This brings back fond memories. I remember helping to mount this dress on a mannequin for a summer exhibition c2000 along with various other wonderful movie costumes. A quarter of a century ago?! Worn by Drew Barrymore in Ever After, designed by Jenny Beavan #kerrytaylorauctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this yellow chiffon dress embellished with orange, yellow, and brown beads. Dating to the second half of the decade, the dress is also decorated with lace and a floral tassel detail on the right hip. Texas Fashion Collection. #fashionhistory

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Slippers https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/101179

This is an ensemble that I love because it is just so unflinchingly bold. As if the mid #1890s didn’t have enough going on with the proportion of its sleeves, this gal decided to go all out in scarlet as well #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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I'm not a Versace fan or even a fan of this dress in particular- a 2002 brocade minidress by Donatella, but I adore how they've placed it in this room, the Turkish rooms of the Comte d'Artois. The Count participated in the turquerie craze- the West's fictional and Orientalized

Actress Romy Schneider was born #OnThisDay in 1938. She wore this Rosine Delamare designed red velvet gown, with fur trim on the collar and sleeves, as Katia in the 1959 film Katia based on the relationship between Tsar Alexander II and Catherine Dolgorukova. #film #costume

Collar https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/96756

There is a timeless quality to this dress. It could be Calvin Klein in the 1990s but on fact shimmied its sequins in the late #1920s, electric blue and sheer and devastatingly chic @phxart.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Fancy dress was a popular diversion in the second half of the c19th. This Mme Elise gown, supposedly representing the c17th but is all #1870s bustle with a nod here and there to predecessors, was made for Emma Hargreaves @jbrightcollection.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Japanese-born British fashion designer Gina Fratini was born #OnThisDay in 1931. She designed this cream, pale grey, and pale green printed silk organza dress with a high-waisted Empire line bodice and full sleeves between 1970-1975. Bath Fashion Museum collection. #fashionhistory

If burgundy is the colour of the new season then how about this? Continuing my theme of matchy matchy, here some #1950s vintage Dior comprising an off the shoulder gown with a voluminous matching coat #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The effect of car dependency: in 1940, Basil Rathbone was photographed wearing an overcoat outside his home. As more men relied on cars, overcoats became shorter to accommodate drivers. Today, the right is marketed as an "overcoat," even if it would've been considered more sport coat length in 1940.

From the Archive: Reading, Games and Fashion – In an 18th Century Swedish Aristocratic Family (1500 words). www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/re...

Not only the swirls of moiré silk but also spots in a dizzying pattern woven in purple. An unmissable late 1840s/early 1850s dress not to be trifled with, Fashion and Lace Museum, Brussels #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Eliza Read's collection of embroidery designs from the 1800s has some wonderful patterns: archive.org/details/MAB....

Eva Perón's adoption of Dior's New Look introduced the designer to Latin America. The tailored skirt suit with peplum jacket has been recreated for the musical and film adaptations of Eva’s life. This Penny Rose design was worn by Madonna in Evita (1996). Sold by Juliens Auctions. #Evita

If all of my outfits this winter do not come with matching mittens then what is even the point? This #1930s skating ensemble was created by Schiaparelli for her sporting line, an innovative addition to her fashion brand #palaisgalliera #fondationazzedinealaia #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Candy coloured and fresh, it almost looks like a Bridgerton-esque pastiche of a late #1770s gown but is in fact completely original. I am imagining the accessories that went with #museodeltraje #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Oof, tonight I am weary. A balm for tired eyes with one of my all time absolute favourites. It is mid #1950s Madame Grès in pink velvet sculpted onto the body. And relax…… #palaisgalliera #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This is a dress constructed for the shades of autumn in all their various hues. It is an unusual #1910s gown incorporating different lines and trims and fabrics, a dress for someone who knew just what they liked #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Spencer jacket, probably for afternoon wear, USA, c1815. Via The Museum at FIT here: fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/objects/1141...

I wrote something about respectability in dress over on Twitter. The topic is nuanced for me, so unfortunately the post had to be long. Since Bluesky (reasonably) has character limits, I can't easily import the text here. So I'm including screenshots, if you would like to read it.

