Phyllis and Zena Dare, c.1907.

Dorothy Mackaill, 1930s. Her face, this outfit = perfect.

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I have good reason to be grateful to Edward Linley Sambourne. My original post about his street photography (Street Style 1906) has been the most popular single item on this blog and has brought in…

Perciò ogni stagione sarà dolce per te, sia che l’estate rivesta tutta la terra di verde, o che il pettirosso si posi e canti tra i fiocchi di neve sul ramo spoglio del melo molle di muschio, mentre il vicino tetto di paglia pel disgelo fumiga al sole, sia che sgrondino gocciole udite soltanto nella tregua della bufera, o che il segreto ministero del gelo lo sospenda in silenti ghiaccioli, quieti scintillando alla quieta luna. Frost at Midnight, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798 Winter, Francesc Masriera, 1882 Di poesia in poesia, sempre a sfondo invernale, vorrei parlarvi oggi della moda tardo vittoriana (1870 - 1900). December 1870 Gli inverni non meno rigidi dei nostri e le abitazioni sicuramente meno confortevolmente riscaldate imponevano, seppure sul finire del XIX secolo, l'utilizzo di tessuti pesanti anche per gli abiti 'da casa', tessuti quali il velluto, il panno, il broccato e le vigogne di lana erano quelli prediletti, sempre più spesso arricchiti con pieghe, arricciature di crescente imponenza, che non erano create per vezzo, quanto piuttosto per dare spessore, peso all'abito e perciò produrre il calore necessario a riscaldare il corpo di chi lo indossava; va da sé che il metraggio necessario per confezionare un abito cresceva con la ricchezza della sua foggia perciò alle ladies più abbienti era permesso di soffrire meno il freddo, ahimè ! December 1875 Gli abiti da passeggio erano spesso corredati da inserti in pelliccia, abbelliti ed ingentiliti da mantelle più o meno lunghe e pesanti a seconda delle circostanze; indispensabili erano i manicotti, atti a proteggere le mani ed i polsi dal gelo. November 1874 February 1876 January 1877 Con l'approssimarsi degli anni ottanta le gonne rinunciano alla ricca quantità di tessuto che componeva le ampie sottovesti, preziose complici, soprattutto in inverno, nell'attenuare l'infiltrarsi del freddo, e del bustle ovvero l'armatura a stecche, talvolta imbottita, collocata posteriormente sotto la vita, ad enfatizzare le terga, per divenire sempre più avvolgenti e per sottolineare con sempre maggior intenzione ed enfasi le forme originali del corpo femminile. Winter 1878 Early 1880's December 1880 Durante questo ventennio sono pochi i mutamenti che subiscono i copricapo femminili che, sempre continuano a mantenersi di dimensioni piuttosto contenute conservando la precipua funzione di rifinire le elaboratissime acconciature, senza rinunciare a ricchi passamaneria, nastri, fiori di tessuto, fiocchi e piume. Un brusco mutamento lo subisce la moda degli anni novanta: le gonne vengono fatte a più teli, generalmente quattro o sei per allargarsi a corolla verso il fondo e le maniche acquistano sempre più importanza ... nascono le così dette maniche a sbuffo chiamate anche gigot o maniche a zampa di montone, composte di quattro teli (la maggior parte delle maniche oggi sono tagliate da un unico pezzo), che venivano imbottite dal gomito fino all'altezza della spalla per mantenerne la forma così importante verso l'alto. Winter 1893 January 1895 Winter 1896 Winter 1896 Skating Fashion Winter 1899 Walking Dresses E come avrete sicuramente notato i cappelli acquistano in ampiezza per divenire veri e propri accessori separati dall'acconciatura che perde in imponenza e volume per farsi piuttosto larga ed ondulata piuttosto che intrecciata. Ed eccoci così giunti in fondo al nostro excursus con uno degli ultimi modelli vittoriani, risalente all'anno 1900, che vi mostra come le gonne, fatte con tessuti sempre più leggeri che più si prestano al movimento, dal cachemire alla flanella, diventano insieme con l'esaltazione del petto, il punto di forza di questa nuova silhouette ... dicevo che questo è certamente uno dei modelli conclusivi di un'epoca da che con il 1901 si eclissa, con la dipartita della Regina Vittoria il 22 gennaio, quella vittoriana ed inizia quella edoardiana, all'insegna delle Gibson Girls. Vi auguro con tutto il mio affetto di trascorrere un sereno inverno, confortati dal calore delle vostre dimore e dall'affetto dei vostri cari, che il vostro focolare domestico scaldi i vostri cuori e vi doni la quiete interiore che questa stagione, di generale torpore e riposo della Natura, suggerisce anche al nostro animo. A presto ♥ Bibliografia: Stella Blum, Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898, Dover Publications, 1974 Alison Gernsheim, Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey (Dover Fashion and Costumes), Dover Publications, 1982 Kristina Harris, Victorian Fashion in America: 264 Vintage Photographs (Dover Fashion and Costumes), Dover Publications, 2002 Lucy Johnston, Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail, Victoria & Albert Museum, 2009 Note: Tutte le stampe di moda qui pubblicate sono state attinte dalle seguenti riviste femminili del tempo: THE MILLINER AND DRESSMAKER LES