the late 60s and then the baggy 30s-40s?

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1926 c. Blue and gold evening dress.

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A chatelaine used by Alexandra, Princess of Wales. It comes with 13 accessories, including scissors, a scent bottle, a magnifying glass and a Notebook. Made in England, 1863-1885 CE, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum [1501x1756]

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Gown, 1957. Norman Hartnell.

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Date of photo? She's supposed to have been born in 1864, but the clothing looks to be around Civil War.

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Photograph of Queen Margherita of Italy, 1870s.

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Evening Bag, c1927.

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Why does Regency-era (or Regency inspired) clothing so often appear in paintings from decades after the Regency era, even into the early 20th century?

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Man's court ensemble made in the 1790s, originally of blue silk taffeta. Statens Historiska Museer

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Velvet evening dress, 1930s.

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Ethel Barrymore

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Philippines - Blouse (19th century)

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Portrait of Bridget Holmes (1591–1691) by John Riley, 1686. She was a 'necessary woman' who served at the English royal court. Royal Collection Trust.

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Dress, 1916, worn by Queen Maud of Norway.

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1916. Woman's Happiness dinner dress by Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon (Label Lucile Ltd., New York)

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This ca.1830 nursing day dress is from the V&A collection. Day dress hand-made from block-printed cotton and lined with cotton. Cut and constructed for nursing.”

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Woman's Evening Dress: Bodice and Skirt, 1907, designed by Mrs. Dunstan (United States, active 1891–1913).

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Fancy dress costume, c. 1870, House of Worth, The Met.

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Woman’s Dress and Four Fabric Pieces, c. 1876, Artist/maker unknown, American.

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Jean Patchett in Ceil Chapman Dress of Silk & Organdy. Photo by Toni Frissell, Vogue, February 1954

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Woman in Pierre Balmain, 1946

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Marie Bell Watson, 1902. Little is known about this woman except that she died in Junction City, Kansas on May 23, 1913 of consumption. She was 34 at the time of her death.

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Brown evening dress, 1893, American.

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Mexican gentleman in either late XIX or early XX (1890-1900s) dressed in the Charro gala suit to speaking with his girlfriend. The suit is very well tailored and the golden accents of his coat are probably gold sew.

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Man's waistcoat and woman's dress from ca. 1830-35, both made from the same fabric which is thought to be embroidered Chinese silk satin imported to Europe, embroidered with white flowers and multi coloured butterflies ✨

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Afternoon dress by sara mayer & f. morhange, 1889-92.

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Gown made in France in c. 1910 of raspberry sorbet gold brocade, in a faux sari design with fan leaf pattern running down center and bordering the selvedge, with a faux bodice with pink and creme tulle insert ✨

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Dress made in c. 1660, of purple silk taffeta embroidered with gold and silver in a floral motif. Statens Historiska Museer

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Gigi Terwalgne by Cecil Beaton, 1951

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Givenchy Periwinkle Blue Gown, 1974

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Draped silk evening gown, Callot Soeurs, 1928 ✨

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ca. 1909 Dress (Fashion Museum Bath - Bath, Somerset, UK)

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1860s female archery outfit with a pocket diary hanging from the belt

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Ensemble created for Gustav II Adolf of Sweden to wear to his wedding in 1620, covered in ornate embroidery of gold thread, representing small bouquets of carnations, roses, etc. symmetrically arranged over the surface, the space left being filled with gold sequins are scattered. Livrustkammaren

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Woman's Day Magazine February 1946, photo by Laurie Vance.

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Leather Clutch with a bakelite greyhound on a leash, 1930’s.

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Orange and Black Bodice, 1895, American, by L. Guiquin. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)

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Madame Gres, circa 1960.

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Beautiful lady from the tail end of the XIX century, prob 1890s. Wonder what kind of style is this dress, is not flapper but, is more relaxed than victorian fashion. From Mexico.

