#robe

[kirstydreaming]

Ella

[illustratus]

Bathing Nymph by Carl Spitzweg

[look-at-my-dresses]

Jean Paul Gaultier pour le Cinquième élément, Luc Besson

Exposition Fashion Big Bang au Palais Galiera, musée de la mode de la ville de Paris

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Vincent Price during dress rehearsal for Victoria Regina (1935)

[kirstysdreams]

[fashionsfromhistory]

Sashiko Jacket

1850-1899 (Meiji Era)

Japan

Sashiko is a quilting technique that uses a running stitch to reinforce and prolong the life of a textile or to join together recycled pieces of cloth into a new garment. Japanese farmers used the technique to create warmer and more durable fabrics, and decorative sashiko stitching developed from this practical function. This robe’s embroidered design is dominated by three variations on the pattern of interlocking circles, called shippō-tsunagi. The bottom band features a design of waves.

The MET (Accession Number: 67.172.1)

[kirstydreaming]

Ella

[stefaniaferrario]

[look-at-my-dresses]

Mugler, printemps été 1997

Exposition Fashion Big Bang au Palais Galiera, musée de la mode de la ville de Paris

[illustratus]

Lucretia Borgia by Jean-Paul Laurens

[kirstysdreams]

[wearemercs]

Zelda Roman Empire AU by rivaeri

[recycledmoviecostumes]

This robe was originally spotted on Norman Foster as Jack Mills in the 1931 MGM production 𝑴𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆. It was reused the very next year, this time on Jean Harlow as Lil Andrews in the film 𝑹𝒆𝒅-𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏.   You can find other instances of costumes being worn by both men and women on our website at Bit.ly/WornByBoth      

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