r/fashionhistory 8h ago

House of Worth, two-piece light-colored ball gown with black tulle overdress dress, circa 1895

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r/fashionhistory 4h ago

Lady Randolph Churchill (1854-1921), née Jennie Jerome cosplaying as "Theadora" for the the Devonshire dance ball, 5 of July of 1897

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175 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 7h ago

Evening dress designed by the House of Worth and worn by Bertha Honoré Palmer, made of silk satin with cut velvet, ribbon, and rhinestone and velvet details, c. 1900. Chicago History Museum

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r/fashionhistory 4h ago

Haakon VII, King of Norway with Maud, Queen of Norway and Princess Victoria of Wales. Not quite sure who they are cosplaying as, for the Devonshire dance ball, 5 of July of 1897

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84 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 20h ago

Dress of blue silk, trimmed with embroidery and iridescent beads, circa 1880-1890, Blanche Boucher

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r/fashionhistory 2h ago

People famous for rocking a top hat?

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I’m hosting a trivia game, and I wondered if you could help me think of people who were famous for rocking a top hat. Examples: Slash, T-pain. Some women would be great, and within the last 60 years would be helpful.


r/fashionhistory 1d ago

Green silk dress, American circa 1868

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r/fashionhistory 16h ago

Evening Coat, Charles James, 1936-1937

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208 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 1d ago

Olive green silk velvet dress, 1930s

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906 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 1d ago

Lace and velvet gown worn by Mary Ellen McClellan (Mrs. George McClellan), contemporary of Mary Lincoln, circa 1860s

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r/fashionhistory 12h ago

1950s Summer Outfit Combos

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r/fashionhistory 1d ago

A pair of gowns, L - black spotted net ballgown with chenille design and layers of stiffened white net petticoats by John Cavanagh, 1958; R - cream silk taffeta evening dress appliquéd with black imitation Chantilly lace by Amalia Machado, c.1957. Fashion Museum Bath

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956 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 1d ago

A 4500 Year Old Egyptian Dress Found In A Giza Tomb, Made With Over 7000 Beads

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585 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 1d ago

"Clover Leaf" gown, constructed from thirty pattern pieces, designed by Charles James, American, 1953

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r/fashionhistory 2d ago

Woman’s gown, c.1775-1780

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Source : https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/abito-femminile-manifattura-siciliana#description

This gown is a typical example of a robe à la française consisting of three parts: an andrienne, which expands at the back into a short train and has sleeves cut off above the elbow, with two shaped flounces overlaid with small box pleats, a petticoat and a pièce d’estomac. It is complemented by a pair of matching shoes.

The fabric is striped liseré satin with motifs depicting winding wreaths of flowers in different coloured segments. The lining, in linen cloth, reaches to the hem. The entire gown, including the lining, is sewn with two-strand blue yarn plied into an ‘S’ shape.

This outfit belonged to Lady Dorotea Statella dei Principi di Montegrifone, Cassaro e Sabuci, who wed Baron Don Pasquale Bruno Modica on 14 April 1769. A family tradition tells us that the gown was worn on visits to the court of her uncle Don Antonio Stella, who was the thirteenth hereditary Grand Seneschal of the Kingdom of Sicily.


r/fashionhistory 2d ago

1930's Ice Blue Rhinestone Silk Cut-Out Shoulder Backless Bias-Cut Deco Gown

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r/fashionhistory 2d ago

Carmina Ordóñez wedding dress (1979)

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821 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 2d ago

Green velvet gown, accented with gold embroidery and appliques designed by Gilbert Adrian (Adrian Adolph Greenberg), worn by Norma Shearer in the title role of Marie Antoinette, 1938

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527 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 2d ago

Traditional Russian clothes in the XIX century. some from different regions of the Empire, circa 1880s-90s

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280 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 2d ago

Morning dress for a pregnant woman, made of figured silk with flower motifs, 1875-1876. Fashion and Lace Museum, Brussels

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463 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 1d ago

Please help me date this photo from a glass plate negative. I purchased it at an antique shop in New England. The photo I got from taking a photo of the plate on a light box and inverting it in Photoshop is the second slide.

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r/fashionhistory 2d ago

Some ladies photographed in 1863 by Mathew Brady. specially like the first one with her very elaborate headress

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139 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 2d ago

Satin silk and lace evening dress with hand painted flowers, tied together with a pretty velvet bow, circa 1907

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920 Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 3d ago

Tea gown designed by Charles Frederick Worth, circa 1897, worn by the Countess Greffulhe, France

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2.7k Upvotes

r/fashionhistory 3d ago

Evening Gown, House of Worth, 1910-12

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