hats and laces

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.

Astounding dress used in The Age of Innocence which is set in the 1870s. This could also be considered a “princess line” dress.

The Ball by James Tissot, 1880

If it weren’t for the bustle, this wedding dress from the 1880s could be considered a “princess line” dress. Somebody requested this kind of dresses the other day but I’m actually having a hard time finding extant examples of those.

Reception “princess line” dress made from linen, organdy and Valenciennes lace, 1880.

(Kyoto Costume Institute)

A Passing Storm by James Tissot, 1876

fuckyeahvictorians:

runawayrose:

The End of the Ball by Rogelio de Egusquiza.

Via.

oh the dress!