American fashion designer Clare Potter was born #OnThisDay in 1903. She was one of the first American designers to achieve name recognition for her creations, such as this black and gold linen belted dress dating from 1937-38. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory

Artist Marc Chagall was born #OnThisDay in 1887. He designed the costumes for the 1967 production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, including this painted cobalt and aubergine silk chiffon gown for the Queen of the Night. Metropolitan Opera Archives. #costume

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was born #OnThisDay in 1907. She owned and wore this brown velvet huipil with machine-embroidered chain stitch and floral printed cotton skirt with holán (ruffle). She was photographed in a similar ensemble. Museo Frida Kahlo collection. #WomensArt #fashionhistory

French poet, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic Jean Cocteau was born #OnThisDay in 1889. This 1938 green silk Charles James evening dress is printed with a Cocteau art print of masks of Cocteau and his lover, the actor Jean Marais. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

British fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel was born #OnThisDay in 1953. She designed this ivory silk taffeta wedding dress with her former husband David in 1979. The gown is a precursor of their design for Lady Diana Spencer's wedding dress. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

American actress Eva Marie Saint was born #OnThisDay in 1924. She wore this Walter Plunkett designed Civil War period dress, consisting of a red plaid skirt, blouse, and red cropped jacket, as Nell Gaither in Raintree County (1957). Sold by Profiles in History Auctions. #film #costume #dress

English actress and singer Gertrude Lawrence was born #OnThisDay in 1898. She wore this c. 1937-43 flame red rayon crêpe long-sleeved dress with a bias-cut skirt, attributed to Valentina, in an unidentified show. Museum of the City of New York collection. #theatre #costume

American actress and singer Audra McDonald was born #OnThisDay in 1970. She wore this Ann Hould-Ward designed custom-dyed, hand-painted silk velvet robe with faux-fur collar as Jenny in the LA Opera’s 2007 production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. LA Opera #costume

Avant-garde artist and costume/set designer Natalia Goncharova was born #OnThisDay in 1881. She designed this blue and gold silk and lamé painted costume for a squid for Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes in c. 1916. National Gallery Australia collection. #fashionhistory #costume

American model and actress Jerry Hall was born #OnThisDay in 1956. She modelled this black jersey one-shouldered Bill Tice dress, that is embellished with gold lamé embroidery on the left shoulder, in an American Vogue editorial in 1981. Sold by Shrimpton Couture. #fashionhistory

Italian-French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, known for his Space Age designs, was born #OnThisDay in 1922. He designed this red and black vinyl maxi length mod coat with a graphic arrow design for his 1969-70 A/W collection. For sale via Timeless Vixen. #fashionhistory

Diana, Princess of Wales, was born #OnThisDay in 1961. She chose this pink and white silk dress, designed by Zandra Rhodes, to wear to attend an official state banquet in Japan in 1986. The colours diplomatically complimented the cherry blossom. Historic Royal Palaces collection. #fashionhistory

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this bridesmaid dress of mauve satinised cotton with a lace trim and a wide-brimmed hat that was worn by Eileen Amy Brock at the wedding of her cousin Mabel Fraser-Spooner to Raymond Thackeray in 1925. @V_and_A collection. #fashionhistory

Dancer, actress and singer, Lena Horne, was born #OnThisDay in 1917. She wore this Giorgio di Sant'Angelo patchwork dress made from panels of velvet, cotton, and silk, on the 1969 television show "Kraft Music Hall Presents the Sound of Burt Bacharach". @UNT_TFC collection. #fashionhistory

Sleek suits all the rage in the early 1910s, often with sharp detailing like this. The brown linen was a trimmed with a pinstriped collar and cuffs with mother of pearl decorative buttons framed in elongated black braid buttonholes. Lovely! @KSUMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins was born #OnThisDay in 1980. She wore a version of Vivienne Westwood's 2012 draped, silk chiffon Diamond Jubilee dress that is printed with the Union Jack to sing the national anthem at the Royal Variety Performance in 2025. #fashionhistory

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attended a reception in Mexico on an official state visit with President Kennedy #OnThisDay in 1962. She wore this Oleg Cassini designed strapless evening dress in azure blue silk crêpe with a bow at the bustline. JFK Library collection. #fashionhistory

