@laurencdeutsch.bsky.social#Ootd is this 1948 dress. I may look like Dior, but this was made by the French Women's Tailoring Department, an atelier in Stockholm. They bought the patterns and rights to replicate haute couturier designs. This specific dress were commissioned by Irma Ulrich. #Fashionhistory
@mavienrose.bsky.socialMadonna and Michael Jackson together at the 63rd Academy Awards on March 25, 1991. Channeling this Hollywood glamour of Marilyn Monroe, Madonna wore a custom strapless white sequined Bob Mackie gown, a plush fur stole, and $20 million in Harry Winston diamonds. ✨ #fashionhistory #archivalfashion
@katestrasdin.bsky.socialThis is a very different little black dress to yesterday’s Dior offering. Mid #1950s, it was designed by Irene Galitzine, combining dense black and sheer beautifully #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
@vickyhaddock.bsky.socialJapanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo was born #OnThisDay in 1942. She designed this bias-cut red silk taffeta and polyester chiffon evening dress with a wide cowl neckline and deeply draped cape like back for Comme des Garçons' S/S 1991 collection. Museum at FIT collection. #fashionhistory
@katestrasdin.bsky.socialRed and navy blue always a winner in my estimation and this Worth gown uses the brightest of reds to punctuate the details of their mid #1890s design. Nicely nautical for seaside promenading #NGVMelbourne #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
@marthatalks.bsky.social@vickyhaddock.bsky.socialEleanor Roosevelt, the longest-serving First Lady of the USA, was born #OnThisDay in 1884. She wore this cream silk gown embellished with seed pearls, purchased from the Arnold Constable department store, to attend the 1941 inaugural ball. National Museum of American History. #fashionhistory
@laurencdeutsch.bsky.socialIt was owned, of course, by Elizabeth Parke Firestone. A gorgeous dress to end a lovely exhibit #fashionhistory #ootd
@thevalentinebot.bsky.socialID: V.73.333.86
hats
Date: 1965
Artist: Sara Sue; Designer ||Miller & Rhoads; Retailer
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.73.333.86&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL #FashionHistory
@inno-insights.bsky.socialIs Fashion History Really Hidden?
On Episode 41, Tonya discusses the extensive documentation created by fashion publications and what can happen when researchers are willing to dig into those records.
See the link in the comments for the full video.
@katestrasdin.bsky.socialThe seemingly casual twist of fabric is always so much more under closer inspection. Dior’s 1951 cocktail dress moved away from the expansive skirts of his first collections and offered the ‘ligne longue’ as a chic little cocktail silhouette #NtlMuseumsScot #KelvingroveArt #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
@breakingnews06.bsky.socialFashion Designer Bob Mackie Suffered Head Trauma In Fall Days Before Death – Report #BobMackie #FashionDesigner #CelebrityNews #Cher #FashionHistory
@healthylife00.bsky.socialFashion Designer Bob Mackie Suffered Head Trauma In Fall Days Before Death – Report #BobMackie #FashionDesigner #CelebrityNews #Cher #FashionHistory
@katestrasdin.bsky.socialKnown as Yokohama robes after the port from which they were shipped, this Japanese quilted and embroidered dressing gowns became popular in the second half of the c19th. This one dates to c1875. I would very much like to curl up into one today please and thank you @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
@thevalentinebot.bsky.socialID: V.52.118.06
hats
Date: 1948
Artist: Marion Valle, New York; Maker
https://valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=V.52.118.06&db=objects&dir=VALCOLL #FashionHistory
@laurencdeutsch.bsky.socialknown for her use of pastels, beads, sequins, rhinestones, and handkerchief hemlines (when the hem is pointed in various concerns so it hangs like a handkerchief). Firestone was one of her regular customers, along with other elite society women. #Fashionhistory #Fridaynightfrills
@edgeofhumanity.bsky.social@vickyhaddock.bsky.socialEnglish singer-songwriter PJ Harvey was born #OnThisDay in 1969. She wore this Todd Lynn 'The Drawing Dress' during the I Inside the Old Year Dying tour. Over 71 shows in 55 cities, the band drew on the dress to record each place they visited to create a visual document of the tour. #fashionhistory
@fashcon.bsky.socialEuropean polish. American ease. Adrienne Vittadini built a fashion career of knitwear as a wardrobe.
Celebrating her on her birthday.
#AdrienneVittadini #BOTD #Knitwear #AmericanFashion #FashionHistory #1980sFashion #WomenDesigners #ReadyToWear #VintageFashion #MooreCollegeOfArt #FashionConservatory
@vjctorianist.bsky.socialCan any #fashionhistory colleagues recommend a comprehensive history of British/Irish/European menswear? I'm trying to date some early 20thC election imagery and the shirt collars seem to be the garments with the most variation.