Aerophane, a fabric that seems to evoke the ethereal nature of its structure, a fine, wispy silk gauze. Here it creates a hazy silhouette of oversized proportions and flame-like embellishments licking at the hem. Late #1820s @lacma.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This might be the perfect early autumn dress, long sleeved but still lightweight enough for residual warmth to filter through. The stripes are masterfully manipulated to form solid blocks of colour here and there, designed by Claire McCardell, early #1950s #risdmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

In a mad world, simple creative pleasures are golden. I still have many of the paper dolls I collected as a child and Clare Hunter writes about this amongst other things in her wonderful new book Making Matters. I love this late #1840s Jenny Lind set #cooperhewitt #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Globally, our movement is in peril: from global capital, anti-union legislation, poverty wages to economic warfare. Yet this year, the National Garment Workers Federation in Bangladesh welcomed 8 newly registered unions! Honoured to stand with powerful worker organisers ✊ @cleanclothes.bsky.social

This feels as if it ought to feature in a sci-fi or fantasy show, an organic, iridescent, horned gown sculpted from some rare mineral and sewn with a dragon’s tooth needle. It is in fact a #1930s evening dress by Nettie Rosenstein in ruched taffeta #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Pouch https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/101843

The fabric of this mid #1890s dress positively glows. The contrast of midnight blue velvet against the salmon pink voided sections make for an almost fluorescent effect which must have been further accentuated by walking. Quite the eyeful #UofNH #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

NEW ESSAY: Unique Textile Reflections – Diary kept during a Swedish East India Voyage from 1746 to 1749. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/un...

British artist Marit Guiness Aschan bought this dress in 1937 as a long time supporter of the designs of Charles James. This gown, ‘Sylphide’, consists of layers of yellow chiffon cinched with a quilted corset style belt, V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

How are we all doing? Cotton dress, American, 1856. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

This is another of my favourites, mainly because of its mad swag construction and polka dot panels all buttoned up into a tailored mid #1880s swathe of blue. There’s just something about it……. @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

It's Agatha Christie's birthday today, and we're delighted to announce a major exhibition on the Queen of Crime, coming autumn 2026 🕵️‍♀️ Find out more: bit.ly/BL-AgathaChr... #AgathaChristie #CrimeFiction

As the first Atlantic storm of the season rolls in, crushed velvet feels like the ideal fabric for indoor coziness. This is an early #1960s hostess gown by #YSL, entertaining in warm fuzzy style #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead 1901 mourning walking dress, trimmed with crape from La Mode Illustrée

Venturing further across the moor today and into autumn. An abundance of hawthorn berries that brought to mind the fruity sequins of early #1960s Norman Norell, entirely appropriate for a Dartmoor yomp @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The Eva Perón Foundation was established in 1948 to provide social aid in Argentina. Evita was photographed wearing this Marilú Bragance polka dot linen dress meeting a group of children preparing to leave for the foundation's summer camp. Museo Evita collection. #Evita #Fashionhistory

Oh just some ole thing I slung on for an evening in front of the TV, is it a bit too much? Jacques Fath casually (but not really) draping some teal satin over one shoulder that drapes into a stole should a chill descend, mid #1950s @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

At first glance this appears to be a very conventional robe à la française, a #1750s riot of florals and rococo swirls. Peep closer and you can see that the ribbon motifs are actually leopard print, a trend that never wanes #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Rebel nuns breakout of care home & re-occupy their home. As I've been saying: old women are the future. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Part of the beauty of Maria Gallenga’s #1920s designs lay in their suppleness & wearability in spite of their renaissance aesthetics. Printed gold on velvet rather than metallic threads meant they were lightweight but still cosy. I mean…..the collar……. @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This is a favourite that I haven’t shared in a while. Pauline Trigère was a construction genius, all clean sleek lines. Her late #1960s emerald evening gown is double faced with a deep orange silk just visible on the matching cape #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is the beautiful pale green chiffon evening dress. The bodice is decorated with horizontal tucks and has a banded collar that extends to form a tie at the front. Texas Fashion collection. #Fashionhistory

If raspberry is your shade then how is this for an eyeful of colour. Embracing the aniline dyes, the #1860s witnessed an explosion of vivid hues. This is trimmed with satin ribbon and small glass seed beads, designed by Marie & Josephine Virfolet in NYC #albanyinstitute #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

English fashion designer Kim Jones was born #OnThisDay in 1979. He designed this asymmetric dress that incorporates embroidered embellishments inspired by painted murals from Charleston for the Fendi Couture S/S 2021 collection. V&A collection. #Fashionhistory

She might almost be carved from marble were it not for the glisten of the sequins that cover every inch of Halston’s #1970s halter neck gown. Strictly no red wine or ketchup please and thank you #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

I find historic shoes fascinating mainly because they are dinky & I have enormous hobbit feet. School shoe shopping was beset by drama, no patent pumps for me but sturdy lace ups. These late #1890s sparkly shoes are like little gems #FashionMuseumBath #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