MODES PARISEIENNES: PETERSON'S MAGAZINE L'Elégance Parisienne The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine Journal des Demoiselle Le Monde Elégant The Queen NOVEAUTES PARISIENNES De Gracieuse Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eave-drops fall Heard only in the trances of the blast, Or if the secret ministry of frost Shall hang them up in silent icicles, Quietly shining to the quiet Moon. Frost at Midnight, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1798 - picture 1 - Winter, Francesc Masriera, 1882 From poetry to poetry, always in a winter background, I want to talk to you today of late Victorian fashion (1870-1900). - picture 2 - December 1870 Winters no less rigid than nowadays and houses certainly less comfortably heated than ours imposed, still in the late XIXth century, the use of heavy fabrics for the clothes even for staying at home, fabrics such as velvet, cloth, brocade and vicuña wool were those beloved, increasingly enriched with folds, curls of grandeur, that weren't made by boast, but rather to give thickness, weight to the dress and therefore to produce the heat needed to warm up the body of the lady who wore it; it goes without saying that the lenght needed to sew a dress grew with the richness of its shape so to more wealthy ladies was allowed to suffer less cold, alas! - picture 3 - December 1875 The walking dresses were often accompanied by fur inserts, embellished and refined with capes more or less long and more or less heavy depending on the circumstances; they were indispensable muffs, designed to protect hands and wrists from frost. - picture 4 - November 1874 - picture 5 - February 1876 - picture 6 - January 1877 With the approach of the 80's skirts give up the rich amount of fabric that composed the wide petticoats, precious accomplices, especially in winter, in attenuating the infiltration of cold, - picture 7 and the bustle - picture 8 an armor made of slatted sometimes padded, placed posteriorly below the waist, to emphasize their backs, to become more and more enveloping and to undelnine more and more, with intention and emphasis, the original forms of the feminine body. - picture 9 - Winter 1878 - picture 10 - Early 1880's - picture 11 - December 1880 During these twenty years they were few the changes suffered by lady's hats, as they always continue to remain rather small in size while preserving the main function to finish the elaborate hairstyles, without sacrificing rich trimmings, ribbons, fabric flowers, bows and feathers. - picture 12 - picture 13 - picture 14 An abrupt change undergoes the fashion of the 90's: the skirts are made by four or six gore, to widen flared towards the bottom and the sleeves are becoming increasingly important ... they were born the over-sized puffy sleeves also called gigots, or leg-o-mutton sleeves. They were often made from four separate pieces of fabric (most sleeves nowadays are cut from one piece) which were padded from the elbow up to the shoulder to keep their shape so important upward. - picture 15 - Winter 1893 - picture 16 - January 1895 - picture 17 - Winter 1896 - picture 18 - Winter 1896 Skating Fashion - picture 19 - Winter 1899 Walking Dresses And as you may have noticed hats earns amplitude to become genuine accessories completely separate from the hairstyle who loses in grandeur and volume to be rather large and undulating instead of braided. - picture 20 - picture 21 And here we have thus arrived at the end of our excursion with one of the last Victorian models, dating 1900, - picture 22 showing you how the skirts, made by ever lighter fabrics which are best suited to the movement, from cashmere to flannel, become, together with the exaltation of the chest, the strong point of this new silhouette ... I said that this is certainly one of the models which were conclusive of an era that will be eclipsed by 1901, with the departure of Queen Victoria on January 22nd, the Victorian era, when the Edwardian one is going to begin in the name of the Gibson Girls. I wish you with all my love to spend a relaxing winter, comforted by the warmth of your homes and by the affection of your loved ones, that may your hearth warm your hearts and give you the inner peace that this season, of general torpor and rest of Nature, also suggests to our mind. See you soon ♥ Bibliography: Stella Blum, Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898, Dover Publications, 1974 Alison Gernsheim, Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey (Dover Fashion and Costumes), Dover Publications, 1982 Kristina Harris, Victorian Fashion in America: 264 Vintage Photographs (Dover Fashion and Costumes), Dover Publications, 2002 Lucy Johnston, Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail, Victoria & Albert Museum, 2009 Notes: All the fashion plates published here have been drawn by the following women's magazines of the time: THE MILLINER AND DRESSMAKER LES MODES PARISEIENNES: PETERSON'S MAGAZINE L'Elégance Parisienne The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine Journal des Demoiselle Le Monde Elégant The Queen NOVEAUTES PARISIENNES De Gracieuse LINKING WITH: VINTAGE CHARM PARTY HOMESTEAD BLOG HOP

