Blue Rose Corsetry

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Bonne Fête Nationale! It’s Bastille Day! 🇫🇷
The French Revolution lasted fifteen years – from the storming of the Bastille in 1789 until Napoleon crowned himself Emperor in 1804. As the Revolution became more radical, people who looked too fashionable were liable to be denounced as counterrevolutionaries. After Robespierre’s ex*****on in July 1794, the revolutionary Terror ended, and fashion reemerged, especially among the “gilded youth” known as the Incroyables and Merveilleux.

The striped silk jacket is typical of the styles worn by the Incroyables. Next to it is a 1992 ensemble by John Galliano who, throughout his career, repeatedly created fashions evoking the Incroyables and Merveilleux.

to our 2019 exhibition Paris, Capital of Fashion which examined how and why Paris became the international capital of fashion.
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Man’s pale purple and ivory striped silk dress jacket, circa 1795-1799, France
John Galliano, cotton muslin and red and white striped dupioni jacket and grey stretch satin
breeches, spring 1992, France

Happy Birthday Zelda Wynn Valdes!
Born on this day in 1905, Wynn Valdes became the first African American woman to own a boutique in New York. Her glamorous figure-hugging evening dresses became a staple for female entertainers such as Josephine Baker and Ella Fitzgerald. As co-founder of the National Association of Fashion and Accessory Designers, she served as a mentor to a number of early African American designers. Later in her career, she was hired by the Dance Theatre of Harlem, to design costumes, which she did until her retirement in the late 1980s.

Corded corsets from the early 1800s

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Find us in a giant calash until spring weather decides to commit for good. 🌦

What a fabulous selection of styles and fun photography.

Got word of this website through someone in the SCA as a sitter for hosiery for large legs, but it's so much more!
These models are so refreshing and beautiful!
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Amazing workmanship and design

Today finally we present one of our most special work - cosmic gown - robe a la francaise that was made for Kayla - actress from NY. This gown is made of silk organza that was painted by hand by Renata Prymek - artist and seamstress who works with me. Then I glued by hand probably about two miliona of Swarovski crystals in various shades. More about this work soon. It deserves for explain all history of work on this project.
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I love this sleeve design!

Some mid-week lovely, kind readers💙 Sleeve detail, c 1760 silk brocade sack back dress. For more: http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/78198/

Reasons why I could never work in the fashion industry.

Making a 1902 Walking Skirt

https://teainateacup.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/making-a-1902-walking-skirt/

teainateacup.wordpress.com For a while I have wanted to make a new dancing skirt. I have loved dancing in my Victorian Fan Skirt and I really love this style of skirt prominent in the late Victorian and early Edwardian perio…

Design fun with striped fabric

Dress of the day: Blue, black and white striped silk taffeta dress, American, ca. 1845, KSUM 1983.1.87.

This stunning dress is currently on view in our "Fashion Timeline"!

The sporting version of a corset for cycling!

This corset is now also available for purchase in our online shop!

https://www.priorattire.co.uk/ourshop/prod_7276829-Victorian-sportbiking-corset-size-14-16.html

Victoria and Albert Museum

Today marks the birthday of the ‘King of Fashion’ Paul Poiret. Born , he led the fashion world in the first decade of the 20th century.
His artistic flair and highly original cutting skills enabled him to translate the spirit of Art Deco into revolutionary garments. Read more about the creative couturier: https://fal.cn/37Fd0

A wonderful example of a fashionable man of the 1830s.

ROMANTIC Day 27 of by . I am referring of course to the . In preparation of dressing wearing 1830s pleated Cossack trousers with a tightly corseted waist of 25 inches, a fashionable and extreme silhouette of the young Bon ton dandies at the time, paired with a starched flamboyant cravat and frilled shirt. 📸by at a wonderful event hosted by at

Bullet Bra of the 1940s and 1950s

Enjoy this short lived fashion! The silhouettes are fun!

vintag.es Bullet Bra is a full-support bra with cups in the shape of a paraboloid with its axis perpendicular to the breast. The bullet bra usually fe...