#victorian fashions

[professorpski]

Blue for a Wedding: An 1872 Dress at the Grand Rapids Public Museum

This blue silk dress was offered up in the Fashion and Nature exhibition to point out yet another natural resource that was used for fashion: mother of pearl. You can see in the mannequin’s hands one such shell punched through with holes, each hole having been made into a button. Before plastic, mother of pearl was an easily found and satisfyingly decorative way to make buttons. And you can find all sorts of vintage mother of pearl in antique stores and online.

This was a wedding dress which tells you that not everyone married in white at the time. Although you will notice the touches of white lace at the collar and at the edges of the wide sleeves. These both drew attention to the face and hands and showed off a bit of luxury. Of course, the rich silk of the dress shows off luxury as well.

This dress offers such typical elements of Victorian women’s clothing: the tight bodice through the waist, the large and long flared skirt, and multiple kinds of decorative embellishment: including ribbon, fringe, and lace. The ribbon follows the cut of the dress and emphasizes the narrowness of the waist by swooping in from the shoulders along with the fringe. The ribbon also swoops around the sleeves and then around the overskirt as well along with the fringe. There is also a swirl of ribbon creating a little ornament on the sleeve just after the elbow. And, of course, do not forget the mother-of-pearl buttons shutting the dress. And this was far from the most ornamented of Victorian gowns. In fact, this is one of the simpler ones. They really liked to gussy up a dress in the mid to late 19th Century.

You can see it for yourself at Fashion and Nature running now at the Grand Rapids Public Museum: https://www.grpm.org/fashion-and-nature/

#1870s fashion #victorian fashions #victorian wedding dress #vintage wedding dress #wedding dress #vintage embellishments #vintage fashion #costume history #dress history #fashion history #mother of pearl #mother of pearl buttons #costume history exhibition #dress history exhibition #fashion history exhibition

[simpforsix]

whoever said modern clothing is better was LYING. i put on my victorian menswear and i immediately feel amazing. nothing can touch me! i have four layers on and you have no idea what my body looks like! i'm the hottest motherfucker ever! sure t-shirts are cool but have you ever tried a vest that gives you a slutty little waist?

#historical fashion #historic fashion #history #victorian #victorian era #victorian fashion

[werewiire]

obsessed with the era of historical fashion between the 1860s and 1870s where aniline dyes kept being invented. you can find some absolute eyesores (affectionate) of dresses that were only made that way because “acid magenta” was invented last month and it was trendy.

like this iconic gown:

or this one from the 1870s in aniline purple and aniline black:

or a trendy yellow and black gown from c. 1865, perhaps?

feel free to reblog with additional eyesores (affectionate) that i might have missed

#historical fashion #victorian fashion #period costume #quincey originals

[frostedmagnolias]

Cape

Late 1890s

The John Bright Collection

#historical fashion #history of fashion #fashion history #1890s fashion #1890s #19th century fashion #Victorian era #Victorian fashion #victorian #19th century #cape #fashion #history #vintage #vintage fashion #frostedmagnolias

[die-rosastrasse]

Ball gown, 1840-41

Maker: Unknown

From the collection of Wien Museum

#That's the most beautiful fabric I've ever seen #dress #clothing #historical dress #historical fashion #1840s #19th century fashion #ballgown #garments #costuming #historical costuming #victorian era #victorian fashion #19th century #my post #fashion #period fashion #historical clothing #fashion history #old fashion #iridescent #iridesence #fairy aesthetic #fairycore #light academia aesthetic #light academia

[inawheatfield]

Picnic at Hanging Rock

#southern gothic #dark academia #midwest gothic #victorian #victorian fashion #inawheatfield #cottagecore

[bl00dfroma-fairy]

#vampire the masquerade #vampire #vampyr #vampcore #vampterview #goth #fangs #victorian gothic #vampirism #vampire goth #dark fantasy #vampire art #vampiric #vampirecore #vampire aesthetic #alternative #goth aesthetic #goth girl #goth makeup #grunge #romantic goth #gothgoth #goth goth #goth gf #goth fashion #gothic #gothcore #goth gifs #grunge tumblr #grungy aesthetic

