#historic costume
1886-7 bustles
I’ve added some lovely new Georgian Collet Necklaces to my Etsy shop! These are especially good for layering, a la Anna Wintour.
#springbling
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I’ve just done a new blog post about millinery flowers in Regency fashion plates, which inspired some floral updates to my Regency ball gown.
Above plates all from Journal des Dames et des Modes. Please check the blog post for dates and more images!
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Climbed the 81 stairs of the Pyramid of Austerlitz (NL). Built in 1804. Accordingly attired.
Halifax Courier about Gentleman Jack’s footsteps: https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/gentleman-jack-where-to-go-if-you-want-to-walk-in-anne-listers-footsteps-3706148
“Illusions Perdues”: Pierre-Jean Larroque est nominé aux César pour les costumes
Does your mother know ?
Tartan Day: April 6
Muslin dress, 1870-73
White polonaise trimmed with mauve bows and ruching with mauve sash and skirt
This lightweight over skirt is fastened loosely with pretty lilac fabric bows. The edges of the fabric have been pinked, with special scissors, to give the zigzag edge. The pinking, while giving a decorative finish ,also prevents the fabric from fraying.
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Black front busk corset 1875
Detail of lace and stitching, made of of lasting, cotton twill, and Hessian. It is laced at the back and has a straight, four-stud, metal busk at the front. Part of the Symington Collection of corsetry and swimwear. Some of the collection is on display at Snibston Discovery Museum, Coalville or can be viewed by appointment at the Collections Resources Centre
This very broad band of black cotton lace gives a more delicate touch to the strong pattern created by the yellow sewing on the sturdy black fabric. Its straight edge overlays a thin strip of white scallop-edged lace to give the finishing touch.
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Green half handling corsets
The lines on these corsets show how beautiful plain stitching can be. The stitching all serves a purpose; to keep the corset supports in place and to reinforce the fabric so it maintains the required shape when pulled around the body. Some stitching forms grooves and the look is like a landscape which retains the outlines of the medieval “ridge and furrow” agricultural system. In another place the cross hatching creates a diamond pattern in a bold waistline with metal eyelets for decoration. The use of colour is minimal but the decorative impact is strong.
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Men’s waistcoat, c1768-72
White satin embroidered flowers and floral border, red brown green and silver thread.
This waistcoat has been shortened as the pocket flap covers part of the background embroidery. It was very common to reuse such expensive fabric as this eighteenth century hand-embroidered silk.
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