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hair by homero mancilha on gessika for the schiaparelli couture show •.𓇼*.

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earlier this week Twitter user ppuccin0 tweeted about a fashion article that advised against tops with large floral patterns, saying the wearer was in danger of looking like a "ロマンティックおばさん," or a "romantic auntie." the tweet went viral with many agreeing that a "romantic auntie" sounded like a very nice thing to aspire to be, and some even posted illustrations or photos tagged with the trend

illustration by Toyota Yuu (author of Cherry Magic)

illustration by 141shkw/Sora Midori (author of Beautiful Curse)

photos by Takinami Yukari (author of Motokare Mania and Watashi-tachi wa Mutsuu Ren'ai ga Shitai or "We Want A Painless Romance")

illustration by m:m (mangaka of Matataki no End Roll)

illustration by ooinuai (mangaka of Onikui Kitan)

illustration by ma2 (mangaka of The Reason We Fall In Love)

BONUS:

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RICHARD QUINN Fall/Winter RTW 2025 if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways

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.sweet tea party princesses / tiana

and here is the next tea party princess, tiana <3 of course she had to had a cute froggy bag <3

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my dream dress finally arrived so i hung her up on my wall to admire her whenever i want~ ft. my milk family ♡

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~ Édouard Debat-Ponsan Portrait de mademoiselle Élisabeth de Vilmorin (1891) (detail)

via edarlein11 on pinterest

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🪻🌱🐝 💜 🌿 ✨ // violets & violet miner bees // part of my natives + pollinators series // gouache on paper

tiny violet miner bees (Andrena violae) are a specific pollinator: they pollinate wood & dog violets in the Northeast, and show a strong preference for blue violets. letting your grassy yard rewild itself and grow violets every spring not only lets you make violet syrup, it also gives violet miner bees their most important food source and increases local pollinator diversity.

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livingmori

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Beads & Velvet: Celadon & Cream Evening Gown

This gown from around 1930 indicates the shifts in fashion of that era. The 1920s had seen a lot of short skirts for all times of day, including the evening, on a lot of utterly flat panels of fabric that treated women's bodies as though they were shaped like test tubes. The flat panels were good for lots of decorative beading as the maker barely had to think about shaping the 2 dimensions of fabrics into the 3 dimensionsneeded for clothing. But then all this fell out of favor in the late 1920s. Hemlines dropped down, waistlines re-appeared, and garments drew closer to the curves of a woman's body. Floor-length became an evening time look. You can see this dress as embodying much of that shift, while hanging onto the decorative panel ideas of earlier years.

This is a panne velvet, or flattened velvet, which is actually more practical as silk velvet gets squashed when sat upon. The panels of fabric are fitted to the body and embroidered with metallic and pearl beads plus rhinestones. The skirt's inserts reverse the direction of the velvet, thus making the most of its nap, and allowing the light to catch the pale green color in all directions. You can imagine the lovely play of color as a woman danced or darted up a staircase, a mix of beads and fabric shimmering in the light.

It is for sale at Augusta Auctions, a vintage textiles and fashions auction house, part of their Summer Solstice Treasures auction on June 28th, 2023.

For more info, go here: https://augusta-auction.com/

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Court dress, 1810-15

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

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main pieces

mary magdalene x4

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Fight or flight, Visarute Angkatavanich (because)

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derek lam ss06

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This dress is so cute! ཻུ۪۪♡ ͎. ｡˚

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Took a month to do the last day’s worth of course, and still utterly impossible to photograph correctly.

Pattern is Heart Sampler by Kitt Massiah, who I hope can forgive me the changes, a pattern is a recipe and I cook with my heart

Notable trivia for this one, every single stitch of it was done with @ayeforscotland ‘s YouTube archive on

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milkchan… <3

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ANTON KRUG 'Marie Antoinette' Dress if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways