In their free time, our assistant curators Sage & Annie have come up with an exciting project. Follow them and their collaborators on instagram at @uncovering.dressmakers to learn more! #19thcenturydressmaking #whomademyclothes #historyofdress #historyoffashion #victorianfashion #vintagelabels
May 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In their free time, our assistant curators Sage & Annie have come up with an exciting project. Follow them and their collaborators on instagram at @uncovering.dressmakers to learn more! #19thcenturydressmaking #whomademyclothes #historyofdress #historyoffashion #victorianfashion #vintagelabels
Gustav Klimt’s soft pink brushstrokes conjure up a dress similar to our silk plissé bodice in his 1897-1898 portrait of Sonja Knips. When cataloguing the bodice from our reference collection, we were immediately reminded of it. #gustavklimt #klimtandfashion #historyoffashion #1890sfashion
February 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Gustav Klimt’s soft pink brushstrokes conjure up a dress similar to our silk plissé bodice in his 1897-1898 portrait of Sonja Knips. When cataloguing the bodice from our reference collection, we were immediately reminded of it. #gustavklimt #klimtandfashion #historyoffashion #1890sfashion
Mid 1930s, crimson silk evening gown.
#vintage #vintagestyle #vintagefashion #historicalfashion #historicaldress #historicalclothing #dresshistory #fashionhistory #historyoffashion #1930s #1930sfashion #vintagesilk #1930sdress #historyofdress
#vintage #vintagestyle #vintagefashion #historicalfashion #historicaldress #historicalclothing #dresshistory #fashionhistory #historyoffashion #1930s #1930sfashion #vintagesilk #1930sdress #historyofdress
February 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Mid 1930s, crimson silk evening gown.
#vintage #vintagestyle #vintagefashion #historicalfashion #historicaldress #historicalclothing #dresshistory #fashionhistory #historyoffashion #1930s #1930sfashion #vintagesilk #1930sdress #historyofdress
#vintage #vintagestyle #vintagefashion #historicalfashion #historicaldress #historicalclothing #dresshistory #fashionhistory #historyoffashion #1930s #1930sfashion #vintagesilk #1930sdress #historyofdress
#socialhistory #historyoffashion #dresshistory #renaissance #materialculture #earlymodern #arthistory #politicalhistory
📣 One week to go until our first event of 2024-25!
Hear Timothy McCall on ‘Dyes that Kill and Mordants that Bite: The Centres and Margins of Luxury in Renaissance Italy’.
📆 18 November
🕰️ 5:30pm UK time
📍online @warburginstitute.bsky.social
🔗 Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...
Hear Timothy McCall on ‘Dyes that Kill and Mordants that Bite: The Centres and Margins of Luxury in Renaissance Italy’.
📆 18 November
🕰️ 5:30pm UK time
📍online @warburginstitute.bsky.social
🔗 Book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...
November 11, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Pink Edwardian day dress of cotton taffeta and silk, with silk crepeline foliage.⠀
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Designer: unknown⠀
Ca. 1905-10⠀
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© Barcelona Design Museum⠀
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#vintagefashion #VintageStyle #vintagecouture #dresshistory #historyoffashion #costumehistory #historyofdress #historicaldress #fashionhistory
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Designer: unknown⠀
Ca. 1905-10⠀
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© Barcelona Design Museum⠀
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#vintagefashion #VintageStyle #vintagecouture #dresshistory #historyoffashion #costumehistory #historyofdress #historicaldress #fashionhistory
May 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Pink Edwardian day dress of cotton taffeta and silk, with silk crepeline foliage.⠀
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Designer: unknown⠀
Ca. 1905-10⠀
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© Barcelona Design Museum⠀
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#vintagefashion #VintageStyle #vintagecouture #dresshistory #historyoffashion #costumehistory #historyofdress #historicaldress #fashionhistory
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Designer: unknown⠀
Ca. 1905-10⠀
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© Barcelona Design Museum⠀
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#vintagefashion #VintageStyle #vintagecouture #dresshistory #historyoffashion #costumehistory #historyofdress #historicaldress #fashionhistory
How did your great-great-grandmother choose her dress fabric? She might have poured over a sample book just like this one.
