#fashionhistory

[professorpski]

“Soon the knitter herself will visualize a thousand of other ways in which a motif can be used, and so fave at her disposal an exhaustible variety of fabrics. Thick fabrics or thin fabrics, patterned fabrics or plain fabrics, those blazing in colour or decorated with beads, she can make fabric imitated fur (Looped Knitting), Lace, Picot, Filet, or Crochet, and even cloque and woven fabric, by a mere change of technique. Every ornament known to dressmaking can be imitated, even hemstitching and buttons!”

When Mary Thomas wrote this in 1945 in Mary Thomas’s Book of Knitting Patterns when dressmaking was the most common craft women learned. Circular knitting, which she called seamless knitting, was viewed as peasant knitting, interesting historically, but not something most women likely to do. So, comparing knitting to dressmaking was a compliment. In fact, sewing pieces of knitted fabric was taken for granted and Thomas offered the same garment block or garment schematic that we see in dressmaking in the section explaining how to plan an entirely original sweater.

Similarly, Thomas urged her the reader to imagine new ways of patterning a knitted fabric through her choice of stitches. Every section of the book suggests how variations might be introduced to the stitches she explains. She valued the experimentation and imagination which created the stitches she taught and clearly saw yet more to be invented.

You can find this and other Thomas books at Dover Publications: https://store.doverpublications.com/0486228185.html

#knittingbooks #knitting #knittinginstruction #marythomas #making #makers #dresshistory #costumehistory #fashionhistory #dressmaking #vintageknitting #vintagefashion #vintagedressmaking

[historicalgarments1]

1892-93 reception dress by H. & S. Pogue Co. Cincinnati Art Museum accession number 1996.385a-b . . . . . . #HistoricalGarments #CostumeDesign #DressHistory #FashionHistory #HistoriaDeLaModa #Couture #HistoricalCostuming #VintageStyle #VintageDress #19thCenturyFashion #1800s #HistoricalCostume #BeadWork #BelleEpoque https://www.instagram.com/p/CqA2suHLPSR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#historicalgarments #costumedesign #dresshistory #fashionhistory #historiadelamoda #couture #historicalcostuming #vintagestyle #vintagedress #19thcenturyfashion #1800s #historicalcostume #beadwork #belleepoque

[saisew]

Hear me out

#my desired aesthetic: 1980s mullet man #billy hargrove #michael emerson #stranger things #the lost boys #the lost boys 1987 #1980s #1980s style #1980s aesthetic #1980s fashion #fashion #style #costuming #fashionhistory

[widenerlibrary]

We just discovered today is Floral Design Day and we also happened to have scanned these flowery fabrics recently. These are from 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐞 (Nuremberg, 2018), the catalog from an exhibit at the German National Library on 18th century fashion in silk. #silk #fashion #fashionhistory #flowers #floraldesignday #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook (at Harvard Yard) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOPUI0OChS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#silk #fashion #fashionhistory #flowers #floraldesignday #library #books #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #librarybooks #librarybook

[leroifrancois]

Team blue? 💙 Here we are! Me and @greta_scarpa_98 in baroque handmade costumes by @atelierlabauta in Venice 🇮🇹 Location @palazzonanibernardo Photo by @nicoruffato_photo ⚜️⚜️⚜️ #carnivalcostumes #carnival #veneziagram #costume #historical #baroque #18thcenturyfashion #18thcenturycostume #baroquestyle #costumemaking #periodcostume #fashionhistory #18thcentury #rococo #dressmaking #historicaldress #rocococostume #robealafrancaise #baroquehair #18thcenturydress #livinghistory #reenactment #italianboy #italianactor #historicalcostume #historicalcostuming #historicalvenice #labauta (presso Palazzo Bernardo Nani) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmhbfNvj0wm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#carnivalcostumes #carnival #veneziagram #costume #historical #baroque #18thcenturyfashion #18thcenturycostume #baroquestyle #costumemaking #periodcostume #fashionhistory #18thcentury #rococo #dressmaking #historicaldress #rocococostume #robealafrancaise #baroquehair #18thcenturydress #livinghistory #reenactment #italianboy #italianactor #historicalcostume #historicalcostuming #historicalvenice #labauta

[shanellpho]

Went to the Brooklyn Museum to see the Thierry Mugler exhibition @thebrooklynmuseum and I can say his art expresses in every from of art. I love the theoretical and dramatic play he includes in his designs. I hope everyone gets to experience it.

