Until I can post those and get some new material up, you will just have to enjoy this gorgeous Worth gown from 1893. I don't love the 90s because of the crazy leg-o-mutton sleeves, but some of the dresses are still quite beautiful.
Went out of town through this past weekend, which really put me behind in the posting. I'll be leaving again first week of November, so I wanted to make sure I posted some eye-candy for the interim and I should also be posting more stuff this coming weekend.
Until I can post those and get some new material up, you will just have to enjoy this gorgeous Worth gown from 1893. I don't love the 90s because of the crazy leg-o-mutton sleeves, but some of the dresses are still quite beautiful.
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Today, a lovely piece from the French ladies' magazine Le Monde Elegant. This is the plate from July, 1877 (the late 70s and early 80s are probably my favorite eras in terms of 19th century clothing. The crazy-wide hoops are gone and the enormous ridiculous bustles haven't yet become vogue. I got this image from the University of Washington fashion plate collection, which is a pretty cool site with lots of neat plates to explore (everything from the Empire period through the Edwardian period). Something to tide you over while I recover from a mung and try to get back on track here. And okay, the mannequin is kind of creepy on this one, but I love the outfit. This is typical dress attire for a man in the 1850s: dinner coat with tails, cravat, linen trousers, silk hat. In America (the clothing here is British), after the Civil War, a lot of color in dress attire for men was not especially fashionable. Black and white was the mode of the day (or evening, I should say), with the tuxedo taking over, more or less completely for a while. Prior to that, men's clothing was still colorful (and interesting!). This is perhaps part of why I like this decade in particular. Colors after the war were not unheard of, just not the norm. Love the mannequin's crazy coiffure. Good decade for clothes, bad for hair. This awesome picture comes from the awesome collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum. |
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