Fashion Conservatory: Preserving fashion’s past for future generations.
#FashionConservatory #FashionHistory #AntiqueTextiles #SampleBook #HistoryOfFashion #SlowFashion
Fashion Conservatory: Preserving fashion’s past for future generations.
#FashionConservatory #FashionHistory #AntiqueTextiles #SampleBook #HistoryOfFashion #SlowFashion
December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
How did your great-great-grandmother choose her dress fabric? She might have poured over a sample book just like this one.
Fashion Conservatory: Preserving fashion’s past for future generations.
#FashionConservatory #FashionHistory #AntiqueTextiles #SampleBook #HistoryOfFashion #SlowFashion
Fashion Conservatory: Preserving fashion’s past for future generations.
#FashionConservatory #FashionHistory #AntiqueTextiles #SampleBook #HistoryOfFashion #SlowFashion
The abundance of satin stitched flowers around the pocket flap of our #1790s court dress coat reminds us that #mensfashion was not always as restrained as it should become from this time onwards. www.thejohnbrightcollection.co.uk/costume/court-dress-coat/ #historyoffashion #embroidery #1790sfashion
February 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The abundance of satin stitched flowers around the pocket flap of our #1790s court dress coat reminds us that #mensfashion was not always as restrained as it should become from this time onwards. www.thejohnbrightcollection.co.uk/costume/court-dress-coat/ #historyoffashion #embroidery #1790sfashion
Everyone knows Charles Worth. But in the 1800s, Emile Pingat was just as important, especially when it came to outerwear.
#FashionHistory #VintageFashion #EmilePingat #HauteCouture #19thCenturyFashion #HistoryOfFashion #ParisianStyle #FashionConservatory #PreserveThePast #1800sFashion
#FashionHistory #VintageFashion #EmilePingat #HauteCouture #19thCenturyFashion #HistoryOfFashion #ParisianStyle #FashionConservatory #PreserveThePast #1800sFashion
August 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Everyone knows Charles Worth. But in the 1800s, Emile Pingat was just as important, especially when it came to outerwear.
#FashionHistory #VintageFashion #EmilePingat #HauteCouture #19thCenturyFashion #HistoryOfFashion #ParisianStyle #FashionConservatory #PreserveThePast #1800sFashion
#FashionHistory #VintageFashion #EmilePingat #HauteCouture #19thCenturyFashion #HistoryOfFashion #ParisianStyle #FashionConservatory #PreserveThePast #1800sFashion
It's what all the best people are reading ...
@penswordbooks
#Tudor #historyoffashion #historical #Tudors #booksky
mybook.to/howtodress
@penswordbooks
#Tudor #historyoffashion #historical #Tudors #booksky
mybook.to/howtodress
April 17, 2024 at 8:21 AM
It's what all the best people are reading ...
@penswordbooks
#Tudor #historyoffashion #historical #Tudors #booksky
mybook.to/howtodress
@penswordbooks
#Tudor #historyoffashion #historical #Tudors #booksky
mybook.to/howtodress
We just photographed our green 1860s-70s dresses that will be tested for arsenic and stored separately if they contain any. Having them all mounted just looked too great to not be shared! #arsenicgreen #toxicdyes #fashionvictims #historyoffashion #toxicfashion #scheelesgreen #victoriandress
February 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We just photographed our green 1860s-70s dresses that will be tested for arsenic and stored separately if they contain any. Having them all mounted just looked too great to not be shared! #arsenicgreen #toxicdyes #fashionvictims #historyoffashion #toxicfashion #scheelesgreen #victoriandress
Another rabbit hole to go down...
