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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 5h

Red and navy blue always a winner in my estimation and this Worth gown uses the brightest of reds to punctuate the details of their mid #1890s design. Nicely nautical for seaside promenading #NGVMelbourne #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Front view of a mid 1890s Worth gown of navy blue silk with red detailing centre front, as well as trimming the bodice, cuffs and skirt hem

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LaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 9h

So for my last outfit of @thehenryford.bsky.social's #FabricofAmerica exhibit, here is this 1947 evening dress by Sophie Gimbel. She ran Salon Moderne, an exclusive boutique in Saks Fifth Avenue. The same year as this dress, she became the first woman designer on the cover of Time magazine.

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 9h

Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest-serving First Lady of the USA, was born #OnThisDay in 1884. She wore this cream silk gown embellished with seed pearls, purchased from the Arnold Constable department store, to attend the 1941 inaugural ball. National Museum of American History. #fashionhistory

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 19h

The seemingly casual twist of fabric is always so much more under closer inspection. Dior’s 1951 cocktail dress moved away from the expansive skirts of his first collections and offered the ‘ligne longue’ as a chic little cocktail silhouette #NtlMuseumsScot #KelvingroveArt #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A black below the knee silk cocktail dress which looks as if it has been twisted onto the body in a seemingly accidental drape. It has a deep collar and a V neck

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 19h

It was made in Japan for the European market, designed to suit the prevailing fashions of the bustle era

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Known as Yokohama robes after the port from which they were shipped, this Japanese quilted and embroidered dressing gowns became popular in the second half of the c19th. This one dates to c1875. I would very much like to curl up into one today please and thank you @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Front full length view of a pale lavender blue quilted dressing gown. It is embroidered with white floral bands and ties with a twist cream silk cord at the waist. It has frogging embellishment centre front

Side view of the mid 1870s pale blue quilted dressing gown showing how it was made in the fashionable global north silhouette by makers in Japan for export

A fabric detail of the mid 1870s quilted dressing gown which shows some of the frogging details and the cream/white floral embroidery

Cuff detail of the mid 1870s quilted dressing gown which has a pale blue silk cuff with covered buttons and white floral embroidery

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A very stylish #Roman woman's shoe with a decorative pattern punched into the leather. Found in 1907 in a well in the civilian settlement of the Saalburg fort, dating first half of the 2nd century AD. Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg

The picture shows a single leather shoe with a decorative pattern of holes of different sizes and shapes (e.g circles, triangles).

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anybody in need of something silvery to carry them towards Friday? This early #1930s beaded, fringed and draped gown could be just the ticket. The weekend beckons…… @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Side by side view of the front and back of a 1930s sleeveless beaded silver evening dress with deep scoop neckline, a V neck at the back, drop waist and fringed skirt

Detail of the silver glass beaded strap of the early 1930s beaded evening dress

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes a two piece, very common at this time

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this c. 1935 Elizabeth Hawes black silk dress with a draped bodice. The dress features pieces of patterned silk repurposed from vintage Japanese kimonos. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Purple polka dots shimmy across the surface of this dress, the fabric all that was required to create a decorative dress. Devoid of embellishment other than lace collar and cuffs, it holds its own in lavender shaded splendour. Late #1840s, Brussels Museum of Fashion and Lace #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Front view of a long full skirted gown with fitted buttoned bodice and pointed waist. The purple fabric has a woven repeat of polka dots

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Lincoln premiered at the 50th New York Film Festival #OnThisDay in 2012. Joanna Johnston took inspiration from Elizabeth Keckley’s original designs for Mary Lincoln to create this blue striped silk gown with gold embroidered lace flounces that was worn by Sally Fields in the film. #film #costume

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Well thanks for reading it! 🤗

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes it does look like a butterfly! I hope you get to return sometime

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Swoon away! Aren’t they glorious?! 😍

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Deep orange printed silk makes a lovely seasonal splash, sheer layers all gathered and draped. Hubert de Givenchy played with both shape and colour in his suit cries and seventies designs, this a perfect autumn cocktail dress c1970 #RISDMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Partial view of a draped long sleeved cocktail dress in sheer silk chiffon. The deep orange is printed with a paler shade in blurry florals

Full length view of the long sleeved layered orange cocktail dress, gathered and draped. It is sheer with a dark under slip

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thanks so much Kate, I am delighted you enjoyed it 🤗

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think the other reply is absolutely right. Scheele’s green was a brighter more acid colour and this is much darker

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m afraid I don’t but it is lovely! The details are great 😊

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think it is woven, possibly brocade

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Worn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Parachute silk gown worn #onthisday in 1945 by Gena Goldfinger at her #wedding to British Army Sgt. Norman Turgel in Lubeck, Germany. They had met in April when his unit liberated her from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp; he arrested the camp's commandant, Josef Kramer. #OTD 📷️ Imperial War Museums