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It’s odd, last week I posted a set of photos that I really liked, but the photos were of a project I wasn’t very happy with. And this week it’s the other way around! I’m rea…

DETAILS - Stof: 100% middelzwaar linnen (150-180 gr/m) OF Oekraïense wollen stof 85% wol 15% polyester (430 gr/m) - Wordt vastgemaakt op de knop Productietijden - 20-21 dagen. Dank u voor uw begrip SIZING worden weergegeven in de afbeelding in de galerij Als u in individuele parameters wilt bestellen, kies dan de opties "grootte" - "Individueel" en schrijf in opmerkingen uw parameters. U kunt elke kleur kiezen uit de laatste foto's. ! Houd er rekening mee dat de werkelijke kleuren kunnen variëren als gevolg van uw computerresolutie en kleurbeperkingen voor de monitor. Binnen de 3 dagen na de bestelling neemt onze manager contact met u op om de parameters te verduidelijken, zodat uw bestelling perfect bij u past. Als u niet binnen 3 dagen antwoordt, naaien wij volgens de parameters die u aanvankelijk hebt geselecteerd. Als u de parameters wijzigt, terwijl het artikel al is genaaid, moet u 10% extra betalen op de wijzigingskosten. Bedankt voor het begrip LEVERING Wereldwijde levering. Elk pakket heeft een betrouwbaar pakket en wordt verzonden via de Oekraïense post De verzendtermijn is afhankelijk van het land van bestemming en duurt meestal: - EU: 5-8 weken - VS: 4-5 weken - Canada: 6-10 weken - Zuid-Amerika: 6-12 weken - Nieuw-Zeeland, Australië, Japan: 6-8 weken - Overige landen: maximaal 8 weken ZORG Machinewas 40℃ / 104 °F Niet in de droger Zachte cyclus Niet bleken Strijken met stoom en stoffen moeten een beetje nat zijn Als u een spoedlevering wilt bestellen, schrijf ons dan eerst. Bedankt Tegen een extra vergoeding kunnen wij ook exprespostdiensten aanbieden. Om dit te doen, kunt u ons een privébericht schrijven. Bedankt !!! Houd er rekening mee dat de werkelijke kleuren kunnen variëren, afhankelijk van de resolutie van uw computer en telefoon en de kleurbeperkingen van uw monitor/telefoonscherm!!! Ook kan de kleur iets helderder of meer verzadigd lijken omdat de monitor van achteren verlicht is, maar in werkelijkheid is de stof niet van achteren verlicht. Denk hier eens over na, alstublieft Let op: ik ben niet verantwoordelijk voor mogelijke douanebelastingen die uw land op pakketten heft. Controleer voordat u bestelt het maximale aantal goederen dat zonder douanerechten kan worden gekocht en naar uw land kan worden verzonden. Als het orderbedrag hoger is dan het bedrag aan douanerechten, maar u wilt dat ik een lagere prijs voor de goederen geef, schrijf mij hierover dan voordat u de bestelling betaalt. Als u vragen heeft over dit item, kunt u ons een bericht sturen. Bedankt voor uw aandacht voor onze winkel!