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Photograph taken in 1916 of a Chicago suffragette getting in a car, showing her marching outfit consisting of high heeled boots, pants under an open-front skirt, short jacket, and broad brimmed hat ✨

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Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart by Anthony van Dyck, ca.1638. National Gallery.

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Woman in knee-length dress and pants, ca. 1860s. Any ideas if the clothing and hairstyle indicate a religious or social community? From a bound photo album I bought years ago. Subject and photographer unknown. [1457 x 2361]

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Two-piece dress in green velvet, ca. 1900, Grands Magasins Nouveautes C. Paventa, Rome.

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Possibly my favorite evening gown. Circa 1850

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Evening dress 1909-1913, Callot Soeurs.

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Eta Hentz evening dress from 1944 (The MET)

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A gorgeous pair of man's boots made in the 1890s of gilded and silvered leather, plain leather, and metal. FIDM Museum

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TIL When Joanne Woodward won the Oscar for The Three Faces of Eve in 1958 she wore a strapless green gown that she made for just $100 - the only time, a Best Actress winner appeared at the Academy Awards in a dress of her own making. “I’m almost as proud of that dress as I am of my Oscar.

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1850s Lady's Dress. (State Hermitage Museum)

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Countess Castiglione wearing a dress with two skirt panels by Pierre Louis Pierson, c. 1870s.

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1865 gown (Cincinnati Art Museum - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA).

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Purple satin evening dress and silk velvet evening cape designed by Jeanne Lanvin, Paris, 1935

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Last chance to date my great-grandmother!

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Portrait of Mariana of Austria in hunting costume, ca 1656

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Black and Lilac dress, ca.1862. Albany Institute of History & Art.

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Pierre Balmain Haute Couture Collection Spring/Summer 1954. Genevieve wears “Antonia”, a red-faille coat and white satin dress set embroidered with scrolls in gold thread and red muslin roses with green foliage in silk thread by Lesage.

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China (Qing Dynasty) - Man's Boots (19th century)

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Jean Desses, 1953.

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Transformation dress (comprising both a day and an evening bodice) from 1855, made of silk with multiple tiers of organza. The MET

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ab. 1932 Velvet evening dress by Jean Patou. (Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin)

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Starry night costume made in the USA in 1926, of silk crepe, with rhinestones and sequins. Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

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Indonesian Court Dress in 1890

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Dress, c. 1925, Worn by Marjorie Merriweather Post.

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American negligee made in 1918-1921 of silk organza overlaid with tulle with an overall cotton embroidery in a fern pattern interspersed with small floral motifs, all trimmed with silk satin bands. Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens

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Miss Elsie Palmer, John Singer Sargent (1889-1890)

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Evening Dress, 1947, Christian Dior.

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Habit a la francaise ensemble made in 1786 for future Tsar Alexander I, made of silk woven with silver thread, featuring beautiful embroidery of metal sequins with gold and silver thread in a floral motif. Statens Historiska Museer

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1940’s outfit.

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Woman's Ensemble, United States (New York), ca.1880. LACMA Collections.

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Sears Catalogue (1993). To go with the recent 1993 line posts.

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Ball Gown of Elisabeth Feodorovna, 1897-1898, State Hermitage Museum.

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An 1835 illustration by Jean-Baptiste Debret showing what black women in Brazil wore at the time

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Shelley Duvall modeling for Vogue in 1971.

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Portrait of Countess Samoilova with (Giovanina) Amazilia Pacini and black boy by Kael Brullov, ca 1832-34

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Suit by Hubert De Givenchy, 1954, Paris.

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Anna May Wong photographed wearing a silk jumpsuit and jacket, 1930s ✨

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1895 Wedding Dress & 1922 Wedding Dress (mother and daughter)

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Walking Dress by Liberty & Co, 1906-1907. Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

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Reception Gown by Poussineau, Auguest & Emile, 1893-1895. (FIDM)

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English “Scrap Album” Fancy Dress (c. 1893)

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Portrait of Countess Giulia Fabbricotti, Alessandro Ossani, 1869

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An evening gown from Lanvin’s Fall-Winter 1938 collection.

