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I am down to the last 1000 words of my book draft and writing about hair workers, makers in the #c19th who were skilled in the art of sentimental jewellery. They wove & braided hair as memorials to loved ones, part of mourning etiquette. Mid c19th dresses @metcostume.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Mid 1920s wedding outfit, dress, underdress, veil, headdress & shoes @jbrightcollection.bsky.social. Detailed description & additional images here: www.thejohnbrightcollection.co.uk/costume/wedd...

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#Ootd are these three nightgowns owned by Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn appreciated quality, fabrics, and fit. These three nightgowns show her appreciation of private luxury. Two do not have known dates, but were purchased sometime between 1925 and 1975 (when she was 18-68).

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Harriett Joyce made this dress for her #wedding to Percy Sams in 1899. She was a lady’s maid and was particularly skilled at dressmaking, choosing a purple #tailormade for its practicality beyond the wedding day itself #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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French painter Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was born #OnThisDay in 1755. In 1783, she painted Marie Antoninette wearing a robe en chemise, also known as the chemise à la reine, similar to this Indian cotton muslin example from the Manchester Art Gallery collection. #fashionhistory #art

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Cap #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/95402

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Stunning citrus silk that layers silk with beads with embroidery in a draped dress that dates to c1912. It was designed by Gustave Beer, a German couturier who, by 1905, had established a Parisian presence #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Shoes #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/98852

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#TitanicRemembranceDay Mourning dress probably worn by Caroline Schemerhorn Astor Wilson for her brother, John Jacob Astor IV. 1912 Taffeta, lace, and crape; which is unconventional for first mourning. #TheVictorianBookoftheDead americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...

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I think those with a certain bust-age (myself included) might not find this 1974 #YSL evening dress very containing. I do love the nonchalant wrap and drape of red silk, however, with the band of gold at the neck #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Thanks for following! Here’s some morning sunshine via The Harris, Preston. 1950s Horrockses cotton print dress with matching belt.

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I am hopeful that my hip replacement surgery is getting closer after a pre-op assessment. I’m sorry not to be as chatty in comments at the moment but I am just clinging on by my finger nails! Meantime here is a hip friendly mid 1920s Lanvin robe de style @deyoungmuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Some #1930s whimsy, consisting of broad multi coloured stripes and a puffy bustle style arrangement at the back of the otherwise straight silhouette. It is Schiaparelli, deploying some playful details @philamuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Dressing gown #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/98473

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The style of this early #1780s gown was known as a ‘Circassienne’ with its ruched over skirt and centre fastening bodice. The peppermint figured silk includes fuzzy fly braid edging the robings for an indistinct finish. Sold via #kerrytaylorauctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Irene Maud Lentz was the third designer highlighted in #KSUMuseum 's Katharine Hepburn exhibit. MGM hired Irene after Adiran left in 1942. She made ephemeral, feminine designs like this 1948 nightgown for the movie, The State of the Union, made of silk georgette, chiffon skirt,

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Collar #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/98351

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Pleats and drapes and layers of liquid sunshine are suspended from the narrowest of silk jersey cords in this #1930s evening gown. The trademark style of Mme Grès is realised here in buttery cloth for some fabulous party I hope @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Undersleeves #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/101754

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Fancy a hand at embroidery? @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social , will lead two workshops at JASP 2025. Blog post on how to embrodier: tinyurl.com/24xr6f4f Register for JASP 2025 here: tinyurl.com/49ahuk5p #janeausten #janeaustensummerprogram #JASP2025 #austen250 #embrodiery #regency

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Amongst his textile innovations, a technique that Mariano Fortuny created in the early c20th was a series of metal matrices to speed up production of his printed fabrics whilst retaining the artisanship. Here a printed silk alongside one of the matrices #palazzofortuny #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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French-American operatic soprano and actress Lily Pons was born #OnThisDay in 1898. She wore this Ladislas Czettel designed French military-inspired costume as Maria in Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment on stage during the 1940s. Met Opera collection. #Opera #fashionhistory

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Worn #onthisday in 1965 by pop stars Sylvie Vartan and Johnny Hallyday at their #wedding in Loconville, France. Instead of a veil and bouquet, Vartan wore an organdy hood and muff by Arlette Nastal of Real. Per The Buffalo News, Vartan was "a fashion idol, feverishly copied by European girls." #OTD

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Suit #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/98614

