Dress- English. Silk, 1743-53- Spitalfields, London. Delightful silk brocade dress, c.1750. Newfields, Indianapolis Museum of Art #FashionHistory #Love

Paris Pamelard. Silk taffetta dress, 1880-90. Worn by Clara Birch. I love the smocking! the Oslo Musuem #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

american or European. Afternoon dress, 1855-58. Striped silk taffeta with woven design. Lace trim the Met Museum #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Austere Ensemble, 1843. Mohair, wool & cotton. © the Met Museum #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

Paris Attrib. to Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895) &/or Jean-Phillipe Worth (1856-1926), House of Worth. Dinner dress, 1895. silk damask, chiffon, beads, moiré silk. The Met Museum #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

Paris. Ernest Raudnitz, 23 Rue Louis-le-Grand. Dress, 1894-95. Silk, silk satin, cotton lace, rhinestones, chiffon & cotton. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

Probably American. Dress, 1875-81. Silk, ostrich feathers, lace. © the Met Museum #Fashionhistory🪡 🗃️

British. Silk dress, c.1856. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory🪡 🗃️

French. Silk dress, c.1846. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Pretty summery cotton dress, c.1844. © the met Museum #Fashionhistory

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Paris. Charles Frederick Worth (1825–1895 ) House of Worth. Dress, c.1885. Silk taffeta, silk velvet, applique passementerie, lace trim, tassles © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

Netherlands. Wedding Dress, 1812. "Pink silk crepe. Decorated with écru silk tulle and pink silk roses." © the Rijksmuseum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Evening gown, 1930s. Silk velvet, beads, and rhinestones. © the Museum at FIT #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

French. Evening Dress, c. 1900-14. "Melon-hued satin mousseline de soie with short train. Japanese style, with shoulders draped "in V" &leaded, on orange chiffon yoke. Kimono/Obi style belt." Collection & © Musées de la Haute-Saône, Champlitte. #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Afternoon Dress, c.1888. Silk, cotton, linen. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Elegant Silk Dress, c.1880. Moiré silk, silk velvet, fringing & tassles. © the Met Museum #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

British. Elegant Silk Suit, c.1760. I love the trouser details © the Met Museum #Fashionhistory 🪡

Paris. Boué Soeurs (1899-1957) 9 Rue de la Paix. Gorgeous Evening Dress, c.1919. ❤️‍🔥 Silver lamé twill, net, chiffon, metal thread, silk, silk &metal appliqué & glass seed pearls. Founded by sisters Sylvie Montegut &Jeanne d'Etreillis, née Boué. © the Museum at FIT #Fashionhistory🪡 🗃️

French. Robert. Pretty in Pink Evening Gown, 1912-14. Pink silk velvet, gold metallic lace, gold silk crepe chiffon, rhinestones, and silk. © the Museum at FIT #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Stern Brothers. Dress, c.1910. Off white cotton, lace, green silk charmeuse, green silk, off white silk crepe chiffon, &silk net. England. Parasol, c. 1910. Taffeta and agate. Chapeau, unknown. © the Museum at FIT #Fashionhistory

French. Paquin (1891 - 1956) Diaphanous Slip, c.1930 ❤️‍🔥 Silk chiffon and Alençon lace. © the Museum at FIT #FashionHistory #Lingerie 🪡 🗃️

British. Stunning Ball Gown, c.1842. I love the raspberry pink colour of the silk brocade. "The textile was probably originally a 1740s dress which was taken apart & reconfigured into this fashionable dress in the early 1840s." © the Met Museum #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Lovely Afternoon Dress, 1890s. I think it's a seersucker cotton with stripes of silk ribbon & lace. It has silk satin collar on the day bodice with chiffon or georgette. Very nice indeed! © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

American or European. Lovely Linen Afternoon Dress, 1903-05. © the Met Museum #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

France, Gray, Haute-Saône. Robes et confections, Melles Carrière et Bergeret, Gray. Silk & Jet Dress, 1884-85. © Musées départementaux de la Haute-Saône. #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

Possibly American. Lovely Afternoon Dress, c.1903. Salmon pink dotted cotton voile, cream lace and steel buttons. © museum at FIT #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

Paris. Jeanne Paquin, 3 Rue de la Plaix. Afternoon dress, c.1902. Point d’esprit, silk taffeta, grosgrain ribbon, and lace. Point d’esprit is a fine bobbinet with scattered woven dots. Worn by a member of the Rockefeller family. © Musuem at FIT #Fashionhistory #Mourning 🪡 🗃️

American. Strouse, Adler Co. Corset, 1900-05. Silk petticoat, c.1905. Black cotton sateen, pink satin, and black lace. © Museum at FIT #Fashionhistory #Lingerie 🪡 🗃️

France. Fernande Burel. Tea gown, c.1900.💖 Off white silk crimped chiffon with red and green carnation print, china silk, and lace. Museum at FIT #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Walking dress, 1864-65. Silk & cotton. the Met Museum #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

Probabaly American. Magnificent silk dress, with the most incredible sleeves, c.1895. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

British. Silk Afternoon Dress, c.1848. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Elegant Silk Dress, 1880-85. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

Paris. E. Félix (1846–1901), 15 Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Gorgeous Silk Negligée, 1880s. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

Paris. Mon. Vignon, 182 Rue de Rivoli. Silk Dress, c.1872. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

Workshop of Velázquez (Spanish, Seville 1599–1660) A less than thrilled Mariana of Austria (1634–1696), Queen of Spain, n.d. © @metmuseum.org

Spanish. Pendant, 16th c. Gold and enamel. © @museelouvre.bsky.social

Attributed to John Westbrooke Chandler (British, 1763?–?1807) Mrs. George Horsley (Charlotte Mary Talbot, died 1828), n.d. © @metmuseum.org

Paris. House of Paquin, 3 Rue de la Plaix. Dress, c.1900. Cotton & lace. This 'lingerie dress', was worn for informal occasions such as garden parties. The fabrics are sheer but a full compliment of undergarments were worn underneath. © Museum at FIT #FAshionHistory 🪡 🗃️

Paris. House of Paquin, 3 Rue de la Plaix. Beautiful, frothy evening cape, 1897. Pink silk chiffon and metal sequins. © Museum at FIT #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Wool jacket, 1890s. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Linen Suit, c.1896. © Museum at FIT #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

English. Joseph Johnson. Evening dress, c.1895. Silk satin and lace. © Museum at FIT #FAshionHistory🪡 🗃️

Probably French. Impressive Evening Cape, c.1900. Wool, silk & metallic thread. © the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

France. House of Worth (1858-1956) Sunny Afternoon Dress, c.1892. Yellow satin stripe silk gauze. © Museum at FIT #Fashionhistory🪡 🗃️

Newburgh, New York. Mrs M.A. Connelly. Dress, c.1888. Green silk, white brocade, & beads. The fern motif was a wildly popular trend, &could be found on dresses to tombstones. Ferns were fervently collected & displayed, often in a glass terrarium. © Museum at FIT #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️

Paris. Mme. Arnaud, Rue de Bassano. Elegant Dress, c.1888. Green silk velvet, green silk faille, multi-color beads and embroidery. © Museum at FIT #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Silk dress with two bodices, 1902-05. © collection the Met Museum #FashionHistory 🪡 🗃️

American. Dress, c.1865. Wool challis and ribbon.American. the museum at FIT #Fashionhistory 🪡 🗃️