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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 4h

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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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 23h

American actress June Allyson was born #OnThisDay in 1917. She wore this Helen Rose designed pale pink chiffon and lace gown with velvet details as Kay Hilliard in the 1956 film, The Opposite Sex (a remake of The Women). Sold by Debbie Reynolds via Profiles in History Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

World Cotton Day is celebrated annually #OnThisDay to recognize cotton's role in global economic development. Hardy Amies designed this white cotton organdie wedding dress for a fashion show organised by The Cotton Board in 1953. Manchester Art Gallery collection. #fashionhistory

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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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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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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Actress Kate Winslet was born #OnThisDay in 1975. She wore this Jenny Beavan and John Bright designed c. 1805 cream cotton dress printed with green dots and a green velvet sleeveless spencer as Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995). Sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

French-American costume designer Jean-Louis was born #OnThisDay in 1907. Ann-Margret wore this Jean-Louis designed heavily embellished silk and soufflé top with a fringed hem as Laurel in Bus Riley’s Back in Town (1965). Sold by Juliens Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Luxembourgish-German actress Vicky Krieps was born #OnThisDay in 1983. She wore this Monika Buttinger designed and Royal Black Couture and Corsetry made hand-dyed coutil corset, based on an 1878 riding corset, as Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Corsage (2022). #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Irish actress and former model Caitriona Balfe was born #OnThisDay in 1979. She wore this Terry Dresbach designed brown/grey silk Brunswick as time traveller Claire Fraser in season 2, episode 4 of Outlander. Sold via Bonhams. #costume #outlander

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto was born #OnThisDay in 1943. He designed this black crêpe bias-cut dress with an asymmetrical draped bodice for his S/S 1998 collection. Sold by Timeless Vixen. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Italian actress Eleonora Duse was born #OnThisDay in 1858. This c. 1920 Mariano Fortuny gown of metallic printed green/blue silk velvet belonged to Duse. She wore Fortuny both on stage and in her private life. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

British actress and singer Samantha Barks was born #OnThisDay in 1990. She made her film debut as Éponine in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables, in which she wore this Paco Delgado designed printed skirt and fichu costume. Universal Archives & Collections. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

American fashion designer and DKNY founder Donna Karan was born #OnThisDay in 1948. She designed this black silk evening dress with cut-out shoulders for her A/W 1992-93 Ready To Wear collection. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this Lucien Lelong evening dress in the most gorgeous green silk velvet. Dating from 1934, the dress was worn by Jane Taussig and later donated to the Chicago History Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dame Julie Andrews was born #OnThisDay in 1935. She wore this Donald Brooks designed red cut velvet gown, heavily embellished on the cuffs and hem with gold and silver bullion cord work, as Lili Smith in the 1970 film, Darling Lili. Sold by Juliens Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

British actress Deborah Kerr was born #OnThisDay in 1921. She wore this Helen Rose designed green raw silk cocktail dress with navy embroidered polka dots as Laura Reynolds in the 1956 film, Tea and Sympathy. Sold by Bonhams. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

American actress Angie Dickinson was born #OnThisDay in 1931. She wore this Edith Head designed black silk gown heavily adorned with black bugle beads and sequins in a paisley design to present an Oscar at the 1965 Academy Awards. Richard John collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this c. 1925 evening dress with an embroidered cream silk chiffon bodice and cap sleeves and a 'skirt' of long beaded fringe, attributed to Reville and Rossiter. London Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Princess Diana attended the LSO's 85th anniversary concert at The Barbican #OnThisDay in 1989. She wore a Bellville Sassoon off-the-shoulder black cocktail dress with a sequin embellished lace bodice trim with a bow and whi satin collar and cuffs. Historic Royal Palaces collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The 'Queen of Burlesque' Dita Von Teese was born #OnThisDay in 1972. Mr. Pearl created this crystallized mesh corset that Von Teese wore under his illusion "Canary" dress with feather train. The 2010 dress is embellished with thousands of yellow Swarovski crystals. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dalmatian Italian fashion designer Mila Schön was born #OnThisDay in 1916. She designed this haute couture white embroidered net evening dress with crêpe petticoat for Marella Agnelli to wear to Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball in 1966. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Award-winning American actress Gwyneth Paltrow was born #OnThisDay in 1972. She wore this Mary Zophres designed teal wool sweater and grey wool tweed skirt as flight attendant Donna Jensen in View from the Top (2003). Sold by Juliens Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Canadian artist and fashion designer Jason Wu was born #OnThisDay in 1982. He designed this navy and floral-patterned jacquard strapless evening gown that was worn by First Lady Michelle Obama to a state dinner during the 2016 Canada State Visit. Obama Presidential Library. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

French jewellery designer Suzanne Belperron was born #OnThisDay in 1900. Diana Vreeland owned this c. 1934 Belperron rock crystal and diamond 'Facetté' cuff bracelet. She was photographed wearing it at the El Morocco nightclub in New York in 1938. Sold by Christies. #jewellery #design

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Singer and actress Dame Olivia Newton-John was born #OnThisDay in 1948. She wore this Fleur Thiemeyer designed floral embellished apricot silk chiffon gown and beaded spandex bodysuit to attend the 50th Annual Academy Awards in 1978. Sold by Juliens Auctions. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

American costume designer Colleen Atwood was born #OnThisDay in 1948. She designed this faded dark green frock coat, embroidered satin waistcoat, and brown silk trousers for Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Audrey Hepburn married Mel Ferrer in Switzerland #OnThisDay in 1954. Hepburn wore a Pierre Balmain tea-length gown of white organdie with a satin sash, that she accessorized with gloves and a floral crown. The dress was displayed in the Intimate Audrey exhibition. #fashionhistory #audreyhepburn