[From A description of the king and queene of fayries, their habit, fare, their abode, pompe, and state Beeing very delightfull to the sense, and full of mirth.
RS, 1635]
#earlymodern
#17thCentury
#historyoffashion
#oberon
[From A description of the king and queene of fayries, their habit, fare, their abode, pompe, and state Beeing very delightfull to the sense, and full of mirth.
RS, 1635]
#earlymodern
#17thCentury
#historyoffashion
#oberon
April 17, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Another rabbit hole to go down...
[From A description of the king and queene of fayries, their habit, fare, their abode, pompe, and state Beeing very delightfull to the sense, and full of mirth.
RS, 1635]
#earlymodern
#17thCentury
#historyoffashion
#oberon
[From A description of the king and queene of fayries, their habit, fare, their abode, pompe, and state Beeing very delightfull to the sense, and full of mirth.
RS, 1635]
#earlymodern
#17thCentury
#historyoffashion
#oberon
The Queen's Pantoufle: a #lute solo named after a #pantofle - a sort of #slipper or overshoe worn in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
Sam Brown: lute
From Osborn fb7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0zG...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #lutenist #16thCentury #17thcentury #historicalshoes #historyoffashion #shoes
Sam Brown: lute
From Osborn fb7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0zG...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #lutenist #16thCentury #17thcentury #historicalshoes #historyoffashion #shoes
The Queen's Pantoufle
YouTube video by Passamezzo
www.youtube.com
August 19, 2024 at 8:31 AM
The Queen's Pantoufle: a #lute solo named after a #pantofle - a sort of #slipper or overshoe worn in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
Sam Brown: lute
From Osborn fb7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0zG...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #lutenist #16thCentury #17thcentury #historicalshoes #historyoffashion #shoes
Sam Brown: lute
From Osborn fb7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0zG...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #lutenist #16thCentury #17thcentury #historicalshoes #historyoffashion #shoes
Have you booked for our next event yet?
On 18/11, online, discover the role that clothing played in the representation and operation of aristocratic power in #earlymodern Europe. Find out more and book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...
#socialhistory #historyoffashion #dresshistory
On 18/11, online, discover the role that clothing played in the representation and operation of aristocratic power in #earlymodern Europe. Find out more and book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...
#socialhistory #historyoffashion #dresshistory
November 8, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Have you booked for our next event yet?
On 18/11, online, discover the role that clothing played in the representation and operation of aristocratic power in #earlymodern Europe. Find out more and book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...
#socialhistory #historyoffashion #dresshistory
On 18/11, online, discover the role that clothing played in the representation and operation of aristocratic power in #earlymodern Europe. Find out more and book for free: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/a-mat...
#socialhistory #historyoffashion #dresshistory
"Les modes et les belles" from 1822 by Janet publishing house. A decorative publication about French fashion & beauty. A small green book in the original cover and in a decorative cardboard case. atticus.pl/pl/product/l...
#Paris #fashion #historyoffashion #illustration #engraving #oldbooks #beauty
#Paris #fashion #historyoffashion #illustration #engraving #oldbooks #beauty
December 7, 2024 at 10:42 PM
"Les modes et les belles" from 1822 by Janet publishing house. A decorative publication about French fashion & beauty. A small green book in the original cover and in a decorative cardboard case. atticus.pl/pl/product/l...
#Paris #fashion #historyoffashion #illustration #engraving #oldbooks #beauty
#Paris #fashion #historyoffashion #illustration #engraving #oldbooks #beauty
A webpage with more details about the Greensleeves Project.
