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There is something curiously bird-like about this gown, with a layered plumage cascading at the back. It is sumptuously described as being made from raspberry coloured lace, and is beautifully layered, crafted in 1958 by Jean Dessés #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Back view of a layered strapless red lace dress. It has a fitted bodice and a flat front with an expanse of layered lace at the back like the tail of a bird Front view of the red lace strapless 1950s evening dress showing the flat front and the layered sculpted back
September 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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The dress as canvas and sportswear pioneer Tina Leser turning her talents to evening wear and a hand painted dress that she called Sea Fan Fantasy. It is all the fresh colours of a tropical reef spun about a full skirt #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A long sleeved, long full skirted evening dress, figure hugging at the torso and flaring out from the waist. The entire dress is covered in underwater style motifs in bright blues and pale greens with coral shapes and gold sequins
May 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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In 1947 the New York Times called these sleeves ‘Winged Victory’ soaring out from the shoulders in red velvet splendour. The dress was designed by Gilbert Adrian and worn here by Millicent Rogers #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A mannequin wearing a long red velvet ballgown with two dramatic short sleeves that stick out like wings from the shoulder, leaving the décolletage bare A black and white photo photograph of socialite Millicent Rogers wearing the 1940s Gilbert Adrian dress. She has styled it with a brooch centre front and strings of pearls
May 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pepamontero.bsky.social
#cuadrodeldía Verano, 1921 (Jane Peterson 1876-1965) #philamuseumart Filadelfia #art Pintora estadounidense que practicó los estilos impresionista y expresionista. Estudió con Sorolla en Madrid, de quien tomó algunos usos en el empleo del color #FelizDomingo #Verano2026
June 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Apparently the wearer of this 1939 Schiaparelli gown danced a quadrille at the Eiffel Tower Anniversary Ball in her striking pink and black striped bustle dress. The collection that summer received widespread attention, a variety of bustle gowns featured #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Back view of Schiaparelli’s Summer 1939 bustle dress made of pink satin with a variety of horizontal black stripes. It has shoulder straps and is backless A black and white photograph of a model wearing a different striped bustle dress from that season’s same collection by Schiaparelli. It is taken from the side and she is looking over her shoulder
July 28, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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‘In the evening you have to knock ‘em dead with glitter’ said Norman Norell of his sparkling mermaid gowns. The sequins were applied individually by hand & could take up to 250 hours to sew. Here a lovely silvery survival c1960 and Marilyn Monroe in another #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A strappy slim silver sequinned dressed with narrow halter neck straps and a long dress entirely covered in sequins A black and white photograph of Marilyn Monroe in another Norman Norell mermaid sequinned dressed she is sitting on a couch wearing the figure hugging v necked evening dress
September 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
saramartin.eurosky.social
So good that women got rid of those two monstrosities... sorry, but I can't begin to imagine how they managed to answer the calls of nature...
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July 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
katestrasdin.bsky.social
Hostess pajamas always feel like the perfect mix of being hospitable but at home in something flowy. This, by Irene Galitzene, is a combination of slim trousers and a matching robe, but there many other examples in the fifties and sixties #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Front view of a multicoloured ensemble in shades of red orange and yellow consisting of a long robe with matching trousers beneath Back view of the multicoloured hostess pajamas which shows that the back of the robe has a deep draped scoop and falls to a kind of train on the floor A magazine illustration fr the 1960s showing a similar kind of hostess ensemble with trousers and a long robe over the top A photograph from the late 1950s which shows an alternative hostess ensemble consisting of a plain top and a multicolored check gathered overskirt with matching trousers beneath
August 16, 2026 at 9:34 PM
katestrasdin.bsky.social
Each of the separate components of this gown have survived so that the full effect is possible, from open robe to stomacher to petticoat. Stripes run this way and that in an abundance of fresh greenery, #1770s #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Bodice detail of a 1770s robe consisting of a separate stomacher and gown. Here the stripes of the stomacher run horizontally with ruffled edges on the open robed dress with a narrow lace trim around the square neckline Side detail of the green and white striped 1770s gown showing a different arrangement of the fabric, stripes running vertically with a band of gathered silk Full length view of the green and white 1770s green and white striped silk dress. The figure is styled with accessories showing off the silhouette of the three piece gown
September 7, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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🎊 Opening Soon at the @philamuseumart!

Journey through Japan's remarkable rise on the world stage in 'Japan at the World's Fairs,' opening this Saturday, July 25!

Escape the heat & experience this fascinating exhibition this summer!

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Japan at the World’s Fairs
Discover the Philadelphia Museum of Art, home to renowned art collections, groundbreaking exhibitions, and a legacy of creativity and innovation.
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July 23, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Julian Francis Abele...

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April 18, 2026 at 7:01 PM