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Day Dress

c.1855

England

This type of widely protruding skirt that appeared around the middle of the 19th century came to be known later under the name of the "crinoline style." As can be seen with this dress, large design motifs proved immensely effective on these voluminous skirts. The border pattern here is wood-block printed and repeats every 20.6 cm. Compared to small-scale designs, large patterns require a solid technique to avoid misalignment of the print colors. Considering that this mixed fabric of silk and wool is a material hard to print on, this dress with its bright and cheerful colors is a particularly fine example on how much cloth printing techniques had evolved.

The Kyoto Costume Institute

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Ensemble

c.1855

American or European

The MET (Accession Number: 1992.31.2a–c)

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Day Dress

Early 1860s

By the early 1860s the width of the skirt, supported by the crinoline frame, had reached its zenith. Such a surface area provided the perfect canvas for bold, decorative effects, and contemporary photographs, fashion plates and surviving garments show large designs of strongly-contrasting applied velvet or braid encompassing the skirt above the hem, echoed on a smaller-scale on the bodice. The maker of this unpretentious one-piece day dress has interpreted this fashion in a simple, but effective, manner. Black velvet ribbon has been stitched to the bodice to suggest a yoke, and diagonal strips of ribbon with pointed ends have been applied to the base of the skirt at intervals, and to the tops of the sleeves. The dress has been made by hand from a worsted wool fabric, possibly incorporating linen, which has a slightly harsh but practical character; it is woven with bands of simple black pattern which have been matched symmetrically on both bodice and skirt. In common with many one-piece dresses of this date a small watch pocket has been inset at the left front waist seam. The dress’s one concession to complexity is the construction of the sleeves which are pleated into a piped curved seam running down the front of each sleeve.

The John Bright Collection

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Wedding Dress

c.1865

Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

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Dress

c.1856

British

The MET

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The Met Used AI For Their New Costume Institute Exhibition And I'm Not Sure How I Feel About It.

breakdown:

How did they use AI? Was it in a capacity where they could have used human digital artists? The wording on the website makes it sound like they used both- whether anyone was put out of a potential job by it has a huge impact on how I feel about it. But that's not disclosed online

"We used AI and CGI to demonstrate how these fragile garments would move on a body!" you all will do ANYTHING but talk to real people who have lived experience of wearing similar clothing- many of whom are also museum professionals and historians! Historical Costumer and History Worker are not mutually exclusive! friendly reminder that Abby Cox and Nicole Rudolph and Cheyney McKnight and many others all work or have worked in this field professionally beyond the YouTube space, to say nothing of people like Ruth Goodman who do experiential archaeology fully outside of social media! -won't you like geez. I'd rather have a video of Nicole Rudolph spinning in a Worth replica you paid her to make and demonstrate than an AI holograph, personally

Any incursion of AI into the museum-space worries me deeply even though AI can't do my jobs within the field...for now. If we don't stand up for those first affected, we will all fall eventually, I feel. Even nonprofits aren't immune to cost-cutting measures, especially those that run on a shoestring budget as most of our orgs do.

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i'm so sorry but it's going to be one hell of a week so i'll probably disappear until the weekend

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alas it is my bed time and there's still so many excellent MET looks! In general, I think this was a super successful year. Feel free to drop anyone you want me to talk about in the inbox; there's still so many wonderful looks! I'll probably continue with the MET Gala throughout the week; some of the best looks don't appear until a day or two after!

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Hamish Bowels my beloved! I feel like every year he is a masterclass in how to work within the theme with just a few accessories. The hat is a choice, but he wears it well!

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I was hoping for some butterfly inspired looks so I am very pleased with Iris Law's look!

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knowing Michael Shannon, I wouldn't be surprised if he did in fact read 'The Garden of Time' by J. G. Ballard and chose this suit as a reference to the end.

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Loving this look on Law Roach. Giving beautiful marble statue vibes. It's really hard to tell in the photo, but the subtle ombre moment around the waist and elbows is lovely

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Precious Lee looks like a black swallowtail butterfly and I love it!

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I know this is probably going to be an unpopular take, but I don't think this look is as successful as the first? Something is missing the mark for me and I'm struggling to put my finger on it. I think I actually want it to have a smaller train?

LOVE the hat though

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Have you seen the second zendaya look yet? The sleeves are SO 1850s

I have! It's coming in a moment!

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Love the giant flower on Jonathan Bailey's suit! I personally wish the pants were a nice pastel pink to coordinate, but that's very much my personal style bleeding through.

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ALIA BHATT in Sabyasachi | Met Gala 2024