historicalfashion:

Blue silk corset, V&A, c. 1864

This corset is perfection.

A Friday the 13th party, 1940.

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historicalfashion:

Madame Warren’s corset, Met, ca. 1885

What a beautiful little summer corset this is. I’d love one of my own!

theshipthatflew:

bildwerk:The Clark Sisters by Frances Benjamin Johnston 1850

My kind of crowd.

bohemea:

Romeo + Juliet

Claire Danes’ Juliet was my teen idol, and I used to dream about owning this dress. 

strangerains:

waifeyes: Gold locket with the hair of Queen Marie Antoinette, British Museum.

(Source: Flickr / kotomi-jewelry)

defunctfashion:

Robe à l’Anglaise | c. 1775

I think painstaking botanical embroidery should come back in a big way.

Ashley Smith in Vogue Russia, December 2010, photographed by Sharif Hamza.

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A bit of Edwardian heaven to round out your Sunday night.

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historicalfashion:

omgthatdress:

Evening dress ca. 1865 via The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

WOW.

omg stfu with this.

The 1860’s kill me every single time.  My heart aches for organza, lace, and embroidered scalloping.