#19th century costumes

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

Anything Goes December

The Firefly / Jeanette MacDonald as Nina Maria Azara

Set in Napoleonic-era Spain, this film starred Jeanette MacDonald as a glamorous singing spy. She made this film without her usual screen partner Nelson Eddy; instead, she's opposite Allan Jones, who is far less irritating when he isn't taking screentime away from the Marx Brothers.

For this movie, Jeanette got to wear a stunning succession of semi-historical gowns by Adrian. This one, for her first musical number, may just be the most spectacular of them all, or at least the shiniest! The outline is more late-18th century than her "offstage" costumes, which are in the high-waisted Regency or Empire style--see this gown from the month of monochrome for comparison.

#the firefly #anything goes december #jeanette macdonald #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #movie costumes #period film #1937 movies #1937 films #gowns by adrian #19th century costumes #black and white films #black and white movies #old hollywood #classic hollywood #classic films #more is more dresses

[die-rosastrasse]

Ball gown, 1840-41

Maker: Unknown

From the collection of Wien Museum

#That's the most beautiful fabric I've ever seen #dress #clothing #historical dress #historical fashion #1840s #19th century fashion #ballgown #garments #costuming #historical costuming #victorian era #victorian fashion #19th century #my post #fashion #period fashion #historical clothing #fashion history #old fashion #iridescent #iridesence #fairy aesthetic #fairycore #light academia aesthetic #light academia

[cinematic-phosphenes]

THE GILDED AGE (2022-) + ART [6/∞]

🌸 Bertha Russell in S1E2 | Mrs Hugh Hammersley (1892) - John Singer Sargent 🌸 Madame Paul Poirson (1885) - John Singer Sargent | Marian Brook in S1E9 🌸 Maud Beaton in S2E2 | Before the Ball (c. 1870s) - Alfred Stevens

Dress inspo found by: @tomcraweley + @whartonists

#the gilded age #thegildedageedit #costumeedit #costume design #art #the gilded age + art #💮💮 #*meine #carrie coon #bertha russell #louisa jacobson #marian brook #nicole brydon bloom #maud beaton #alfred stevens #john singer sargent #portrait #oil on canvas #romanticism #19th century #19th century art #victorian era #gilded age #costumes #fashion #19th century fashion #evening gown #bustle #artedit

[beggars-opera]

Pop Culture Victorians:

Actual Victorians:

“If your eyes aren’t bleeding, it’s not historically accurate.”

- Abby Cox

#history #Victorian #costume #19th century #fashion #synthetic dyes gone WILD

[anatomicalmartyr]

John William Waterhouse + medieval and renaissance costumes

#john william waterhouse #art compilation #pre raphaelite #19th century #art #art history #artedit #artblr #the lady of shalott #ophelia #pre raphaelism #pre-raphaelite #painting #19th century art #costumes #classical art #hulderposts #faves #my posts #renaissance #medieval #maiden #beauty #light academia #classic art #looks

[elfgirlcraftworks]

BTS the Afrovictorian ensemble: the day bodice

when last we left our intrepid heroine they were trying to figure out how they wanted to use the remaining fabrics to craft the jacket/daytime bodice.

Couple of strong options but I wasn't feeling either of them particularly. Time to go shopping.

Kidding, I enjoyed the trip. Here's the new candidates.

Okay, comparing the pieces of the new pattern to the completed dinner bodice seems like we don't strictly _need_ to do a mockup... Fuck it. We're cutting the final fabric.

Good start...

Sleeve fits...

Brave, if I do say so myself

Bonus: I needed a bigger bustle.

So that's another set of head to toe looks!

#afrovictorian #cosplay #historybounding #historical fashion #19th century #1800s #historical costuming

[cy-lindric]

Entering my sans-culotte era babes

#historical fashion #sewing #tailoring #frev #historical costuming #history bounding #19th century #18th century

[frostedmagnolias]

Fancy dress inspired by Austrian folk costume

c. 1880

House of Worth, Coutau-Bégarie

#house of worth #19th century dress #19th century #historic fashion #history of fashion #dress design #historic dress #fancy dress #costume design #1800s dress #1880s dress #1880s #fashion history #dress history #historical fashion #fashion detail #frostedmagnolias

[jeannepompadour]

Catherine Mastio as Hero in play "Much ado about nothing" at Opera Comique, 1899; Photograph by Leopold Emile Reutlinger

#stage costume #mdptheatre #photography #france #19th c. france #19th century #opera #headdress #leopold emile Reutlinger