Gdss Victoria Melita of Hesse (later gdss Victoria Fyodorovna of russia) with her daughter, the tragic pss Elisabeth of Hesse. Darmstadt, 1899.

The always fashionable Bebe Daniels

Good Morning and welcome to a new week! Last week I posted pieces from the Peter Pilotto collection that they are doing for Target. I loved the mix of patterns and colors, but a number of you, well, let's just say you didn't care for it :) I have always loved mixing patterns. Recently, a friend was over and she commented on the fact that I was wearing a pair of pinstripe pants with a patterned top. She loved it but said that she is apprehensive about mixing prints. She shared that when she mixes prints and stripes her sisters comment that she should not be doing that. My philosophy is, if you like how it looks, wear it and if you aren't comfortable, well that's fine too. After all, if we all looked the same, what fun would that be?!!! Like many of you, I collect lots and lots of pictures as inspiration. So today I thought I would show you a few of my stored away photos. Sadly, I cannot give credit to anyone as I saved the pictures without saving designers or websites. Does this dress remind you of a dress I made last summer? I really love this fabulous use of denim, tattered edges and all!!! Love the "shelf" band under the bust. You just might see something similar to this as a Fabulous Free Patter Friday piece ;) These insets give me tons of ideas! Now, before you think I'm crazy, I don't care for the see through bra ;), but I love the work on the skirt and jacket. Of course I would like the skirt to be a bit longer as well!! This is such a sweet jacket. You have to look closely to see the bows on the sleeves. It's difficult to see, but I think the fabric of the dress below is quilted. Regardless, I like the cascading fullness down the sleeves. Great sleeve idea! This dress is just so gorgeous. Not for everyone, but I love the horizontal stripes with the bow detail. Fun use of old t-shirts. Oh my goodness do I ever love this cape!!! Another wonderful sleeve. Very simple, but such a lovely idea for a shawl. So that's it for today. I could go on and on, but I would rather not bore you too much!! Reminds me of a concert that my husband and I went to a few years back. I love the work of Doyle Dykes. He is such a gifted guitarist. He came to a point during the concert where he said that he had one more thing to share before he finished. My husband yelled out, "not so soon!!!" Doyle replied, "I found out the hard way that I can play longer than you can listen." And I can write longer than you can read!!! Wishing you all a wonderfully inspired week. Rhonda

London photographer Edward Linley Sambourne captured everyday street style around the turn of the 20th century...

I have five favorite designers: Dior, Balenciaga, Balmain, Givenchy, and Fath. I wanted to share a few favorite fashions by Jacques Fath from 1950. I have been obsessed with the magazine L'Officiel and L'Art et la Mode since 2008. I am in the process of archiving the fashions that I love from 1947- 1962. This is taking me forever, because I might have not liked how I archived them originally and might of had to start over. That is how I roll and it is really annoying. Most of these pictures didn't have the designers names on the photo. I added them to help me keep track of them. Here are my top 10 favorites in no particular order. I want to make all of these designs for Gene and friends. Cute! I wish there was a photo of what the top of this dress looks like. Love the collar of this suit! I love the collars on this suit and the next suit. Love the flowers on the bodice and cuffs. I love finding the sketch and the photo of the same outfit. The next three outfits have the same fur collar, I must really like it. I am almost ready to post about my newest pattern, hopefully later this week.

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London photographer Edward Linley Sambourne captured everyday street style around the turn of the 20th century...

A folk costume (also regional costume, national costume, or traditional garment) expresses an identity through costume, which is usually associated with a geographic area or a period of time in history. It can also indicate social, marital and/or religious status. Such costumes often come in two forms: one for everyday occasions, the other for festivals and formal wear. Below is a collection of 22 stunning color photographs that shows women in their traditional dresses in their counties from the 1900s to 1920s. Alsatian girl Arab girl Austrian girl Belgian girls Dominican girl Dutch girl Egyptian girl French girls German girls Greek girls Hungarian girls Irish girl Japanese girls Mongolian girl Native American girl Norwegian girls Palestinian girls Polish girls Portuguese girl Romanian girl Spanish girl Vietnamese girls

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