#historical fashion

[fashionsfromhistory]

Actress & Union Spy Pauline Cushman by the Mathew Brady Studio, 1864 (National Portrait Gallery)

#fashion history #historical fashion #1860s #historical photography #19th century #victorian #american civil war #crinoline era #1864 #glass negative #united states #photography #national portrait gallery #smithsonian institution

[lotusinjadewell]

Áo tấc. Credit to Hoàng Thị Thu Trà.

#vietnam #vietnamese #culture #history #sinosphere #fashion #historical fashion #aodai #ao dai vietnam #ao dai #viet phuc #vietphuc #flowers #tea cup #pearls #cottagecore #fairycore #romantic core #romantic aesthetic #fusion

[a-hulder]

we love to see it

#the evil has been defeated #pls be good #becoming elizabeth #firebrand #the tudors #tudor dynasty #period drama #period dramas #history #historical drama #historical dramas #2022 #2023 #elizabeth i #historical fashion

[queermaddscientist]

Get yourself a fabric store that will light your fabric on fire for you

No but legit I asked what the fiber content of something was and the guy didn’t know so he cut a chunk off and lit it on fire and felt the ashes and was like. Yeah this is mostly cotton with a lil bit of silk. And that was the moment I knew. This is it. This is the fabric store for me. Also that guy is marriage material. Not for me but damn some person is gonna be so happy with him.

#historical fashion #historical sewing #sewing #adventures in sewing #fabric #silk #cotton #fabric store #natural fibers #bernadette banner

[fdevitart]

I have no new character design to show but this unnecessary thing I did two weeks ago.

And yes, I know that Howl maintains anonymity through his many different names but.

C'mon.

He would definitely plaster his face all over the city to show off.

#howls moving castle #howl pendragon #sophie hatter #studio ghibli #historical fashion #fdv #fdevitart

[herbirdglitter]

Nothing brings me more joy than people learning from history and then modernizing it up a bit.

Like you wanna grow your hair long? Stop washing it so often and brush it more to keep it clean. Your hair will be way healthier too. And stop cutting it (and use a boar bristle brush, it’ll work better as it’ll actually absorb the oils, distribute them better, and work a hell of a lot better than non-absorbent plastic would) Edit: Early on, some well meaning person kindly asked me to inform you that the boar bristle brush technique does not work on curly hair, however I have since been informed by multiple parties that it does! My hair is as straight as a pin so use your own judgment!

You want to keep cool in the summer? Out with the polyester and in with the linen and cotton. Natural fibers are going to keep you cooler because they’re literally made to breathe

You want to preemptively stop the underwire in your bra from poking through? There’s a very simple embroidery stitch you can do that the Edwardians used to do to stop their corset boning from coming through.

We don’t have to just learn from our ancestors mistakes, we can learn from their stakes too

#historical fashion #fashion history #corsets #historical corset #life hack #girl problems

[teatraysandtypewriters]

One of my favorite hobbies is sending increasingly salty snapchats about the historical accuracy of romance novel covers. Here’s a few of my faves:

And, drumroll for the worst one I’ve ever seen …

(Now with part 2)

#my post #fashion history #sort of #historical fashion #to clarify: I’m not saying wyomings not a real place bc it’s 1874 #I’m saying it bc wyoming is fake #hope this helps <3 #the last one keeps me up at night

[evermore-fashion]

Favourite Designs: LaceMade ‘Red Velvet Cake’ Corset II Museum Collection

#Fashion #FashionEdit #LaceMade #Ready-to-Wear #Fashion Details #Historical Fashion #Favourites #My Edit

[cy-lindric]

Milady de Winter

#les trois mousquetaires #the three musketeers #milady de winter #anne de breuil #alexandre dumas #17th century #historical fashion #lit art

[zoesrepository]

Mila Povorozniuk

#brunette #vintage blogger #historical fashion #historical undergarments #milainvintageworld #edwardian #early 1900s #video #corset #stockings #white stockings #ankle boots #white blouse #lace #lace blouse #pink skirt #pink #belted #hat #gloves #white gloves #skirt twirl #parasol

[gemsofgreece]

More photos from the beautiful project Ένδυμα ψυχής - Raiment of the Soul / A Voyage Within, a collaboration of the National Historical Museum of Greece with photographer Vangelis Kyris and Bulgarian embroidery artist Anatoli Georgiev, in which they present the folklore collection of the museum - outfits often belonging to important historical figures of Greece - through a series of photographs and embroidery art. The project, which consists of 120 photographs in its entirety, has been published in a photographic album you can buy from the shop of the museum. Link here.