[celebrimborium]

the rings of power + references to women in art

#lotredit #ropedit #tropedit #ringsofpowersource #the rings of power #tolkienedit #tolkiensource #fantasyedit #tvedit #historyedit #artedit #galadriel #miriel #disa #art history #women in history #women in art #costumes #costuming #19th century #humans #elves #dwarves #rop s1 #rop 1x01 #rop 1x04 #rop plus art #* #1k #2k

[tomcraweley]

Find something new from Season 1-2 of 'The Gilded Age'~

#costume design #costumes #costume designer #history of fashion #costume drama #the gilded age #bustle #1880s #1870s #1880s fashion #1870s fashion #hbo #reference #james tissot #charles james #19th century

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

Anything Goes December

Immortal Beloved / Valeria Golino as Giulietta Guicciardi

The combination of bronze and deep turquoise in this gown is quite striking, especially when you add the shimmery wrap. I'm not an expert on the period, but I get the impression this sort of saturated color is more common in continental Europe than in Britain during this time period.

Costumes for this film were designed by Maurizio Millenotti.

#immortal beloved #anything goes december #valeria golino #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #19th century costumes #regency costumes #regency era #1994 movies #1994 films #period film #maurizio millenotti

[fleursscaptives]

okay i know alot of people dont like the 1870s and i find that so insane cause have you SEEN the hair

#its so beautiful #bring back extravagant updos like this #1870s #historical fashion #fashion history #hair history #fashion historian #historical costume #victorian #bustle era #19th century #1800s #1871 #1872 #1873 #1874 #1875 #1876 #1877 #1878 #1879

[cinematic-phosphenes]

THE GILDED AGE costume appreciation: 2.07: "Wonders Never Cease" — Peggy Scott's pink evening gown with butterfly details

#the gilded age #costumeedit #thegildedageedit #perioddramaedit #periodedits #perioddramagif #perioddramasource #weloveperioddrama #onlyperioddramas #*meine #costume design #costumes #costume drama #19th century fashion #evening gown #victorian era #peggy scott #denée benton #pink #not really a fan of the butterfly print - it just looks so modern to me #but i love the barbie/princess aesthetic of this dress #and denée looks so pretty in pink!

[threadtalk]

Oh, saints. This dress combines so many things I love in one place!

First of all, we’re in the late 1830s (by my guess), a time of dress transition. You can see the influence of the Romantic with those sleeves, but the hint of later Victorian gowns in the bodice shaping. The particular bodice here is fan-pleated, which is pretty self-explanatory if you look at the way the fabric is both pleated and fanned out. I do adore the result. 

But, ahem, that damask? That color? Purple, always. Of course. For a 200 year old dress, the hue is still so striking. It is not Perkins Purple, however, as it’s two decades too early for that.

The weave? I damn near fell out of my chair looking at it. It’s one of those cases where I wish there were even higher resolutions so I could zoom in and see the stitches. Alas, we are not yet there in terms of technology, so I will instead cope with this.

And then it gets better. Because that silk damask? It’s almost 100 years older than the dress itself. UGH I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Could it have been Spitalfields? Maybe! It’s hard to say because we don’t have the provenance. 

From the Maryland Center for History and Culture.

#silk dress #1830s #fashion history #textiles #costume history #historical costuming #history of fashion #costume #threadtalk #19th century fashion #historical fashion #spitalfields silk #damask

[aduckwithears]

The early 19th century sure was something for our boys (gn). They were taking things at a FAST pace. (If, of course, you’re immortal and need to layer everything under 6 layers of deniability).

Whatever you do, don’t think about how in 1793 Crowley rescued Aziraphale and then they got lunch, in 1800 he brought chocolates to the bookshop then saved Aziraphale from a heavenly promotion, then in 1827 they went on a date to a cemetery in Edinburgh(prime date spot at the time esp for non-trad couples) and Crowley seemed to be having the time of his life.

Then especially don’t think about Crowley getting lightning-sanded down to Hell and showing up 35 years later in a much grumpier mood and with a request for Holy Water as “insurance”.

And don’t think about the context of their last interaction being attempted suicide by poison drink after a partner was lost… no wonder Aziraphale didn’t take the request well and they fought. No wonder Crowley was offended by fraternizing - they’d been way beyond that. Nope, don’t think about any of that.

#I know you can take A’s journal entry in a way that means they met up sooner #but I like this interpretation #lol the whole thing is such a departure from book omens #when Crowley slept thru the 19th century #from a doylist perspective it’s almost certainly to be able to dress the lads in amazing costumes #I approve #the 19th century #good omens #good omens headcanons #good omens s2 #ineffable husbands #crowley #aziraphale #good omens 2 #good omens meta #aziracrow #a duck talks