#shanellpho #thierry mugler #museums #museum #nyc #fashion #photographer #fashionhistory #history #france #paris #bronx #canon #designer #dresses #accessories #magazine #artist #tumblr #edit #art #newyork #photography

[frillsandquills]

At last, chapter 51 of The Reaper’s Muse, “Part of It All” has been published! Find it on AO3, FFN, and Wattpad.

Thanks again for your patience. It’s good to be back!

Image: “Young Lady Reading” by Mary Cassatt, 1878 (https://www.dcngallery.pl/plakat-67-mary-cassatt-wf6746-young-lady-reading-mary-cassatt.html)

#history #fanfiction #themissingseries #books #fashionhistory #margaret peterson haddix #margaretpetersonhaddix #the missing fanfic #the missing series #timetravel #wattpad #ao3 author #Instagram

[royalsandhistory]

𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

The famed dior dress that Princess Margaret of the UK wore in celebration of her 21st birthday, the dress would become part of fashion history and since 1968, it has been part of the Museum of London

#royalty #princess #princess margaret #british royalty #british royal fandom #20th century #1950s #1950s fashion #history #royalhistory #iconic #iconicdress #fashionhistory #1950sroyals #british royal family

[artanissnow]

Been seeing a lot of misinformation about corsets lately and how historical based shows and movies won’t be using them anymore? Because of health reasons? 🤦🏻‍♀️ I wear both corsets and modern day bras and bralettes. I can tell you sometimes the corset is more comfortable. I have back issues and I have diasastis reci(sp) this makes me feel better honestly. To each their own. But not wear corsets or stays in period based shows really does a disservice. And Hollywood really needs to stop putting people in stays and corsets on bare freaking skin! Ouch. Corset by @corsetstory underdress @jockey #fashionhistory #blackandwhitephotography #mirrorpic #degreelesshistorian #corset #corsetry #corsetstory #thedegreelesshistorian #bwphotography #mirrorselfie #mirrorpics https://www.instagram.com/p/CpNbLDoOUW7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fashionhistory #blackandwhitephotography #mirrorpic #degreelesshistorian #corset #corsetry #corsetstory #thedegreelesshistorian #bwphotography #mirrorselfie #mirrorpics

[bygonely]

Discovering Her Purpose The Young Years of Princess Diana and her Influence on Style

#PrincessDiana #royalty #styleicon #fashionhistory #styleinfluence #fashioninspiration #vintagestyle #historicalstyle #fashionthrowback #nostalgia #Britishfashion #stylelegend

[professorpski]

The Gored Skirt in the 1970s: Butterick 4139

This skirt pattern shows you how some basic cuts come back again and again, with slightly different emphasis, to serve current purposes. In the 1930s, gores--that is, pattern pieces widened from the waist to the hemline--only flared towards the lower-calf hemline. The gored look of the 1940s had more width as hemlines crept upwards and easy movement became a priority during World War II with gas rationing and more walking and talking public transit. The width of gored skirts grew enormously with the New Look in 1947, and hemlines dropped again as fabric was no longer rationed. The A-line silhouette of much of the 1960s meant that gores were not much used in mini-skirts, and simple cuts--skirts of 2 seams only-- were popular.

In contrast, this pattern from the 1970s makes the most of the 8 gores to give width and movement to the fabric of the skirt. It is fitted only at the waist and top of the hip line, then flares out from there, and ends around the knee, which reminds me of 1940s skirts. The idea of easy movement is implied by the slight sway of the pale orange skirt on the right. The style flexibility of the gored skirt is apparent in the range of blouses as much as in the lengths. The long, party skirt is for an evening out, shown here with a white gathered blouse trimmed with lace. But a bowed blouse and two collared blouses indicates that it could be worn as a shorter skirt for work or for spectator sports. In fact, the shorter blue skirt's is worn by a woman holding binoculars, as if she was at the races.

Gored skirts require two things for sewing success: fabric with drape in a solid color or a small, non-directional print. The first to allow a graceful sway as a woman moves. Think crepes or challis. The second to avoid matching a print and to allow a close placing of the pattern pieces. If you have to lay each piece with the hemline oriented at the same end, you end up need a lot of fabric. If you can nestle them close toe each alternating pieces hemline near waistline, you can use a lot less. The shorter versions only take about 1.5 yards and the long 3 yards for 36" hips.