American actress and singer Katharine McPhee married record producer David Foster at the St. Yeghiche Armenian Apostolic Church in London #OnThisDay in 2019. The bride wore a strapless Zac Posen gown with a sweetheart neckline made from layers of striped tulle. #fashionhistory

Happy International Pride Day 🏳️‍🌈 Linda Jackson's 1988 hand-painted cotton 'Rainbow' evening dress evokes the colours of the pride flag that was designed by artists including Gilbert Baker, Lynn Segerblom and James McNamara in the 70s. Powerhouse collection. #fashionhistory #pride

Argentine First Lady Eva Perón met Pope Pius XII at the Vatican during her Rainbow Tour of Europe #OnThisDay in 1947. She wore a black silk crepe dress with a veil designed by Olimpia Ogando at the House of Bernarda. Museo Evita #Evita #fashionhistory

Italian fashion designer Giambattista Valli was born #OnThisDay in 1966. He designed this strapless black silk faille bustier dress with a cascading white silk organza ruffle skirt for his eponymous brand's A/W 2023 haute couture collection. #fashionhistory

American fashion and costume designer Vera West was born #OnThisDay in 1897. She designed this custom-made brown and tan plaid three-piece suit that was worn by John Wayne as Pittsburgh Markham in Pittsburgh (1942). Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design. #film #costume

American actress Jeanne Eagels was born #OnThisDay in 1890. Kim Novak portrayed Eagels in the 1957 bio-pic, Jeanne Eagels, in which she wore this Jean Louis designed silver satin dress with a silver chiffon overlay accented with rhinestones. Sold by Profile in History Auctions. #film #costume

This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this rust silk charmeuse evening dress with an attached self belt embellished with a faux amber buckle. The dress was retailed by Bergdorf Goodman in 1938. Phoenix Art Museum collection. #fashionhistory

The Duchess of Edinburgh attended a Buckingham Palace State Banquet to mark the visit of the Japanese Emperor and Empress #OnThisDay in 2024. She wore the green silk chiffon Suzannah Crystalline Couture Silk Gown with the delicate Art Deco Lotus Flower Tiara. #fashionhistory

English fashion designer Betty Jackson was born #OnThisDay in 1949. She designed this black wool zippered dress that was worn by Joanna Lumley as Patsy Stone in series 5 of Absolutely Fabulous. Sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #fashionhistory #abfab

John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier announced their engagement #OnThisDay in 1953. The engagement ring was purchased from Van Cleef & Arpels and featured a 2.88 carat diamond paired with a 2.84 carat emerald, that Jacqueline later had reset. #engagementring #jewellery

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this pale pink chiffon flapper dress, dating to c. 1925. The dress is decorated with beaded foliate motifs and embroidered with silver leaf patterns. It features inserts and abelt of black chiffon. Sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #fashionhistory

Joséphine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I, was born #OnThisDay in 1763. This embroidered cream satin gown with a train is believed to have belonged to Empress Joséphine. It was embroidered by the Ateliers of Picot-Brocard. Sold by the Osenat Auction House. #fashionhistory

American fashion designer Bill Blass was born #OnThisDay in 1922. He designed this pink metallic patterned wrap-effect dress, with panels of silver, grey, ivory and gold, for his Fall 1970 Ready-to-Wear collection. Sold by Shrimpton Couture. #fashionhistory

French fashion designer Madeleine Vionnet was born #OnThisDay in 1876. She designed this haute couture high-waisted ivory crêpe evening dress with a flowing, pleated skirt, embellished with topstitching on the bodice, for her S/S 1938 collection. Sold via Bonhams. #fashionhistory

Midsummer was a very busy time for Old Fox. He rose even earlier than usual, long before first light, gathering baskets of flowers & leaves for the cottage wreaths – long fennel & dog daisies, green birch, Maiden’s lily & St John's Wort, wild roses & sweet plumes of meadowsweet.