Traditional dress of Kérkyra (Corfu) island.

Attire from Argos, Peloponnese, 19th Century.

Dress from Hydra island, owned by Kyriakoula Kriezi, wife to Greece's Prime Minister and Admiral Antonios Kriezis. 19th Century.

The vest and the legendary helmet of Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770- 1843), the General of the Greek War of Independence.

Attire of the famed beauty Katerina "Rosa" Botsari (1818-1872), daughter of war hero Markos Botsaris, and lady-in-waiting in the court of Queen Amalia of Greece.

Attire belonging to Dimitrios Voulgaris (1802-1877), kocabaṣı of Hydra island, then fighter in the Greek Independence War and later 8 times Prime Minister of Greece.

Traditional dress from Astypálea island, 19th Century.

A kid's attire from Archangelos of Rhodes island, 19th Century.

See more gorgeous photos here and here.

#greece #europe #historical fashion #traditional clothing #folk clothing #vintage #fashion #national historical museum #culture #history #greek culture #greek history #large #kerkyra #corfu #heptanese #ionian islands #central greece #peloponnese #dodecanese #argos #hydra #saronic islands #sterea hellas #rhodes #astypalea #theodoros kolokotronis #katerina rosa botsari #greek islands #mainland

[fashionsfromhistory]

Dress

c.1873

Great Britain or France

The ruched skirt and draperies on this dress reverberate with intense colour, revealing the fashion for bright new synthetic dyes. Their inception owes much to the work of Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907), who discovered the first famous artificial colour by accident in 1856 when he was a student at the Royal College of Chemistry in London. While experimenting with a synthetic formula to replace the natural anti-malarial drug quinine, he produced a reddish powder instead of the colourless quinine. To better understand the reaction he tested the procedure using aniline and created a crude black product that ‘when purified, dried and digested with spirits of wine gave a mauve dye’. This dye created a beautiful lustrous colour that Perkin patented and which became known as ‘aniline violet’ or ‘mauveine’.

Perkin’s discovery led to a revolution in synthetic colour from the late 1850s onwards. Textile manufacturers soon turned to his aniline process and the resulting fabrics were characterised by an unprecedented brilliance and intensity that delighted the consumer. Women’s dresses acted as a perfect advertisement for these rich hues, especially as trimmings usually matched the colour of the gown. In August 1859 the satirical journal ‘Punch’ described the craze for purple as ‘Mauve Measles’, a disease which erupted in a ‘measly rash of ribbons’ and ended with the entire body covered in mauve. Soon other synthetic dyes were being produced with evocative names such as ‘acid magenta’, ‘aldehyde green’, ‘Verguin’s fuchine’, ‘Martius yellow’ and Magdela red’ to match their gaudy appearance. Dye analysis of this dress showed that the silk was coloured with synthetic dyes belonging to the methyl violet and aniline blue families of dyes.

Victoria & Albert Museum

#dress #fashion history #historical fashion #1870s #bustle era #victorian fashion #victorian #1873 #19th century #purple #silk #france #united kingdom #belle epoque #v and a #v and a museum #popular

[lotusinjadewell]

Traditional costumes of H'Mong people subgroups (H'Mong Hoa & H'Mong Lenh). Credit to Hnubflower.

#vietnam #vietnamese #culture #history #fashion #historical fashion #travel destinations #travel #visit vietnam #hmong #ethinicwear #ethnicvibes #ethnic fashion #ethnicchic #ethniclook #ethnic groups #ethnicclothing #ethnicwear #ethnicfashion #ethnicjewellery #ethnic minorities #silveraccessory #silver aesthetic #silver #silverwork #geometric patterns #geometric #fashion photoshoot #photography #beautiful photos

[iridessence]

Pastel green 18th Century gown with a stomacher by L'Armoirede Mathilde, modeled by Bérénice

#18th century fashion #marie antoinette #rococo #black royalcore #royalcore #princesscore #black femininity #black princess #soft black women #soft black girls #historical costume #historical fashion #black princesscore #pastel green #fairytale aesthetic #18th century

[die-rosastrasse]

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

Spanish, 1841-1920

Portrait of a Lady, 1881 (details)

#art #painting #art detail #painting detail #women in art #classical art #raimundo de madrazo y garreta #spanish art #Victorian art #19th century art #historical fashion #fashion history #pinkcore #romantic academia #art academia #portrait art

[fdevitart]

"Howl's Moving Castle but in the actual 1900s" is brought you by a small bonus drawing with Howl and Sophie doing cute couple sh*t.

