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  • fripperiesandfobs:

Victoire-Auguste-Antoinette, Princesse de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duchesse de Nemours
1840
Franz Xavier Winterhalter
It’s always hard to find Winterhalters to post, since everyone’s so familiar with his work.

    fripperiesandfobs:

    Victoire-Auguste-Antoinette, Princesse de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duchesse de Nemours

    1840

    Franz Xavier Winterhalter

    It’s always hard to find Winterhalters to post, since everyone’s so familiar with his work.

    (via my-ear-trumpet)


  • #19th century      #painting      #1840s      




    June 24, 2011

    7 months ago





  • theniftyfifties:

1950’s Dior

    theniftyfifties:

    1950’s Dior

    (via latinamericana)


  • #20th century      #1950s      #photograph      




    April 19, 2011

    9 months ago





  • A Passing Storm, James Tissot, 1876
Is it just a passing storm?
Bad things happen and good things happen. I find no joy in anything, it feels like that the good is given in a gesture of mercy and generosity by some cruel cruel superior being as if it’s supposed to make up for the bad. It can’t though, it just stands there mocking me and my inability to be for once in my life grateful. Nothing is ever enough. It will never end and this perspective seems so tiring.

    A Passing Storm, James Tissot, 1876

    Is it just a passing storm?

    Bad things happen and good things happen. I find no joy in anything, it feels like that the good is given in a gesture of mercy and generosity by some cruel cruel superior being as if it’s supposed to make up for the bad. It can’t though, it just stands there mocking me and my inability to be for once in my life grateful. Nothing is ever enough. It will never end and this perspective seems so tiring.


  • #19th century      #painting      #1870s      #princess line      #lace      #personal      #ramble      




    March 30, 2011

    10 months ago





  • Just because I love art and more people need to see this.

    70 Million by Hold Your Horses!


  • #personal      #ramble      #useless post      




    February 27, 2011

    11 months ago





  • 
Downtown Abbey, 1910s. Need to see this urgently!

    Downtown Abbey, 1910s. Need to see this urgently!


  • #20th century      #1910s      #movie still      




    February 22, 2011

    11 months ago





  • Not late 1910s (more like 1912-1913), but gorgeous nonetheless.
Movie still from Downtown Abbey.

    Not late 1910s (more like 1912-1913), but gorgeous nonetheless.

    Movie still from Downtown Abbey.


  • #20th century      #evening dress      #1910s      #movie still      #used in movie      




    11 months ago





  • My favourite yet, evening dress by the Callot Soeurs, 1915-16.

    My favourite yet, evening dress by the Callot Soeurs, 1915-16.


  • #20th century      #1910s      #evening dress      #extant      




    11 months ago





  • Corset, 1915-1917

    Corset, 1915-1917


  • #20th century      #extant      #1910s      #corset      #undergarment      




    11 months ago





  • 
Onto the second part of the request: late 1910s.
Evening dress, 1915-16.

    Onto the second part of the request: late 1910s.

    Evening dress, 1915-16.


  • #20th century      #evening dress      #lace      #1910s      #extant      




    11 months ago





  • Dramatic 30s’ backs.

    Dramatic 30s’ backs.


  • #1930s      #20th century      #extant      #evening dress      




    11 months ago





  • Morning suits and hats, 1936-37

    Morning suits and hats, 1936-37


  • #20th century      #menswear      #extant      #1930s      




    11 months ago





  • hannahwouldwearthis:

omgthatdress:

1930s purse via The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

there is a person. on this bag. hannah wants little figures of people on all of her bags. then she will name them and make them talk to each other.

    hannahwouldwearthis:

    omgthatdress:

    1930s purse via The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    there is a person. on this bag. hannah wants little figures of people on all of her bags. then she will name them and make them talk to each other.


  • #20th century      #accessory      #1930s      #extant      




    February 21, 2011

    11 months ago





  • 

Ways to wear a 1932-34 evening dress. Also, the best things about this decade were the exposed backs.

    Ways to wear a 1932-34 evening dress. Also, the best things about this decade were the exposed backs.


  • #20th century      #1930s      #extant      #evening dress      




    11 months ago





  • 
I know this dress is so overrated but really now… the draping! Enough said.

    I know this dress is so overrated but really now… the draping! Enough said.


  • #20th century      #1930s      #used in movie      #movie still      




    11 months ago





  • 
Lingerie, ca.1930s
The mythical griffin is incorporated in the drawnwork decoration.  Griffins, a creature with characteristics of both the lion and eagle,  were the guardians of treasure and the divine in legend. Designers were  faced with a constant demand for novelty and sophistication that their  wealthy clients expected, even in their underpinnings. The original  owner of this lingerie set, Millicent Rogers, is known for her  particular penchant to choose the most interesting and often unusual  clothing and accessories, which as seen here, includes her lingerie.
“Oh beware of the griffin, the guardian of my treasure!”, she said batting her eyelashes.
Hilarious, really.

    Lingerie, ca.1930s

    The mythical griffin is incorporated in the drawnwork decoration. Griffins, a creature with characteristics of both the lion and eagle, were the guardians of treasure and the divine in legend. Designers were faced with a constant demand for novelty and sophistication that their wealthy clients expected, even in their underpinnings. The original owner of this lingerie set, Millicent Rogers, is known for her particular penchant to choose the most interesting and often unusual clothing and accessories, which as seen here, includes her lingerie.

    “Oh beware of the griffin, the guardian of my treasure!”, she said batting her eyelashes.

    Hilarious, really.


  • #20th century      #lingerie      #1930s      #extant      #lace      




    11 months ago





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