#costume history museum

[professorpski]

"Shocking ! Les Mondes Surréalistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli”

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris has a show running through January 2023 looking at Schiaparelli and surrealist art which surrounded and sometimes inspired her. Of course, she also made less novel designs, but these are what she is best known for. Even if you find the trompe l’oiel, or fool-the-eye efforts a little silly in a garment, you can surely appreciate the fine work of the couture workers who created them.

This show bring together more than 500 works with over 200 looks, garments, and accessories by Schiaparelli and the rest of the objects include paintings, sculptures, jewelry, ceramics, and photographs by by contemporaries like Man Ray, Salvador Dalí, and Jean Cocteau. 

You will need tickets to attend the show. For more info, go here: https://madparis.fr/Shocking-Les-mondes-surrealistes-d-Elsa-Schiaparelli

#elsa schiaparelli #shocking #shocking les mondes surrealistes d'elsa schiaparelli #musee des arts decoratifs #1920s fashion #1930s fashions #costume exhibition #fashion exhibition #dress exhibition #costume history #dress history #fashion history #costume history museum #dress history museum #fashion history museum #fashion #surrealism #man ray #jean cocteau #salvador dali

[resplendentoutfit]

The Painting: John Singer Sargent • Portrait of Millicent Duchess of Sutherland • 1905 • Museo Thyssen

The dress : Evening gown of silk and metal. c. 1898-1900. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

#portrait #art #painting #fashion history #oil painting #john singer sargent #society portrait #female portrait #turn of the century fashion #metropolitan museum costume institute #early 1900s evening gown #the resplendent outfit blog #women's fashion history

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Thomas Couture (1815-1879) "The Romans in their Decadence" (1847) Oil on canvas Located in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

#paintings #art #artwork #history painting #ancient rome #thomas couture #oil on canvas #fine art #musee d'orsay #museum #art gallery #french artist #ancient romans #decadence #decadent #indulgence #costume #costumes #1840s #mid 1800s #mid 19th century #aesthetic #aesthetics

[arthistoryanimalia]

In celebration of seeing the first fireflies of the season:

Furisode with Fireflies and Irises Japan, Edo period, 18th century silk crepe, paste-resist dyed, embroidery National Museum of Japanese History (photographed on display at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhbition at the National Gallery of Art DC in 2019)

#Japanese art #East Asian art #Asian art #18th century art #kimono #furisode #historical costume #garment #embroidery #irises #fireflies #National Gallery of Art DC #The Life of Animals in Japanese Art #museum visit #exhibition #textiles #National Museum of Japanese History

[latinalivinghistory]

I have a lot of opinions on this but I would love to know what other people think.

#sewing #living history #historical costuming #history #historical reenactment #historical accuracy #historically accurate #historically adequate #historical sewing #museums #material culture #experimental archaeology

[utilitycaster]

the idea that Orym has a death wish has led to some of the most laughable meta I've seen. Orym tells his closest friend - who has a penchant for delightfully wild impulses, is possibly important to the enemy's plot, and is about to see her biological father, about whom she has all kinds of complicated feelings - to not take unnecessary risks and people are handing out pamphlets on "a Treatise on Orym's Belief in Doom; Being an Account of His Deep-seated Hypocritical Actions Regarding The Pact With Morrigan, Hag and Fatestitcher" and it's like. idk man maybe they're going to be separated in a very clearly dangerous scenario and she specifically is in an emotionally charged and tricky one and he is saying "be careful", a normal thing friends might say to each other.

#people will be like Liam O'Brien is a shakespearian actor and professional sadboy (I disagree w/the latter but. that's the consensus) #and then when he plays characters who say kinda dramatic pronouncements they'll be like WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN #babygirl this is mr. you were not born with venom in your veins he talks like this in d&d all the time good gravy #cr tag #i do imagine people with bad takes especially on twitter handing out pamphlets with bad takes like they're a really stupid Thomas Paine #like FULLY in the town square of Plymouth Plantations or Mystic Seaport in costume crying out about their meta #and i am a tourist like man where's the shop where i can for reasons having nothing to do with this living history museum obtain a geode

[fashionsfromhistory]

Evening Dress by Thierry Mugler; Pictured with Mina’s Red Dress by Eiko Ishioka from Bram Stoker’s Dracula at the Gothic: Dark Glamour Exhibit

Fall 1981

Museum at FIT

#fashion history #vintage fashion #thierry mugler #eiko ishioka #1980s #evening dress #dracula #1981 #20th century #black #red #silk #velvet #france #costumes #movie costumes #fall #museum at fit

[idohistorysometimes]

Some lifehacks

#history #museam #museum #history museum #living history #museum work #historical interpreter #living history museum #historical reenactment #historian #historical costuming #living history reenactment #sca #the society of creative anachronism #mysca

[princessfromthelandofporcelain]

Uchikake (outer robe) with peonies, plum blossoms, and butterfilies

Japanese, Edo Period, late 18th or early 19th century

silk damask embroidered with silk and metallic thread

Metropolitan Museum of Art

#Asian art #uchikake #outer robe #clothing #history of costume #Japanese #Edo Period #Edo Japan #poeny #plum blossom #butterfly #silk #embroidery #Metropolitan Museum of Art

[museeeuuuum]

New video is live!

Let's talk about the hidden dangers of museum work and how there are poisonous, radioactive, and toxic items in just the darndest places. I also sprinkle in a few nuggets of wisdom for aspiring museum professionals, so be sure to check it out!