[vellaroque]

Bella Hadid for Vivienne Westwood AW 2020

#bella hadid #vivienne westwood #fall winter #couture #runway #fashion inspo #fashion #vogue #supermodel aesthetic #paris fashion week #bridal fashion #fashion photography #fashion photoset #victorian vibe #high fashion

[saintacephale]

Farida Khelfa in The Agony of Marguerite Gautier by Jean-Paul Goude, 1992

#fashion #art #farida khelfa #jean paul goude #the agony of marguerite gautier #renaissance #renaissance art #photography #gothic #jean-paul goude #high fashion #haute couture #fashion photography #painting #classic art #romanticism #victorian #romanticism painting #romantic age

[professorpski]

The Dramatic Shirtwaist at the Grand Rapids Public Museum

I usually think of shirtwaist as puffy, printed, light-colored cotton garment like the one worn by my great grandmother, but of course, a shirtwaist, or blouse could come in any color.This one is part of the Fashion and Nature exhibition at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, part of the section on cotton and shirtwaists.

As you can see, it is an over-the-top design of excessive details and embellishments. The sheer black fabric is pleated down the sleeves, and each pleat is marked by a red velvet ball. The blacks backed with white, and lace trims the cuffs. Then lace collar has a red band outlining it as well as a red ribbon at the top of its high neckline and red bows to shut its surplice front. Don’t forget the red balls and bands at the shoulders. You can see why It reminded me of Elizabeth Phelps, the dress reformer who complained in 1873 that women’s fashion had become “a meaningless dazzle of broken effects.”  This blouse dates to the early 20th Century, but the eye finds no rest as it travels up and down and across. No wonder the Dress Doctors kept harping on simplicity. Their eyes had been exhausted.

For more on this exhibition, go here: https://www.grpm.org/fashion-and-nature/

#grand rapids public museum #fashion and nature #shirtwaist #blouse #vintage fashion #1910s fashions #victorian fashions #costume exhibition #fashion exhibition #dress exhibition #vintage shirtwaist #vintage blouse #women's fashion #fashion history #dress history #costume history

[beggars-opera]

Pop Culture Victorians:

Actual Victorians:

“If your eyes aren’t bleeding, it’s not historically accurate.”

- Abby Cox

#history #Victorian #costume #19th century #fashion #synthetic dyes gone WILD

[la-belle-histoire]

In the Country, Alfred Stevens. 1867.

#aesthetic #art #art history #victorian #victorian aesthetic #fashion #historical fashion #historical art #women in art #1860s gown #1860s fashion #1860s #1860s dress #yellow dress #yellow #yellow aesthetic #Victorian era #fashion history #history #women #women’s fashion #1860s art

[highqueenhalalie]

Come see my new art blog @halofthebramblewoods Werewolf girlfriend comic in a SCAD digital art class. I started digital art a few months ago. Lily and Kitty the Victorian girlfriends one of which is a werewolf.

#myart #art #werewolf #werewolf art #comic #mini comic #victorian #victorian fashion #werewolves #werewolf girl #werewolf girlfriend #lesbian #lesbians #gay werewolves #werewolf comic

[the-most-sublime-fool]

Lapel watch, USA, c. 1889, Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

#!!!! god this fucks! #vintage jewellery #vintage watches #timepieces #watches #historical fashion #fashion history #19th century fashion #19th century #victorian era #my post

[daily-spooky]

#goth #gothic #witch #witchblr #dark academia #light academia #makeup #beauty #tiktok #fashion #victorian #victorian era #nostalgia #funny #lol #haha #humor #memes #meme

[inawheatfield]

Hayden

#southern gothic #dark academia #midwest gothic #victorian #victorian fashion #inawheatfield #cottagecore