The style is so versatile that when I saw this in a pile of vintage patterns, I moved it from the patterns I merely use for study, to the ones I will definitely be making.

#sewing #dressmaking #making #vintage #costumehistory #fashionhistory #garmentdesign #historyofgarmentdesign #1970sfashions #1960sfashions #1950sfashions #1940sfashions #1930sfashions #vintagefashion #vintagesewing #vintagedressmaking #vintagesewingpatterns #buttericksewingpatterns #butterickpatterns #Butterick4139

[historicalgarments1]

1892-95 dress. "The dress is a pinafore style, worn over a matching chocolate-brown silk satin bodice with a high braided gilt collar. The body and upper part of the leg o'mutton sleeves in knife-pleated silk satin with the lower part of the sleeves close-fitting ribbed wool with braiding. Velvet band at the wrist of the sleeves. The sleeves fastens at the wrists with an embroidered brown button with a worked loop." Victoria and Albert Museum accession number T.31&A-1987 . . . . . . #HistoricalGarments #HistoricalCostume #1890s #DressHistory #Historia #HistoricalCostuming #FashionHistory #HistoriaDeLaModa #CostumeDesign #BelleEpoque #Costura #PinaforeDress #FabricManipulation #HistoireDeLaMode https://www.instagram.com/p/CjZLIlhpjV6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#historicalgarments #historicalcostume #1890s #dresshistory #historia #historicalcostuming #fashionhistory #historiadelamoda #costumedesign #belleepoque #costura #pinaforedress #fabricmanipulation #histoiredelamode

[saisew]

Met Gala 2022 and The Gilded Age

#metgala #metgala2022 #vogue #2022 fashion #red carpet #gowns #fashion #fashionhistory #historical fashion #gilded age #gilded glamour #late 1800s #early 1900s #the gilded age #olivia rodrigo #bella hadid #gigi hadid #tessa tompson #phoebe dynevor #Taylor hill #nicola coughlan #kasey musgraves #sarah jessica parker #alexa chung #auguste toulmouche #john singer sargent #vintage #vintage fashion #portraiture #met gala

[victoriandoge]

DECADES CHEALLENGE BY BELL'S

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1890s - Eleanor gives birth to her and Charles's first child and daughter Emily <33

#the sims 4 #ts4 decades challenge #fashionhistory #decades legacy

[leroifrancois]

Late baroque ensamble, the fastest I can make by adjusting some details on an old theatrical one 🎭 with satin ribbon and handmade lace by my grandmother (Bless her soul) for the Versailles party by @lanuitdesroisvenezia last Carnival. 🎉 Hair and makeup by me, photo by my dear Enrico ♥️ 👑👑👑 I’m sorry for not posting as much in these days but I’m taking care of my boyfriend because of an horrible peritonitis and I go in and out the hospital here in Venice..I hope every day he can come home 🤞🏻 #carnivalcostumes #carnival #veneziagram #costume #historical #baroque #18thcenturyfashion #18thcenturycostume #baroquestyle #costumemaking #periodcostume #fashionhistory #18thcentury #rococo #dressmaking #historicaldress #rocococostume #robealafrancaise #baroquehair #18thcenturydress #livinghistory #reenactment #italianboy #italianactor #historicalcostume #historicalcostuming #historicalvenice #cicisbeo #lanuitdesroisvenezia (presso Palazzo Pesaro Papafava) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgDLRJgVag/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#carnivalcostumes #carnival #veneziagram #costume #historical #baroque #18thcenturyfashion #18thcenturycostume #baroquestyle #costumemaking #periodcostume #fashionhistory #18thcentury #rococo #dressmaking #historicaldress #rocococostume #robealafrancaise #baroquehair #18thcenturydress #livinghistory #reenactment #italianboy #italianactor #historicalcostume #historicalcostuming #historicalvenice #cicisbeo #lanuitdesroisvenezia

[shanellpho]

What you water will grow

Bts for What you water will grow.

Designer/Stylist @may.ori

Photographer @shanell.pho

#fashion #photographer #photography #nyc #shanellpho #pho #canon #love #growth #clothingbrands #fashionhistory #nature #photo #tbs #designer #contemporaryart #illustration #magazine #news #outside #summer2023 #2023 #dyi

#shanellpho #photographer #photography #magazine #nyc #canon #tumblr #blackartist #edit #artist #mayori #yoreeyor #fashionhistory #fashion photographer #new #black designer #designers #clothes #water