hats and laces

defunctfashion:

House of Lanvin (Alex Ceslas Rzewuski)| Fancy Dress Costume for Ganna Walska as Pauline Borghese | 1926

A 1920s interpretation of an 1810s gown. My head is twitching from the historic fashion overload.

Muslin petticoat, spencer and hat, 1815

(Kyoto Costume Institute)

defunctfashion:

Boys Suit | c. 1810 | American

I love how they are trousers and not breeches, that is very unusual for boy’s clothing of the era. Typically wearing long pants was a right of passage that occured around a boy’s 12th birthday. I want this in my size. I am loving this color, maybe I will try to create a man size version for me?

A while ago someone asked me about riding clothes. I have a beautiful book with the Kyoto Costume Institute’s collection and I’ve been wanting to post this for ages. I only recently found a decent scan of this page. The record says these two ensembles would have been worn for hunting. However, since hunting was usually made on the back of a horse, these can count as riding ensembles as well.

On female model, hunting ensemble from 1815: spencer and petticoat. The spencer was used by women to protect themselves from the freezing European winters while still maintaining the fashionable Empire silhouette of the day. It was heavily inspired from men’s fashion.

On male model, frock coat and breeches from 1815.

Court suit, 1810

1810

Bonnet, 1810

Evening dress from 1815.

I feel like having a Regency evening. Only good things can come out of that :)

mistresanimales:

Vestido de paseo con spencer (chaqueta corta), cuerpo interior y falda, inglés, 1817-20. La influencia militar es clara en los adornos.

Attempting to translate that: Walking dress with spencer (short jacket), lining and skirt, English, 1817-20. The military influence is obvious in the ornaments.

curators:

ladyrelaynie:spanghew:

The Amateur Print Collectors (1810) Louis-Leopold Boilly

Oil on canvas.