It will be updated as things progress :)
passamezzo.uk/greenproj.html
#historyoffashion #materialculture #interdisciplinary #16thCentury #sixteenthcentury #elizabethan
It will be updated as things progress :)
passamezzo.uk/greenproj.html
#historyoffashion #materialculture #interdisciplinary #16thCentury #sixteenthcentury #elizabethan
Passamezzo - Heritage Project - With Gold Embroidered Gorgeously: The Greensleeves Project
Passamezzo provide historical music, dance and spectacle for concerts, heritage sites, education, special occasions and weddings.
passamezzo.uk
April 22, 2024 at 9:52 AM
A webpage with more details about the Greensleeves Project.
It will be updated as things progress :)
passamezzo.uk/greenproj.html
#historyoffashion #materialculture #interdisciplinary #16thCentury #sixteenthcentury #elizabethan
It will be updated as things progress :)
passamezzo.uk/greenproj.html
#historyoffashion #materialculture #interdisciplinary #16thCentury #sixteenthcentury #elizabethan
If you're feeling anxious or need a confidence boost, just pretend you're John of Austria in your new trunk hose...
#art
#renaissance
#swagger
#historyoffashion
#art
#renaissance
#swagger
#historyoffashion
February 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you're feeling anxious or need a confidence boost, just pretend you're John of Austria in your new trunk hose...
#art
#renaissance
#swagger
#historyoffashion
#art
#renaissance
#swagger
#historyoffashion
❤️🇫🇷👠 Paris Day 2 Part 2
@museedelatoiledejouy
✂️🪡🧵
"Founded by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1732-1815), a German-born Indian fabricator, the Jouy factory was active 1760 - 1843. Oberkampf built one of the top 3 companies in France."
#Textiles #HistoryOfFashion #ToilesDeJouy
@museedelatoiledejouy
✂️🪡🧵
"Founded by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1732-1815), a German-born Indian fabricator, the Jouy factory was active 1760 - 1843. Oberkampf built one of the top 3 companies in France."
#Textiles #HistoryOfFashion #ToilesDeJouy
January 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
❤️🇫🇷👠 Paris Day 2 Part 2
@museedelatoiledejouy
✂️🪡🧵
"Founded by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1732-1815), a German-born Indian fabricator, the Jouy factory was active 1760 - 1843. Oberkampf built one of the top 3 companies in France."
#Textiles #HistoryOfFashion #ToilesDeJouy
@museedelatoiledejouy
✂️🪡🧵
"Founded by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1732-1815), a German-born Indian fabricator, the Jouy factory was active 1760 - 1843. Oberkampf built one of the top 3 companies in France."
#Textiles #HistoryOfFashion #ToilesDeJouy
🧴I discovered the most beautiful #perfumebottles you can put on your dressing table for @thetimes.com, plus the history of artist x perfume collabs. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...
#perfume #beauty #historyoffashion #dali #schiaparelli #lalique
#perfume #beauty #historyoffashion #dali #schiaparelli #lalique
Welcome to my boudoir — the most beautiful perfume bottles
From artist collaborations to jewel-encrusted flacons, these bottles are only matched for loveliness by the scents they contain
www.thetimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🧴I discovered the most beautiful #perfumebottles you can put on your dressing table for @thetimes.com, plus the history of artist x perfume collabs. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...
#perfume #beauty #historyoffashion #dali #schiaparelli #lalique
#perfume #beauty #historyoffashion #dali #schiaparelli #lalique
New video! 🔥
#sewing #drafting #sew #fashion #fashiondesign #designer #mending #eco #creative #tutorial #stepbystep #seamstress #historicfashion #pattern #sewingpattern #thriftflip #thriftshop #secondhand #thrifting #secondhandfashion #repairingclothes #upcycling #diy #dressmaker #historyoffashion
#sewing #drafting #sew #fashion #fashiondesign #designer #mending #eco #creative #tutorial #stepbystep #seamstress #historicfashion #pattern #sewingpattern #thriftflip #thriftshop #secondhand #thrifting #secondhandfashion #repairingclothes #upcycling #diy #dressmaker #historyoffashion
Introduction to sewing | With those tips your projects will also look fire
YouTube video by Baroque Oak
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
But Chanel was never to going to get away scot-free, the caricaturist Sem skewering her cloches ‘plain tea strainers in soft felt, into which women plunge their heads … they would surely have used a shoehorn had this been suggested’.