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

An abundance of colour and pattern characterises this mid #1860s bodice from shadowy leaves to garlands of flowers. It is almost easier to appreciate it in isolation, separate from its skirt, the details somehow more impactful as a solo piece #V_and_A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The back of a mid 1860s bodice consisting of green silk with a leafy ombré pattern and dense floral patterns along the wide sleeves. It has green silk undersleeves, a round neck and pointed waist

Front view of the mid 1860s green silk bodice. In addition to the leafy pattern and floral borders, it is buttoned centre front

A detail of the floral pattern which decorates the sides and sleeves of the mid 1860s bodice

An alternative detail view of the mid 1860s green silk bodice which shows the floral pattern, the shadowy leaf motifs and part of the centre front buttoning

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead It's #MadHatterDay. I can't think of a mourning hat much madder than this diabolical 1906 hat and veil in crepe and nun's veiling, made by Jas. McCreery & Co., New York.

Photograph of a model with her head lowered, looking upwards, wearing a black bodice, and a horned black hat with veil down the back.

Photograph of a back view of a mourning hat and veil, with wings or horns on the hat and a draped veil down the back.

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iTEXTILIS | The IK Workshop Society @itextilis.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

From the Archive – Essay: Jet and Dressed in Black – The Victorian Period. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/je...

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So pleased that you are enjoying it, thank you! Finding at least some of those people responsible for all of the artisanship was a real joy 😍

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I want to see it moving on a body, maybe that saves it?

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think it could look great in motion. Maybe that is what makes it work?

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The similarities are clear here 🤣 Would the chiffon cope with high velocity though…..? 🤔

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I wonder if it is one of those garments that looks fabulous once it is on a moving body. I think the skirt looks a bit clunky but maybe it works in motion 🤔

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m not sure I could pull off a chest pocket myself, I fear all sorts of odd angles but the sequins swing it for me

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I get it and now can’t unsee it 🤣

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LaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Another designer featured was Halston, through this 1974 ultrasuede dress. Halston was a celebrity in the 1970s as he made minimalistic, practical, but chic outfits using exquisite fabrics. His ultrasuede dresses were incredibly popular. Utrasuede itself is an ultra-microfiber

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Autumn but make it sparkly. The quiet caramel coloured wool chosen for Norman Norell’s early #1970s skirt suit, opens to reveal an explosion of gold sequins, a wonderful juxtaposition of business and pleasure @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Partial view of the top half of a pale brown wool skirt suit with soft tailoring at the jacket and a mid calf length skirt with a turtle neck gold sequin vest and gold lapels

Detail of the gold sequins decorating the best of the Norman Norell early 1970s skirt suit

Full length view of the brown Norman Norell wool skirt suit with plain skirt and open jacket. There is a gold sequinned turtle neck and the lapels of the jacket are gold sequinned too

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Worn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Worn #onthisday in 1928 by Anna May Wood with a flowing tulle veil at her church #wedding to John Henry Murray in Washington, DC. The dress was later repurposed as eveningwear. After John's death in 1945, Anna worked for the Smithsonian, becoming its costume curator in 1956. #OTD 📷️ Smithsonian NMAH

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this gold silk panne velvet wedding dress embroidered with artificial pearl beads. The dress was worn by Maud Cecil for her marriage to Richard Greville in London in November 1927. The maker is unknown. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Maria Gallenga brought artisan techniques to garments that transcend the fickleness of trends. Here a mid #1920s gown includes stencilled velvet, Murano glass beads and a wave of chiffon, looking as stylish today as it did a century ago. Sold via #KerryTaylorAuct #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Back view of a long slim red velvet gown stencilled with gold rococo style motifs. It has sheer red chiffon bat wing style sleeves

Front view of the mid 1920s Maria Gallenga red velvet and chiffon gown showing the gold stenciling on the velvet and the long, wide sheer chiffon sleeves

A shoulder detail of the red velvet Gallenga dress showing the small Murano glass beads that run along the top of the shoulder

A fabric detail from the mid 1920s Gallenga dress showing how the gold stencilled rococo motifs decorate the red velvet

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

American actress Carole Lombard was born #OnThisDay in 1908. She wore this backless peach-coloured silk evening gown with a matching floor-length scarf as socialite Doris Worthington in the musical film We’re Not Dressing (1934). Sold via Juliens Auctions. #film #costume

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LaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Another American designer highlighted in the #FabricofAmerica exhibit was Geoffrey Beene with this 1985 jumpsuit. Beene turned to studying fashion after dropping out of medicine at Tulane. The consequence is his designs are catered to the body, like this form fitting design. He

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ooh don’t be fooled! Regency corsets were ever present, just a different shape

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I have read it and enjoyed it so much! It was a great novel and a brilliant perspective

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