#Hollywood Victorian

[lilyabsinthe]

Late 1890s Parisian Style

Late 1890s Parisian Style

Today’s dress is a circa 1898 day dress from the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs: Day Dress, c. 1898; Musée des Arts Décoratifs (32188.AB) Constructed by Coguenhem et cie (one of many smaller Parisian fashion houses of the time that we no almost nothing about today), this dress is a one-piece construction and had the hour-glass shape characteristic of Mid to Late 1890s day dresses.…

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#1890s #Atelier Lily Absinthe #Costume History #Day Dress #Fashion History #Hollywood Victorian #Lily Absinthe Gowns and Corsetry #The Victorian Designer #Victorian #Victorian Dress #Victorian Fashionista

[stonedeadforever]

Lily Brayton 1896

#victorian #la belle epoque #belle epoque #Lily Brayton #old hollywood #edwardian

[descendinight]

里维埃拉Riviera ll

#illustration #sketch #sketchbook #coquette #coquettecore #gothic #art nouveau #art deco #architecture #mansion #castle #cat #black cats #vintage #victorian #french riviera #old money #old hollywood #old art #classic #interiors #art #artists on tumblr #comic art #fairycore #aesthetic #line art #dark fantasy #interior design

[grungeprincess2]

Helping you find your aesthetic pt.1-Pink Princess

#pink princess #soft pink #pink #pale pink #old hollywood #pearls #diamonds #pink champagne #marilyn monroe #marie antoinette #50s #50s fashion #60s #60s fashion #cats #ballet #balletcore #aesthetic #victorian #pink aesthetic #luxury #silk #silk dress #dior #aesthetics #pink bows #it girl #iconic #let them eat cake #hollywood

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

November: Oscar Winners

Moulin Rouge / Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril

Year: 1952

Designer: Marcel Vertès

So, this is the other Moulin Rouge! This one is a Toulouse-Lautrec biopic starring Jose Ferrer, and I confess that I didn't even know it existed until I started looking up the academy awards. It's quite the visual feast! I particularly liked this recreation of a dress worn by Jane Avril in one of Toulouse-Lautrec's most famous depictions of her. The poster doesn't show a lot of details of the dress, due largely to the pose and the angle; so the designer, Marcel Vertès, did a good job of interpreting it.

Her bonnet is particularly interesting. The high crown would have been very old-fashioned for the 1890s, and the sort of wooly texture of it is very unusual (which is to say, probably a Hollywood invention). The orange and black feathers, as well as the black tie under the chin, are very true to the original art.

#moulin rouge #oscar winners #zsa zsa gabor #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #movie costumes #period film #1952 movies #1952 films #old hollywood #classic hollywood #classic movies #jane avril #moulin rouge 1952 #Marcel Vertès #1890s style #1890s fashion #victorian era #victorian fashion #victorian style #19th century costumes

[stephaniesblogxx]

if a victorian child ever saw a sephora kid they’d have an aneurysm

#my thoughts #sephora kids #victorian child #girlcore #girlhood #hell is a teenage girl #girlblogging #girl blog #girl blogger #tumblr girls #coquette #hollywood #for the girls #i’m just a girl #just girly thoughts #just girly posts

[justastrugglinghotchocolate]

I know many people hate Henry Wotton for being a huge misogynist, but I don’t think they understand that Victorian England was just like that. Because Victorian Society was all about rules, women and men were considered to be of different spheres that never overlapped. Henry, being a lord and thus a member of the upper class, saying “Women are a decorative sex” is less of an insult to women and more of an accurate statement about the roles of the women he’d mostly be around. 

This was just how upper class women were viewed and treated in that time period. In every way, these women (because Victorian Society wanted all women to be like the Queen) were not meant to do much, but change into proper dress when appropriate, host parties and guests, and be on their husband’s arm when they went out. (see 'The Angel in the House' for more info)

Upper class women were literally not dressed to function. Assuming TPODG takes place during the 1880s (it was published in the early 1890s, the society it reflects is probably the 1880s), then they were wearing cuirass corsets, bustles, and pretty heavy petticoats. (this is not a demonization of any of those things—they are all cool on their own, but all three everyday for some odd ten or so years would eventually wreck your body.) These extreme gender roles would not be challenged until World War 1, when women’s roles were expanded in the war because an entire generation of mostly European men died.

Henry Wotton is a bastard man and this is not a post to get you to like him nor to defend the character (he’s fictional, put him in a blender for all I care), but it is to warn against using modern understanding and sensibilities when reading classics. “Decorative sex” is unfortunately what Victorian women were historically seen as—hell, our current modern understanding of women as their own persons and independent force has only existed since ~1900 (thank you, suffragettes). His treatment of women really isn’t any more misogynistic than most men of the time period—he’s a misogynist because most Victorian men (especially upper class) were misogynists.

