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Evening dress, 1900-01
From the Digitalt Museum
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Dress, 1879, British
V&A Museum
According to the donor, this dress was worn by her mother on her wedding day in 1879. It could have been her ‘going away’ ensemble, or it could have been the dress she wore for the actual ceremony. Because weddings in those days took place in the morning, daywear with long sleeves and high necks was the acceptable style. For her wedding a woman often selected a coloured dress that would serve as a ‘best dress’ for years to come. By 1880 the skirt was quite slender in profile, often with an overskirt swathed in front, gathered over the bustle at the back and falling into a train. The horizontal bands of applied frills and ruching on the skirt are typical decoration for this period. The bodice is tight-fitting and designed to suggest a jacket.
For her wedding a woman often selected a coloured dress that would serve as a ‘best dress’ for years to come.
Why don’t people do this anymore?! Fuck a “wear it once” dress.
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Wedding Dress, 1879, French
Met Museum
More fabulous non-white wedding wear.
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Horrible Histories Mary Seacole (by gazza6359)
Mary Seacole for the win :D
Mary Seacole:
Brief children’s history. Why is Mary Seacole famous?
What she did
Mary Seacole went to the Crimean War, to help British soldiers. She nursed sick and wounded soldiers. When battles were raging, she gave everyone food, blankets, clean clothes and kindness. The soldiers called her ‘Mother Seacole’.When she lived
Mary was born in 1805, on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. She first visited Britain as a young woman. Later she ran a hotel in Panama. After her adventures in the Crimean War (1854-1856), she lived in Britain. She died in London in 1881.Why we remember Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole did what few other women did in the Victorian age. She was a traveller. She ran a business. She went to a war. If people refused to help her, because of racial prejudice, she still did what she believed was right. She risked her life to help others. (via BBC - Learning Zone Class Clips - Horrible Histories - Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole - Literacy Video & BBC - Primary History - Famous People - Mary Seacole)Mary Seacole Song Lyrics
This is fabulous.
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Worth dress ca. 1890
From Vintage Textile
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Maude Adams as Duke of Reichstadt in L’Aiglon, c.1900. (via NYPL Digital Library & Bookmice)
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I.W. Caley’s Wedding Dress, 1875, American
Indianapolis Museum of ArtEllen Seppings wore this dress when she married Josiah Pratt Clowes in England.
In the 1870s, the style of skirts changed from a full-bell shape to the half-bell shape, creating a flatter, smoother effect in the front and moving fullness towards the back, using the bustle.
The tradition of using orange blossoms came to the West from China through the ancient Silk Road. During the Crusades, the custom was brought from the East to Spain and then to the rest of Europe.
The orange blossom is a symbol of fertility because it is one of the few trees that blooms and bears fruit at the same time.
I love the silhouette on this.
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Wedding Dress, 1874, American
Chicago History Museum
Here’s todays PSA that wedding dresses were not always universally white.
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Day dress ca. 1877 from “Impressionism and Fashion” at the Musee d’Orsay via nuescha
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Abraham & Straus mourning cape, 185-1900
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Evening dress of silk brocade, ca 1841-46, Sudley House
See some bigger images here.
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Fedora
1885
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fun fact! The fedora was originally a woman’s hat. The legendary Victorian actress Sarah Bernhardt first wore the hat in a play called Fédora where she played the role of Princess Fédora. The hat was immediately a hit, and soon fashionable ladies everywhere were wearing Fédora hats. It wasn’t until later in the 20th century that the style made its way onto men’s heads. Something to keep in mind every time you see some douchebag MRA in a fedora complaining about how bitches never date nice guys like him.
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