#late-victorian fashion

[mizutoyama]

Calling all the fashion historians of Tumblr!

I need to know where this dress is from (as in the source of the picture). Is it from a museum? An auction house? A vintage clothing store? An other place?

I originally found it on Pinterest, where, as of s too common on that website, the source was not indicated. I tried a reverse image search, but it kept bringing me back to Pinterest.

I would be forever grateful!

[iridessence]

Alice Davis from the Mary Everhard Collection at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The first picture is labeled “circa 1895“ on the museum website but based on the silhouette of the gown, I would estimate the year 1905 to 1908

[luxus-aeterna]

A Sunday in Galveston

[wh0-is-lily]

Undergarments of The Edwardian Era

[diemelusine]

A classical beauty by John William Godward (1861-1922). Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross.

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1881-1882

Silk trimmed with lace

The John Bright Collection

[artist-ellen]

All the Historical Mermay’s together!

I had a lot of fun with this mermay prompt list by chloe.z.arts and they turned into a pretty cool collection of illustrations!

Prompt list by chloe.z.arts on instagram.

I am the artist! Do not post without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram.com/ellenartistic or tiktok: @ellenartistic

[la-belle-histoire]

Mrs. George Swinton (Elizabeth Ebsworth), John Singer Sargent. 1897.

[antiquebee]

Revue de la Mode, Gazette de la Famille, November 1883

[fashion-from-the-past]

Victorian Halloween

[yesterdaysprint]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, March 7, 1897

[marzipanandminutiae]

when early female dress historians (1930s-1950s) talk about how their interest started with looking at older clothing and wishing they could dress that way, too

I am taking your hand. I am helping you into an appropriately-sized corset with lacy combinations underneath. forget you ever heard of synthetic fabric or skirts shorter than instep-length. I am kissing you with tongue homosexually do you understand

[iridessence]

Bessie Downing, 1900s. Mary Everhard Collection

[luxus-aeterna]

Belle époque mood in Café Amelie of New Orleans || IG

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Ice blue satin and lace ballgown by the House of Worth, c.1890s. Blue silk with cream embroidered net and lace; blue and pearl beads decorating the bodice. Whitaker Auction.

via _ardenconroy_

[threadtalk]

You can smell the springtime blooms on this remarkable 1882 gown from the House of Worth. It's got all the pieces of late 19th century fashion I just adore, including those sculptural influences. Doesn't it almost look like the kind of detail you'd see on marble statues.

So, this is silk, silk, and silk. Silk flowers, satin, and some gauzy bits, too. The Met doesn't give us any details other than "silk" but it doesn't take a fashion forensics expert to recognize sheers.

One of my favorite things about the 1870s and 1880s is the playfulness with symmetry. Until this point, the vast majority of Western fashion really focused on symmetry in everything. Which is, of course, very lovely. But alongside the rise of mass industrialization came a shift in composition, a desire to fiddle with the rigid structures and emulate nature and, perhaps, a little chaos, too. Perhaps that's one of the reasons it's so very appealing to me.

There's a whole lot more about Charles Frederick Worth over here if you're interested. He was quite the character.