She Wore Blue Velvet...Bluer than velvet was the night...Softer than satin was the light...
Visiting dress • c. 1883
Navy blue velvet two-piece dress • Velvet and silk satin bodice • Pearl buttons and hooks and eyes • Decorative bead-work • Swagged fabric in the front • Interior bustle • 1881
Auguste Toulmouche (French, 1829-1890) • La Robe Bleu • c. 1870
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Day dress, 1857, Scotland.
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Met Costume Institute
Walking dress. British. ca. 1830
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Grands Magasins Nouveautés C. Paventa, Rome
Two-piece dress in green velvet
circa 1900
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• Mother-of-Bride Ensemble: Dress, Jacket and Hat.
Date: 1910
Designer/Maker: Whitney, Chicago.
Medium: Embroidered silk chiffon, satin, soutache braid.
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Evening dress of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, 1860-65.
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Fashion Illustration painted by John La Gatta (John LaGatta), The April Fashion Tour, Dresses from Harzfeld's, Selected by Isabel De Nyse Conover. Published in Woman's Home Companion, April 1924.
Isabel De Nyse Conover (American, 1891-1968) was a magazine editor and author.
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