American actress, comedian and singer, Judy Holliday, was born #OnThisDay in 1921. She wore this Jean Louis designed mocha brown and ivory textured suit in her Oscar-winning role as Emma 'Billie' Dawn in the 1950 film, Born Yesterday. Sold via Heritage Auctions. #film #costume

Hare spirits (1960) by Kenojuak Ashevak, influential artist of Inuit heritage #womensart

American actress, model and singer Jane Russell was born #OnThisDay in 1921. She wore this Travilla designed turquoise bustier to star alongside Marilyn Monroe as showgirl Dorothy Shaw in the classic Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953). Sold by Juliens Auctions. #film #costume

💛 Happy Yellow Day 💛 What could be more joyful on the "happiest day of the year" than this gorgeous early 1960s Christian Dior London canary-yellow slubbed silk evening dress? It features a heavily beaded and fringed bodice. Sold via Sothebys. #yellowday #fashionhistory

Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman was born #OnThisDay in 1967. She wore this Gigi Lepage designed tulle evening gown, embellished with over 1,000 Swarovski crystals on the bodice, as Princess Grace in the 2014 film, Grace of Monaco. #film #costume

Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, was born #OnThisDay in 1896. She was photographed by Dorothy Wilding in 1950 wearing this embroidered scarlet chiffon nightdress and capelet, appliquéd with Victorian Honiton lace. Sold by KerryTaylor Auctions. #fashionhistory

Norma Jeane Mortenson wed James Dougherty #OnThisDay in 1942. The bride wore a long-sleeved lace wedding dress made by her "Aunt" Ana Lower. The future Marilyn Monroe gifted the dress to her niece Mona Rae Miracle, who altered it to wear to prom. Sold by Sothebys. #MarilynMonroe #wedding

This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this c. 1935 Elizabeth Hawes belted evening dress. It is made from a loose wool gauze weave (typical of Hawes' use of unusual materials), and features an asymmetrical scarf-like cowl neckline. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory

American soprano and actress Jeanette MacDonald was born #OnThisDay in 1903. She wore this Adrian designed white and black ruffled starburst dress as Mary Blake in the 1936 film, San Francisco. The Norman Tipton Collection. #film #costume

American professional tennis player Venus Williams was born #OnThisDay in 1980. She wore this black Swarovski crystal mesh gown, inspired by Robert Pruitt’s Venus Williams, Double Portrait (2022), to attend the 2026 Met Gala in her role as co-chair. #fashionhistory

American fashion designer and businesswoman Tory Burch was born #OnThisDay in 1966. She designed this iridescent periwinkle taffeta gown affixed with 3D butterflies, based on the extinct American Xerces Blue butterfly, for Uma Thurman to wear to the 2024 Met Gala. #fashionhistory

The classic film musical Grease was released in America #OnThisDay in 1978. Olivia Newton-John wore this vintage 1950s pair of black stretch satin, high-waist trousers with attached belt as Sandy in the final scene of the film. Sold by Juliens Auctions. #film #costume

American fashion and portrait photographer Irving Penn was born #OnThisDay in 1917. He photographed model Anne St. Marie wearing a James Galanos silk paisley print evening dress with bead embroidery and gilt thread for the October 1957 edition of Vogue. @metmuseum #fashionhistory

Polish-American undergarment designer and lingerie company owner Olga Erteszek was born #OnThisDay in 1916. She designed this blue nightgown with sheer lace details on the bodice in the 1970s. Sold via Modig. #fashionhistory

American fashion photographer and painter Lillian Bassman was born #OnThisDay in 1917. She photographed model Barbara Mullen at The Ritz in 1949, modelling a Dior black silk faille dress and black wool hat. Hat from the Met Museum collection. #photography #fashionhistory

Eva Perón organised a dinner at the Hotel Ritz on her final night in Madrid on her Rainbow Tour #OnThisDay in 1947. She wore a form-fitting strapless gold lamé gown adorned with Van Cleef & Arpels diamonds, and accessorised with a matching gold lamé scarf over her hair. #evita #fashionhistory

Catherine, Princess of Wales, attended Trooping the Colour #OnThisDay in 2025. She wore the "Bria" aquamarine wool coatdress with ivory contrast lapels and cuffs designed by Catherine Walker, accessorised with an asymmetric wide-brim Juliette Botterill hat. #fashionhistory

Martha Washington, the inaugural First Lady of the United States, was born #OnThisDay in 1731. She wore this custom-made pair of purple satin shoes, embellished with metallic sequins, lace, and braid, on her wedding day in 1759. Mount Vernon collection. #FirstLady #fashionhistory