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Woman from Nayarit, Mexico probably between 1900-10. Very colorfoul. Nice patterns, has a collar, belt that chinches the waist, looks cotton made.

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Christian Dior 🍂Autumn/❄️Winter 1949 Haute Couture

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Day dress Aramis, 1902 from Les Modes

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1878 Pingat dinner dress (Chicago History Musum - Chicago, Illimois, USA).

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Countess Carolina Sommaruga Matteini's portrait by Vittorio Corcos in 1901. The combination of sequins, chiffons, colours and fabrics is to die and reincarnate in the late Victorian era for ✨

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Dress, Artist/maker unknown (1800). Philadelphia Museum of Art. A resurgence of interest in the classical world in the late 18th century influenced feminine fashion in favor of raised waistlines and sheer, white cotton. It's worth zooming in for the beautiful cotton embroidery.

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Evening dress, 1910s. (Who has more info about this dress?)

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Portrait of Princess Marianne of the Netherlands by Theodor Hildebrandt, 1837. Royal Collections of the Netherlands.

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Eye dress from the film Dolly Sisters (1945) with costumes designed by Orry Kelly ✨

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Gown from the mid(ish) 1700s made of Spitalfields silk. (See comment)

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Reception Dress, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, 1904, Silk lawn, silk ribbon.

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Need help dating photo taken in Warsaw; subject born in 1884

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1865 girl’s dress, American, of silk plain weave (taffeta and organza), cotton twill. Museum of Fine Arts.

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Visiting dress by Rouff, 1902 from Les Modes

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Found a new favorite historical clothing item. Evening cape by Emile Pingat, 1890s.

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This fabulous lady

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Evening dress by Bruyere ca. 1953. (See comment)

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1860s evening dress at the McCord Museum. This is so ethereal, I can only imagine how beautiful it flowed when waltzing ✨

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Lucinda Hollingsworth by Sante Forlano, 1956

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Lucille dress from 1916, named “happiness”

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Skirt - presumably from the wardrobe of Orsolya Esterhazy, mid 17th century. Hungary and Italy.

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'My Wife With a Gramophone' by Kurt Weinhold. 1923. A shocking fashion statement in the 1920s

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Elisabeth of Austria Queen of France in 1573

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Jacques Griffe, 1953.

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Tartan Wedding Dress, Vivienne Westwood, Fall 1993.

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Nancy Pelosi (age 20) attending JFK's inauguration in 1961

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Vogue, 1926 fashion.

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French evening gown created by Agnes-Drecoll in 1934 ✨

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Palladio dress designed by Gianfranco Ferre for Dior. Long pleated georgette crepe dress from the Spring/Summer 1992 Haute Couture collection. Dior Heritage collection

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Maison Clergeat two-piece evening dress made in 1898-1900, of Charmeuse silk satin, with lace, mousseline, and sequins. Musee des Arts Decoratifs

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Johanna von Klinkosch photographed in the late 1870s in a dress having interesting dark net sleeves with flared lace cuffs ✨

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From 'Harper's Bazaar' (November 1954)

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“The Rice Bowl Dress”, Carolyn Schnurer, 1952.

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Ballgown, Jacques Doucet, c. 1890; Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Art Nouveau dress from 1908, made of atlas. Museum of Arts and Crafts in Prague

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ab. 1900 Evening dress by House of Worth, Paris, France.

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This riding habit from 1825 makes me want to learn how to ride a horse and then win a competition while the William Tell Ouverture's finale is playing ✨

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This 1933 wedding gown is the embodiment of a starry night ✨

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Cheerleading ensemble from the early 1900s, made up of a wool turtleneck sweater and a cotton skirt. FIDM Museum

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Blue-Cut Velvet on Green Satin Gown by House of Worth circa 1897

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