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For summer days promenading at the seaside, white cotton dresses such as this with black cotton machine embroidery were popular ensembles in the mid #1860s. The bright white offered the perfect backdrop for the blackwork details @lacma.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Unisex uniform of leather jackets, berets (inspired by World War II French Resistance fighters), political buttons, and Afros worn #onthisday in 1969 by Black Panther Party members protesting at the "Panther 21" trial at the New York County Criminal Court; all 21 were acquitted. #OTD 📷 Getty Images

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Bonnet #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/96443

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We have made it to the #1970s in the first year fashion history survey course and so tomorrow we will be looking at creatives including Antonio Lopez who captured the era so beautifully in his drawings, seen alongside a roller disco queen #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Bodice #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/99799

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When reticulated was the new black. The dress unzipped to reveal a matching bra. it could only be Rudi Gernreich, Fall 1966.

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Negligée #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/1381893

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The importance of passementerie as a sartorial embellishment in the second half of the c19th is evident in this mid #1880s dress. A tail of purple braid swings atop a pleated panel amongst plain and floral fabric @lacma.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Our policy lead Anna Bryher warning workers cannot be left to pay the price of Trump's tariff wars "These tariffs are punitive and will further harm economies already struggling to pay responsible wages and fund social protections for workers who make our clothes" fashionunited.uk/news/busines...

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Dress #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/96758

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It appears to be simplicity itself, a strapless black cocktail dress, sleek of line. Take a closer look and details abound from the texture of the ottoman satin to the rouleau bows and sprinkle of sequins at the neck. Dior by YSL ready to wear, 1953 sold via #kerrytaylorauctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Pumps #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/99765

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I suspect this is not to everyone’s taste but there is something cheerfully bold about the construction choices here. Beige barège, a silk wool blend, is brightened with the liberal application of violet velvet ribbon for plenty of #1860s sleeve drama. Sold via #augustaauctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Stays #artbots #themet https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/101720

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Ok ok, so I have another 1940s Valentina pinafore and dress for Katharine Hepburn. It is very similar to the ensemble that Hepburn wore for the stage production of The Philadelphia Story in 1939. This one, however, was for her personal wardrobe. In her memoir, Hepburn writes that she wore this dress

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In a 1949 edition of the French magazine L’Officiel, this red and black satin gown by Robert Piguet is described as a dance dress. It would certainly frame the body as it whirled, one shoulder bare and the waist cinched with a black belt #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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The maker of this c1826 gown used the printed cotton to its best effect, disrupting the pattern with tight pleats at the waist and using the fabric diagonally for the deep collar. Sunny cloth for bright spring days @metcostume.bsky.social #FashipnHistory 🗃️🪡

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British costume designer Sandy Powell was born #OnThisDay in 1960. She designed this Oscar-winning bias-cut silver lamé evening gown and fur-trimmed draped robe that was worn by Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow in The Aviator (2004). Sandy Powell collection. #film #Fashionhistory

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I wonder if this ca. 1870 gown might have been worn as a wedding dress when it was new. Anyway, just marveling over the density of that self-fabric trim on the skirts! All of those strips of silk are bound with bias bands on the top and bottom edges, which represents so much work. 🗃️🪡 #19thc

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Next was this other 1940s Valentina dress, also made of silk organza and from Hepburn's personal collection. The heavily ruched bodice with broad shoulders was particularly good for Herpburn's figure. She wore either a similar dress or the same one that had since faded to the St. James' Theatre

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Anyone for tennis? It may not appear to the modern eye that this cotton ensemble would make for a practical sporting outfit but players like Suzanne Lenglen popularised these styles in the #1920s as more people took part in active games @chertseymuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Stephen Burrows chose this lovely sky blue silk jersey for an early #1970s evening dress. The overlocked edges have crimped the fabric into fluted flutters with asymmetric lines @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory🗃️🪡

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Bright spring shades both dating to 1913 and designed by Paul Poiret. One a yellow tea gown and the other an evening dress, they both reflect the spirit of early #1910s fashion and new directions in dress. Dress sold via Doyle’s Auctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Next was this 1939 Valentina ensemble that Katharine Hepburn wore during the stage production of The Philadelphia Story. I posted about this dress 3 years ago and still remember it because it is so gorgeous. In fact, the audience was said to have gasped when Hepburn came out on stage. It is another

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