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Issy @founderymir.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Sounds like an excuse to reread

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Issy @founderymir.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

New antique! I recently bought this (damaged) antique 1850s dress and it's absolutely stunning. The fabric is gorgeous; so soft. It's entirely handsewn and features the beautiful 1850s silhouette I adore with its wide neckline and large bell skirt. Very happy to own this piece of history!

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Issy @founderymir.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Some natural form beauty today! I think it's the most elegant era within Victorian fashion. The elongated bodies with mermaid's tail trains and the recently introduced princess line dress resulted in a beautiful few years.

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Issy @founderymir.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

A fashion plate from 1868. This was right at the beginning of the soft bustle era, when the fashion for piling one's skirts at the back of the dress and wearing an elliptical crinoline resulted in the first real bustle being worn. The era lasted into the mid 1870s.

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Happy birthday! I hope you have an amazing day

The 1850s is my favourite fashion decade! I love the pagoda sleeves, the shape of the skirts, the flounced overskirts and the entire vibe. The Louis XV style which was revived in this decade is absolutely gorgeous, lending Georgian extravagance and pastels to the Victorian era.

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(Character limit) Radical dress was also, as the name suggests, a radical fashion movement with its origins as far back as the 1850s.

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Issy @founderymir.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

In the 1890s when cycling became a popular pastime for women, radical dress (left) was one of the ways women would dress so they could cycle easily and still preserve modesty and femininity. Opinions on it were mixed- some thought it was a great idea; others said it looked ridiculous!

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FYI: This fashion plate is from 1808 :)

Issy @founderymir.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

The early 19th century isn't my biggest interest, but I can't deny that fashion in that era was timelessly beautiful ✨

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Issy @founderymir.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Girl's dress, 1860-1865, V&A museum. Girl's dresses had higher hemlines than adult dresses, but were in many other ways a miniature version of what women would wear, often including light boning in the bodice. As the girl grew up, her hemline would lower steadily to the floor.

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Issy @founderymir.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Dress, 1868-9, V&A museum. I'm not typically a fan of the late 1860s silhouette, but this example is stunning! I think it's because the bustle is more toned down than was usual. The decoration on this is absolutely gorgeous; the sort of thing I'd definitely love to recreate someday.

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Happy birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day

My antique Victorian doll, Eliza :)

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I love this silly thing...

Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Reposted by Issy

Swiss artist Jean-Étienne Liotard demonstrates his porcelain-smooth pastel technique in this depiction of a housemaid carrying a tray of breakfast cocoa (The Chocolate Girl, 1722; Gemaeldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden)

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