#so fashion history is going well :) #tpodg #henry wotton #i think we have a tendency as modern day people to knee jerk away from things we disagree which is fair #but i think a lot of understanding about the character of henry wotton comes from the fact we struggle to see the true victorian period--- #---and not the hollywood/glorified version. #or somethingidk #tbh i just got out of work and class so my thoughts are decently scattered #but this is something that's been on my mind for a while #I have more opinions about henry and victoria but those are long long longggggg and have to do with the modern reimaging au

[gofixxx2]

#victorian #baby pink #pink #hairbow #love #cute #random #beauty #old #angel #vintage #pretty #lolita #coquette #couqette #film #long hair #cool #old hollywood #old movies #1960s #hair inspo

[bright-eyed]

I still wanna live in an Antarctic research station

#the scientists need assistants right i think i'm gonna do that if i run out of options whatever #the world is my oyster i wanna go to antarctica #i'm doing an essay for my cartography class that's about empire and antarctica i thought i would have to fight other people to do that topi #c but no apparently i was the only one who wanted to do it and everyone else wanted to do the topic on hollywood maps and victorian london #ok losers you guys go watch movies i'm gonna go daydream about going snowblind watching glaciers melt at earth's last frontier bye #kennapost

[vintagehollywood1]

Ava Gardner

#ava gardner #pandora and the flying dutchman #vintage glamour #vintage movies #victorian #vintage #classicfilmsource #classic cinema #classic movies #classic hollywood #classic film #classic #golden era #golden age #40s cinema #1940s cinema #circa 1940 #old hollywod glamour #old glamour #glamour #glamoroussource #oldhollywoodedit #old movies #old hollywood #1940s vintage #1940s photography #1950s films #1950s #40s film #40s

[marcidgrrl]

the edwardian and victorian era of fashion was so beautiful, the dressses with so many feathers, and how big and voluminous they were in the victorian era, as well as the high lace collars and S silhouette of the edwardian era. and most if not all dresses were handmade by someone so it was just that much more valuable. i love the shorter hair looks, as well. but the victorian era had amazing literature that brought in new classes of people rather than just keeping it in the aristocracy, but it was also when people started exploring sexuality more and how science could change the world and revolutionize us as humans.

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edwardian writers explored the anxiety of the changing world with the advances in technology, as well as the feelings of nostalgia, the edwardian era of politics, art and more was rapidly changing (which showed more coming up on the first world war.) this era was known for its desire of peace and prosperity and became more common to look down on imperialism than in the victorian period.

#girl ranting #girlblogging #ranting #girl rotting #edwardian #victorian era #old hollywood #early 1900s #1900s fashion #blogging

[lilyabsinthe]

Long Day...

Long Day…

Long sewing day…time to unlace and watch a movie. Currently enjoying “Hotel Portofino” on PBS via Amazon Prime. Now I want to go to Italy…combined with a little dress up, of course. Become a Patron!

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[peggy-elise]

Maureen O’Hara and Walter Pidgeon in How Green Was My Valley 1941 ☘️

#old hollywood #beauty #maureen o'hara #walter pidgeon #how green was my valley #1940s cinema #wales #late victorian

[descendinight]

蜜月

#illustration #art nouveau #sketch #sketchbook #victorian #vintage #classic #old money #cottagecore #cottage aesthetic #cottage kitchen #kitchen #breakfast #honeymoon #aesthetic #old hollywood #retro style #line art #artists on tumblr #coquettecore #coquette #lolita fashion #sweet lolita #sweets #painting

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

Anything Goes December

The Belle of New York / Vera-Ellen as Angela Bonfils

Actually, it's a little tricky to say whether Vera-Ellen is supposed to be Angela Bonfils in this scene or not, as it's a sort of fantasy sequence based on Currier and Ives prints. Maybe it's Angela's self-insert past fantasy? (Also, props to Vera-Ellen and Fred Astaire for doing their own skating.)

Anyway, the ermine-trimmed coat and hat are very cute. Raising the skirt for purposes of skating makes the dress look more like the 1950s, which is also when the movie was made. Helen Rose was responsible for the women's costumes in this film.

#the belle of new york #anything goes december #vera-ellen #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #movie costumes #1952 movies #1952 films #musical costumes #period film #old hollywood #classic hollywood #red dresses #red dress #vera ellen #helen rose #victorian style #victorian era #19th century costumes

[zonetrente-trois]

#Isla Fisher #Wolf Like Me #Season Three #Peacock #The Hollywood Reporter #Brande Victorian