From the 2011 "Serengei Sunset" collection, this is another knockout by the wildly wonderful #LWrenScott. #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory via Christie's.

This #frockingfabulous beadnet dress is from Egypt, c.2551–2528 B.C. It’s the earliest surviving example of its type and was reassembled from 7000 beads found in an undisturbed burial site.The beadnet was originally a dazzling blue and blue green. Via MFA Boston.

From 1969, I would wear the heck out of this #Biba curtain brocade coat! #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory via Kerry Taylor Auctions.

Just nipping to the market; anybody want anything?

This colour knocks me out. It’s black, but it shimmers in blues somehow... Alice Larrot, early 1880s, Galleria del Costume Palazzo Pitti, Eurpeana.

Bring the garden with you, in this #frockingFabulous #Chanel number from 1935. #fashionhistory via The Met.

Birthday gal Sophia Loren is #frockingfabulous in #Dior! Via Royal Ontario Museum.

Happy birthday to Sophia Loren, always #frockingfabulous!

It’s so grey today, so let’s brighten the morning with this blazing bit of 1930’s #frockingFabulous. #fashionhistory in satin, via Chicago History Museum.

Let's dip into Queen Maud’s #Maudrobe with this spangly something from Jay’s of London, 1920. Via Nasjonalmuseet. #Fashionhistory #frockingFabulous

A trip to the #Maudrobe for Queen Maud’s #frockingfabulous Bally shoes! #Shoetiful #fashionhistory of the 1930s, via Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo.

Enjoy an old and #frockingfabulous favourite by #Balmain. #Fashionhistory of 1953, via Indianapolis Museum of Art.

A #frockingfabulous hand-painted silk gown from China, c.1750! “The design was drawn in ink and the areas to be painted covered with white lead, then pigments such as malachite (green), orphiment (yellow), vermillion (red) and lead white used.” Via Meg Andrews. #fashionhistory

Be you own mint humbug, in this #frockingfabulous number by #Doucet. C.1890s #fashionhistory, via the Mint Museum.

Farewell, Robert Redford.

This “Happy Landings” wartime scarf by Jacqmar of London pays tribute to those who fought the Battle of Britain; it seemed fitting on Battle of Britain Day. It features a design of RAF wings and Churchill's quote, “Never was so much owed by so many to so few”. #FrockingFabulous

Just imagine if this #Valentina frock of wool twill was cadmium red…😉 #frockingfabulous #fashionhistory of c.1950, via the Museum of the City of New York.

Sophia Loren is utterly #frockingFabulous .

Today is Battle of Britain Day, commemorating the RAF’s decisive victory over two enormous waves of German aircraft on 15 September 1940. “Never, in the field of human conflict, was so much owed by so many to so few."

Wish it was purple though. #frockingfabulous by #Lanvin, 1935. Via the V&A.

By #Lanvin, #frockingfabulous 1950’s look features a dramatic scarf for maximum glam! #fashionhistory via the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Do you like lifting? Do you like spanking? Then Ulysses S De Moulin's Combined Lifting and Spanking Machine of 1909 is the gadget for you! It promised an electric shock and a spank... and Mr De Moulin personally guaranteed that,“a startling effect will be obvious!”

#Poiret's #frockingfabulous La Rose d'Iribe is a breath of 1913 fresh air! #Fashionhistory via the met.

It's the glorious-in-every-sense "Bergere Legere", by #Lanvin... almost 100 years old! #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory of 1926 via Christie's.

There's something that's just fun about #VivienneWestwood's "Wake Up Cave Girl" collection of 2007/8, and this dress is so very her. #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory via Christie's.

Let’s have a #frockingfabulous favourite! By #YvesSaintLaurent for our beloved #Dior, and it’s all kinds of gorgeous. #fashionhistory of 1958, via National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

#JeanneLanvin serves perfect party glam of 1956-57 #Fashionhistory via Kerry Taylor Auctions.

This #Givenchy number is from the late 1960s, but it's dreaing of the 1980s... #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory via Christie's.

Be your own rainbow, in #Mugler. #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory of 1990, via Kerry Taylor Auctions.

From the wardrobe of Elizabeth Taylor, this Fernando Sanchez 1992 coat left its $800 estimate in the dust when it sold for $13,750 in 2011. #frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory via Christie's.

This is #Dior's 1957 "Blandine", and it's #frockingfabulous. #Fashionhistory via the V&A.

On this day in 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. This photograph shows her 70 years earlier, as she arrives at London Airport from Kenya on 9th February 1952, following the death of her father, George VI. Waiting to receive her are Churchill, Attlee, Eden and Lord Woolton.

#Onthisday in 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. At her 1953 coronationshe wore this #frockingfabulous gown by #NormanHartnell, featuring the floral emblems of each country of the UK and each state of the Commonwealth. She paired it with these glorious shoes by #RogerVivier. Via the Royal Collection.

From birthday gal #LauraAshley, this #frockingfabulous ram and pelican patterned dress, complete with *those* sleeves. #Fashionhistory of the early 1970's, via the Bowes Museum.

From birthday gal #LauraAshley, a #frockingfabulous, golden garment! #Fashionhistory of the early 1970's, via the Bowes Museum.

On #LauraAshley's birthday, let's remember this quintessential and #frockingfabulous LA look! #Fashionhistory

From 1923/4, this is a colourful offering by an unknown maker, from Queen Maud's #Maudrobe. #Frockingfabulous #fashionhistory via the Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo.

Let’s have a Saturday night dose of #frockingfabulous courtesy of Dame Joan Sutherland as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Magic Flute. This 1962 production at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, was designed by Georges Wakhevitch. Photo by Houston Rogers/The V&A.

This silver encrusted gown and bag of 1968 is by #Dior and from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor. It sold for £362,000 in 2011! #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory via Christie's.

#JacquesFath creates something utterly #frockingfabulous and *very* 1952. #fashionhistory via Artcurial.

#JacquesFath creates something utterly #frockingfabulous and *very* 1952. #fashionhistory via Artcurial.

Gold AND wild statement sleeves? Take my money, #JeanneLanvin, right now! #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory of 1929, via Christie's.

Thirty or over? Then you need Mme Merkin’s Face-Bra!

Farewell, Giorgio #Armani; thanks for being so #frockingfabulous.

#AntonyPrice services disco, and it's a bobbydazzler! #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory of 1978, via Kerry Taylor Auctions.

This ultra dramatic, #frockingfabulous mourning veil and mask was worn by Empress Elisabeth of Austria, aka Sisi, following the 1889 death of her son, Rudolf, in the Mayerling incident. Made by Fanny Scheiner (settle down at the back), via the Imperial Carriage Museum, Vienna. #Fashionhistory

Get ready to own 51% of this company, in this #Frockingfabulous ensemble by Jean-Louis Scherrer. #Frockingfabulous #fashionhistory via Artcurial.

I’m out out… and she’s fancy! It’s Moulin Rouge night!

#Dior serves drama in the lining, for the 1950's fashionista. #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory via Christie's.