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a peek into fashions of the past centuries.
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  • Gorgeousness from between 1881 and 1885
Dresses like this just leave me gaping. I truly can’t imagine the exertion and attention to details entailed in their manufacture process.


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    Gorgeousness from between 1881 and 1885

    Dresses like this just leave me gaping. I truly can’t imagine the exertion and attention to details entailed in their manufacture process.

    Bodice detail


  • #19th century      #bustle dress      #extant      #victorian      #1885 the greatest year      




    June 13, 2010

    2 years ago



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