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

American fashion designer Patrick Kelly was born #OnThisDay in 1954. He designed this stretch velour leopard print dress with a multi-tie bodice that was modelled by Iman on the Fall 1989 Patrick Kelly catwalk as a one-shouldered dress. Sold by Shrimpton Couture. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

French model and actress Marie-Hélène Arnaud was born #OnThisDay in 1934. She was photographed by Henry Clarke for French Vogue in March 1958 modelling this Yves Saint Laurent for Dior S/S 1958 embroidered silk tulle "L'Eléphant Blanc" dress. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

French painter and model Suzanne Valadon was born #OnThisDay in 1865. She was painted by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1885 wearing a fashionable purple dress in a similar style to this silk bustle example from the Albany Institute. Painting from Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

German-French actress Romy Schneider was born #OnThisDay in 1938. She wore this Gerdago designed cream and gold embroidered gown with sheer lace sleeves as Empress Elisabeth of Austria when she is crowned Queen of Hungary in Sissi: The Young Empress (1956). #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress Joan Jett was born #OnThisDay in 1958. She wore this Audrey Carter cropped jacket with multi-coloured sequin embellishments when David Bowie visited her backstage in New York in 1989. Sold in aid of Musicares by Juliens Auctions. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Japanese-born British fashion designer Gina Fratini was born #OnThisDay in 1931. She designed this silk organza floor-length dress printed with a pastel design of flowers, birds, hands and faces, and embellished with feathers, for Neiman Marcus. Sold by Shrimpton Couture. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

American TV host and actress Ricki Lake was born #OnThisDay in 1968. Lake wore this Van Smith pink satin dress with a pattern of black roaches as Tracy Turnblad in John Waters' Hairspray (1988). The dress was displayed in the John Waters: Pope of Trash exhibition. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

John F. Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette #OnThisDay in 1996 in a private ceremony on Cumberland Island. The bride wore a Narciso Rodriguez slip dress made from pearl-while silk crêpe accessorized with a silk tulle veil, gloves, and Manolo Blahnik sandals. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Award-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren was born #OnThisDay in 1934. She wore this Pierre Balmain black silk velvet dress as heiress Epifania Parerga in the opening scene of The Millionairess (1960). Sold by The Fashion Auctioneer. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

American fashion designer James Galanos was born #OnThisDay in 1924. He designed this Galanos couture for Nan Duskin black polka dot net lace cocktail dress with rhinestone straps in A/W 1967. Lauren Hutton modelled it in the pages of Vogue. Sold by Timeless Vixen. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Model and actress Dame Lesley Lawson, better known as #Twiggy, was born #OnThisDay in 1949. She wore this Shirley Russell designed "Poor Little Pierrette" costume in her role as Polly Browne in The Boyfriend (1971). Her performance won her two Golden Globe Awards. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Designer Dame Zandra Rhodes was born #OnThisDay in 1940. She designed this ball gown consisting of a black quilted satin bodice, a gold pleated polyamide polyester and lamé skirt and 'panniers' over black printed silk tulle for her A/W 1981 Renaissance Collection. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My dream dress for celebrating another year around the sun. This embroidered cream and pink silk satin evening gown was designed by Rahvis in 1952. London Museum collection. #fashionhistory #birthday

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is Chanel's lemon yellow silk crêpe dress and scarf ensemble from S/S 1930. The simple silhouette is transformed via the vertical pleating and shirring embellishment on the bodice. LACMA collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

American fashion designer Stan Herman was born #OnThisDay in 1928. He is perhaps best known for designing corporate uniforms, such as this rust Dacron polyester skirt suit and printed blouse that was worn by United Airlines flight attendants from 1976. SFO Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

English fashion designer Susie Cave, the co-founder of The Vampire's Wife label, was born #OnThisDay in 1966. Catherine, Princess of Wales, wore The Vampire's Wife emerald green silk-blend chiffon ‘Falconetti’ dress during a visit to Ireland in March 2020. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

American actress and model Lauren Bacall was born #OnThisDay in 1924. She wore this "Elizabeth Courtney Costumes" evening gown with a high leg slit, adorned with vertical stripes of black bugle beads, as Margo Channing in the 1970 Broadway musical, Applause. Sold via Bonhams. #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this c. 1925 pink/red crêpe de chine drop waist overdress that has a matching belt. The skirt is embellished with a wide, hand-embroidered border of flowers, leaves and branches. Amsterdam Museum collection. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

English actress Margaret Lockwood was born #OnThisDay in 1916. She wore this Julie Harris designed red silk gown embellished with black and pink lace at the collar and cuffs as the Stepmother in The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976). Sold via Heritage Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

English singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse was born #OnThisDay in 1983. She wore this Jeremy Scott figure hugging carnation pink mini dress printed with a dance step chart to perform at the Zenith in Paris in 2007. Sold by Juliens Auctions. #fashionhistory

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

English film and TV actress Jacqueline Bisset was born #OnThisDay in 1944. She wore this Tony Walton designed bias cut grey silk dress and cream silk shantung coat trimmed with white fur as Countess Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974). Sold via Kerry Taylor Auctions. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Award-winning actress Claudette Colbert was born #OnThisDay in 1903. She wore this Travis Banton designed hand-embroidered black chiffon wrap top and matching skirt as the Queen of Egypt in Cecil B. DeMille's 1934 film version of Cleopatra. Sold by Propstore. #film #costume

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Victoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

American actress and singer Emmy Rossum was born #OnThisDay in 1986. She wore this this Alexandra Byrne designed wedding dress with a lace trimmed bodice and apron draped skirt as Christine Daee in The Phantom of the Opera (2004). Sold by Juliens Auctions. #film #costume

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