hats and laces

inimiuta:

1929-La Foule

Slippers, 1805–1815

The extremely short vamp and rounded toe are particularly notable characteristics of this date. The heel was becoming vestigial in the first quarter of the century, and although low by modern standards, the variety seen here was one of the higher types produced at the time.

Stockings, 1900-10

Too bad they were hidden under some elaborate dress.

Wedding Bonnet, 1837

yeoldefashion:

An exquisite Hallée evening gown from between 1901 and 1905.

Sometime in the 18th century some lucky girl wore this.

Worth dress, 1888

Beaded silk and lace evening gown, c. 1914

View from the back

Jacket (pet-en-l’air) and petticoat, late 1760s

Kyoto Costume Institute

Folding chantilly lace parasol with carved ivory handle, 1870’s

French trained ivory silk bengaline wedding gown, 1860

yeoldefashion:

A cloak-like jacket from Lord & Taylor, 1883.

By summer seas, Charles Sims c.1904

Whatever task Sims approaches he carries it out with keen enjoyment … Life is an eternal Arcadian holiday for him … The key-note of his art is an intense joie de vivre. And this joie de vivre expressed in his paintings is contagious. The serene happiness of Sims’ art makes the spectator forget all the worries and tribulations and petty concerns of his daily life

Art critic PG Konody

(via historicalfashion)

Regency ladies and gents

Lace “flower pot” hat, 1905-1910