#museums #art conservation #archaeology #history #canadian history #19th century #ancient rome #professorpeachez #historical costuming #Youtube

[theteapotofdoom]

Going through something hella specific at the moment

#penny dreadful #IM CRAZY IM CRAZY IM FUCKING CRAZY YOU DON’T EVEN KNOOOOOW #HOW WAS IT SO GOOD AND SO BAD AT THE TIME #THE THEMES!!! THE MOTIFS!!! THE ACTING!!! THE COSTUMES!!! THE SETS!!! AND YET!!! SO MANY BAD EPICALLY BAD WRITING MOMENTS!!! #that’s not even going into the final season because that was honestly a crime 😔 and yet it had its moments BUT STILL A CRIME do you see wit #honestly still THE best Frankenstein adaptation of all time like everything with Victor and The Creature was just so 👌✨ no notes #and Vanessa Ives my beloved forever and always ❤️❤️❤️ #anyway I’m normal again #the spiral started because I visited the Natural History Museum of Lisbon and I was like #hmmm crazy Penny Dreadful vibes here

[professorpski]

The opening image gives you some idea of the range of 300 pairs of shoes that were worn, or not really worn, by different people to convey different identities that show up in this show.

Like wearing women wearing high heels to look glamorous, or people in athletic shoes hoping to look athletic without breaking a sweat, or crazy looking shoes that are actually impossible to walk in so they are not worn at all, just stared at.

The show runs through the end of 2022 and there is a book to accompany it if you can’t get there.

#fit #museum at fit #shoes #vintage shoes #shoes anatomy identity magic #costume history #dress history #fashion history #fashion history museum #costume history museum #18th century fashion #19th century fashion #20th century fashion #21st century fashion

[carelesssserenity]

aguletsi house museum - yerevan, armenia

#aesthetic #armenia #armenian history #national costume #history museum #museum #photo dump #why am i doing this #study blog

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Frederic William Burton (186-1900) "The Meeting on the Turret Stairs" (1864) Watercolor and gouache on paper Located in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland The painting depicts the story of Hellelil, who fell in love with her personal guard Hildebrand. The story was taken from a medieval Danish ballad translated by the painter's friend Whitley Stokes.

#paintings #art #artwork #literary painting #forbidden love #frederic william burton #watercolor #watercolour #gouache on paper #museum #art gallery #history #star crossed lovers #costume #costumes #blue dress #knight #love #stolen moments #devotion #1860s #mid 1800s #mid 19th century #aesthetic #aesthetics #longing #yearning #1k #2k

[resplendentoutfit]

Boston Museum of Fine Arts Installation view of Fashioned by Sargent Singer Sargent exhibition, 2023 •▪︎(American-British, 1866-1925) • Portrait of Sybil Sassoon • 1922 • Dress: House of Worth

The painting of socialite Lady Sassoon hangs near a display showcasing the exact dress she wore for the portrait. Sargent captures not only the dress but more importantly, the manner and bearing of his subject. Whether she actually wore those grand pearls and large pendant, I don't know. Sargent was known to embellish his portraits to include details and the draping of dress fabrics to suit the aesthetic he aimed for. Moreover, his draping and repositioning of dress fabrics was done to showcase his talent for painting shadows and light, particularly white. In the Sassoon portrait Sargent puts this talent to good effect in his treatment of the off-white cape that is part of her elaborate dress.

I scoured the internet for information about the House of Worth dress Sybil Sassoon wore for this sitting. I wanted to know specifics about the materials of the dress, as I was unable to photograph the gallery card near the display case. I came up short.

After looking at this excellent photo taken by Lilie Marshall (Around the World with Lilie, Travel and Life Blog) I'm certain that the fabric is black velvet. The bright magenta lining of the high collar and the trim around the peplum waist and cuffs could be either velvet or satin. The wide bands down the front of the dress are, obviously, richly embroidered; perhaps with gold metallic thread or appliqué.

Sources: my own retelling of what I learned about Sargent's portraits attending the exhibition Fashioned by Sargent at the MFA and reading my art books. The photos are not mine. Though I took photos at the exhibition, the ones relevant to this portrait and dress didn't turn out well enough to publish. Credit is given for Lilie Marshall's photo and a link provided above to her blog post. Check it out – Lilie strikes a great pose in front of Madame X!

John Singer Sargent (American-British, 1866-1925) • Portrait of Sybil Sassoon, Countess of Rocksavage (later Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley) • 1922

Sybil Sassoon bio on Wikipedia

#the resplendent outfit #art #fashion history #historical fashion #portrait #painting #art history #john singer sargent #sybil sassoon #oil painting #house of worth #museum of fine arts boston #art exhibition #early 20th century art #art/fashion blog #costume history #museum aesthetic #fashioned by sargent exhibition #beautiful dresses in paintings

[iwantitinpink]

Propaganda, Vivienne Westwood AW05

'Westwood said that this dress was her most important work to date. Comprising a beautifully constructed and boned bodice as its base, the gown has been draped, fitted, and spiraled around the body in one unbroken length.'

In the collection of The Costume Institute at The Met.

#on wednesdays we wear pink #fashion #fashion history #vivienne westwood #met museum #the met #the costume institute #color: pink #pink dress #pink #evening gown #ball gown #aw05 #fw05 #2005 #corset dress #draping #propaganda