#fashion #historyoffashion #couture #feuds #insults #hautecouture
#fashion #historyoffashion #couture #feuds #insults #hautecouture
January 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
But Chanel was never to going to get away scot-free, the caricaturist Sem skewering her cloches ‘plain tea strainers in soft felt, into which women plunge their heads … they would surely have used a shoehorn had this been suggested’.
#fashion #historyoffashion #couture #feuds #insults #hautecouture
#fashion #historyoffashion #couture #feuds #insults #hautecouture
I'd heard that Oleg Cassini was Jackie Kennedy's favorite fashion designer because he was good at copying knockoff replicas of famous designers while allowing them to be called technically American made.
fashionista.com/2012/03/karl...
#FashionHistory #HistoryOfFashion
fashionista.com/2012/03/karl...
#FashionHistory #HistoryOfFashion
fashionista.com
fashionista.com
November 21, 2023 at 9:30 PM
I'd heard that Oleg Cassini was Jackie Kennedy's favorite fashion designer because he was good at copying knockoff replicas of famous designers while allowing them to be called technically American made.
fashionista.com/2012/03/karl...
#FashionHistory #HistoryOfFashion
fashionista.com/2012/03/karl...
#FashionHistory #HistoryOfFashion
Maybe you can help to identify this green outfit? It is on display at The Nathional Museum in Oslo, Norway. Photo taken in July 2022.
#HauteCouture #EveningGown #Gala #outfit #dress #fashion #EmeraldGreen #Nasjonalmuseet #Oslo #visitNorway #beads #feathers #museum #HistoryOfFashion #visitOslo
#HauteCouture #EveningGown #Gala #outfit #dress #fashion #EmeraldGreen #Nasjonalmuseet #Oslo #visitNorway #beads #feathers #museum #HistoryOfFashion #visitOslo
November 28, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Maybe you can help to identify this green outfit? It is on display at The Nathional Museum in Oslo, Norway. Photo taken in July 2022.
#HauteCouture #EveningGown #Gala #outfit #dress #fashion #EmeraldGreen #Nasjonalmuseet #Oslo #visitNorway #beads #feathers #museum #HistoryOfFashion #visitOslo
#HauteCouture #EveningGown #Gala #outfit #dress #fashion #EmeraldGreen #Nasjonalmuseet #Oslo #visitNorway #beads #feathers #museum #HistoryOfFashion #visitOslo
"Lady of Zurich"
Image of a woman in late 19th century attire. A decorative floral hat, high hairstyle, and ribboned shoulders reflect the refined fashion of Switzerland of the era. #MetalEmbossing #Repousse #HandcraftedArt #VictorianLady #RetroFashion #HistoryOfFashion #історіямоди #sodacancraft
Image of a woman in late 19th century attire. A decorative floral hat, high hairstyle, and ribboned shoulders reflect the refined fashion of Switzerland of the era. #MetalEmbossing #Repousse #HandcraftedArt #VictorianLady #RetroFashion #HistoryOfFashion #історіямоди #sodacancraft
August 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
"Lady of Zurich"
Image of a woman in late 19th century attire. A decorative floral hat, high hairstyle, and ribboned shoulders reflect the refined fashion of Switzerland of the era. #MetalEmbossing #Repousse #HandcraftedArt #VictorianLady #RetroFashion #HistoryOfFashion #історіямоди #sodacancraft
Image of a woman in late 19th century attire. A decorative floral hat, high hairstyle, and ribboned shoulders reflect the refined fashion of Switzerland of the era. #MetalEmbossing #Repousse #HandcraftedArt #VictorianLady #RetroFashion #HistoryOfFashion #історіямоди #sodacancraft