The Egtved girl’s remains were found in an oak coffin in a peat bog at a Bronze Age archaeological site near Egtved, Denmark in 1921.
Sleeveless evening dress of printed silk voile, lamé petticoat and net embroidered belt, made by Callot Soeurs, Paris, ca. 1922
Mme. Eta Hentz evening dress ca. 1944 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dress Lucile, 1913 The Victoria & Albert Museum
A reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon woman based on a grave find in Dover dated to circa 575-625 AD. This was the conversion period and although the woman was buried with high status grave goods she may have been a Christian as the practice of burying grave goods persisted for several generations. This woman was buried with her jewelery, keys, a glass beaker and her weaving tool. Dover Museum, Dover, Kent, England.
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I noticed that I haven’t posted any historical sewing updates since the summer. I have been working on several projects though, and some are nearing completion. My blue regency dress is (fina…
workman: “ Freddie Robins PETER 1997 Machine knitted wool 470 X 220 mm In the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. ”
My second post about the exhibition ‘Sits – katoen in bloei’ (Chintz – cotton in bloom) in the Fries Museum! My first post was about color and patterns, and before that I wr…
A founding member of the Royal Academy and one of the leading fashionable portrait painters of his generation, Francis Cotes was a pioneer of pastel painting in England. Here, in her marriage
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium pictured during a royal visit to the exhibition 'Rose, Rose, Rose à mes yeux: James Ensor and Still Life in Belgium from 1830 to 1930', at the Mu.ZEE museum on 15 December 2023 in in Oostende, Belgium.
Shawl The Philippines, 19th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art Please donate to Typhoon Hiyan relief efforts.
The Landsknecht were some of the most elite fighters of the late 15th – 16th century. They were a group of mercenaries originally formed by Emperor Maximilian and modeled after the Swiss Reisläufe…
'Dare to Wear: Glass Dresses by Diana Dias-Leão' is a stunning display of beautiful but deadly garments. Featuring 14 glass dresses and two barbed wire corsets, this collection of couture sculpture is designed to create discussion and debate about issues around beauty and body image. On show at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, 27 March to 30 September 2011. Visit our website for more information: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/exhibitions/daretowear/
Sight, sound, touch, smell and EXQUISITE TASTE unite for The MET’S revelatory new exhibition, SLEEPING BEAUTIES: Reawakening Fashion. NATHAN HELLER heads behind the scenes of a fairy tale
Printed cotton mini-dress, designed by Biba, retailed in London, 1969
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Looking for Proust’s muse in Paris. After making a careful study of contemporary fashion plates, Baudelaire came to the conclusion that one couldn’t examine clothes apart from the individual wearing them. “You might as well admire the tattered rags hung up as slack and lifeless as the skin of St. Bartholomeu,” he wrote in his […]
Dress Biba, 1970-1971 The Victoria & Albert Museum
Spadea 1146; ca. 1953; Claire McCardell - Sleeveless "popover" dress. Featured in Spadea American Designers' Patterns catalog, vol. IX, 1953 made-up dress at the Textiles & Clothing Museum of Iowa University TwinkleSparkleShine blog [insert your photos of this pattern made up] [insert your username, and make sure your preferences allow for people to contact you via e-mail. Do not list your email address here!] Tvjulie is looking for this pattern to buy. Faxon is interested in this pattern- thank