#howl's moving castle #howl pendragon #sophie hatter #character design #concept art #historical fashion #fdv #fdevitart

[neatokeanosocks]

You know what? peacock mantis shrimp but make it 1870s-1890s bustle fashion.

I don’t post art that often on this account anymore, so check out my current art account, @mjhartwork! I’ve also got a redbubble with merch of this piece

#i am foaming at the mouth i love bright colors so much this turned out so! well!! #is she a shrimp or a human? is the shell a part of her or the dress? you shall never know #yes i am aware that since she has an exoskeleton and not a bustle crinoline she cant sit down. #this is like the pros and cons of exoskeletons and endoskeletons all over again #digital art #character design #mermay #mermaid #peacock mantis shrimp #marine biology #historical fashion #19th century #tiger tiger #fashion plates #steampunk

[sofflepoffle]

Does anyone want to see the presentation I made on what historical fashion trends we should bring back and which should burn in hell I made for a PowerPoint party?

#like for yes #it’s a good presentation it’s funnie I promise #I’m funnie #it’s in the notes!! #Sophia is speaking #historical fashion

[evermore-fashion]

Frieda Leopold ‘Historic Inspired’ Haute Couture Gowns [x][x]

#Fashion #FashionEdit #Frieda Leopold #Couture Edit #Haute Couture #Fashion Details #Historical Fashion #10k #My Edit

[dresshistorynerd]

An Introductory Timeline of Western Women's Fashion

I think a good place to start to get into dress history is general overview of the whole timeline. Understanding especially how the silhouettes change is really important ground knowledge to build the rest of the information on.

I'll start the timeline from Middle Ages and go till the first world war. I'll focus on upper class England/French sector, so keep in mind that before 17th century there were huge regional differences in fashion inside Europe and class differences too. There is a lot variance, changes and nuance inside any century and decade I'm about to discuss, but I'll try to keep this short and introductory and very simplified. I used a very scientific method of basically what makes most sense to me to divide the periods. I've made sketches what I would consider to be the basic silhouette of the period stripped mostly out of the detail and then I give couple of primary source examples.

12th century (Middle Ages)

Dress was simple one or more tunics over a chemise. They were overly long for upper classes, made out of straight lines. There were loose tunics often worn over another tunic, and tunics with laced bodice called biaut. In France bliaut sleeves often widened from the elbow, in England they often widened in frists.

13th century (Middle Ages)

Clothing was mostly very similar as in the previous century, though bliaut was mostly gone and new popular style was a loose sleeves surcoat.

14th century (Middle Ages)

Tailoring basically revolutionized clothing production, since clothes weren't made out of rectangles anymore and could be better made to fit form. Also functional buttons and lacing was popularized resulting in very fitted styles. The underlayer tunic, kirtle, became a fitted supporting layer.

15th century (Middle Ages)

Improvements in weaving technology and trade and growing prosperity in Europe showed in clothing as excess of fabric and variety of trends. Houppelande, a loose A-lined overdress lined with fur and fastened with a wide belt under chest, became a very popular clothing item, and in later decades developed into the iconic Burgundian dress (the red dress). Fitted overdress continued to be popular alongside the warmer houppelandes.

1500s-1550s (Tudor period)

In the renaissance era clothing became increasingly structured and elaborate. The bodice was heavily boned and the skirt was also structured.

1560s-1610s (Elizabethan Era)

Both structuring and elaborate decoration reach it's peak during Queen Elizabeth's reign. She became the defining fashion icon of the late renaissance.

1620s-1670s (Baroque)

In baroque era the bodice was still heavily structured, but more curved than the conical Elizabethan bodice. Otherwise though structuring was replaces with dramatic excess of fabric.

1680s-1710s (Baroque)

In the late 17th century there was a huge shift in the clothing industry as mantua, a loose open robe inspired by Japanese kimono, came to dominate fashion. Rigid bodice was replaces by structured under layer, stays. Stays brought back the conical silhouette of Elizabethan era.

1720s-1780s (Rococo)

Mantua developed into the iconic Rococo dress in France, robe à la francaise (first example picture), and in England robe à la anglaise with closed bodice. Rococo fashion was characterized by the wide silhouette of the skirt.

Since Tumblr won't accept more than 10 pictures per a post I'll have to continue in a reblog. So to be continued!

#fashion history #dress history #historical fashion #historical clothing #history #western fashion history #medieval fashion #renaissance fashion #tudor fashion #elizabethan fashion #rococo fashion #baroque fashion #timeline of western fashion