#victorian fashion

[frostedmagnolias]

Black Silk Bodice

c. 1890-1899

unknown designer

HCC Fashion Archive

#victorian fashion #victorian gothic #Victorian bodice #bodice #1890s #Victorian #fashion history #historical fashion #history of fashion #vintage fashion #frostedmagnolias

[fashion-from-the-past]

1850-1855 Silk Evening Dress.

#historical fashion #fashion #historical #history #historical clothing #historical dress #long dress #victorian #textiles #victorian era #evening dress #evening gown #high fashion #old fashioned #fashion dress #1850s #1850s dress #1800 dress #1800s dress #1800s fashion #1800s #19th century fashion #19th century #victorian fashion #victorian pattern #victorian history #victorian dress #historical costuming #historical costume

[jewellery-box]

Afternoon dress, American, c. 1852

The MET Museum

#victorian #victorian era #victorian fashion #fashion history #historical fashion #19th century

[rosalie-art]

Reeds pencil and digital

#illustration #witchcraft #dark aesthetic #victorian fashion #reeds

[simpforsix]

whoever said modern clothing is better was LYING. i put on my victorian menswear and i immediately feel amazing. nothing can touch me! i have four layers on and you have no idea what my body looks like! i'm the hottest motherfucker ever! sure t-shirts are cool but have you ever tried a vest that gives you a slutty little waist?

#historical fashion #historic fashion #history #victorian #victorian era #victorian fashion

[werewiire]

obsessed with the era of historical fashion between the 1860s and 1870s where aniline dyes kept being invented. you can find some absolute eyesores (affectionate) of dresses that were only made that way because “acid magenta” was invented last month and it was trendy.

like this iconic gown:

or this one from the 1870s in aniline purple and aniline black:

or a trendy yellow and black gown from c. 1865, perhaps?

feel free to reblog with additional eyesores (affectionate) that i might have missed

#historical fashion #victorian fashion #period costume #quincey originals

[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

[inawheatfield]

Picnic at Hanging Rock

#southern gothic #dark academia #midwest gothic #victorian #victorian fashion #inawheatfield #cottagecore

[highqueenhalalie]

Come see my new art blog @halofthebramblewoods Werewolf girlfriend comic in a SCAD digital art class. I started digital art a few months ago. Lily and Kitty the Victorian girlfriends one of which is a werewolf.

#myart #art #werewolf #werewolf art #comic #mini comic #victorian #victorian fashion #werewolves #werewolf girl #werewolf girlfriend #lesbian #lesbians #gay werewolves #werewolf comic

[neosuchoo]

They’re going to go hook up in the bathroom in approximately 20 minutes

#1860s fashion #1860s #bubbline fanart #bubbline #princess bubblegum #marceline the vampire queen #marceline #evening gown #victorian fashion #victorian au #adventure time fanart #adeventure time

[fashionsfromhistory]

Pelisse

1835-1840

United States or England

DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum (Object Number: 1996-273

#pelisse #fashion history #historical fashion #1830s #1840s #19th century #1835 #1839 #1840 #united states #england #orange #purple #silk #velvet #romantic era #victorian #victorian fashion #dewitt wallace decorative arts museum

[frostedmagnolias]

Cape

Late 1890s

The John Bright Collection

#historical fashion #history of fashion #fashion history #1890s fashion #1890s #19th century fashion #Victorian era #Victorian fashion #victorian #19th century #cape #fashion #history #vintage #vintage fashion #frostedmagnolias

[fashion-from-the-past]

Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, Comtesse Greffulhe (1860–1952) made this dress famous by posing in it for the photographer Nadar in 1896. The museum also possesses the photographs made at the time, in which the elegant countess opted for being photographed in back view so as to highlight the slimness of her waist: this close-fitting 'princess line' dress – there were no seams at waist level – and the sinuous lines of the lily plants accentuate the impression of tallness and slenderness.

One of the leading figures on the Paris social scene – not only for her rank and sovereign elegance, but also for her culture and intelligence – Comtesse Greffulhe was a significant source of inspiration for Marcel Proust, who used her as the model for the Duchesse de Guermantes in Remembrance of Things Past. She was also the cousin of Robert de Montesquiou, who drew on her for some of his poems, including a sonnet whose closing line Beau lis qui regardez avec vos pistils noirs ('Beautiful lilies gazing with your black pistils') doubtless refers to this dress. The bertha collar, whose original form was altered, certainly during its owner's lifetime, could be turned up to form bat's wings; a bat being Montesquiou's emblematic animal, making this a true dress-poem.

#fashion #historical #historical fashion #victorian #victorian era #victorian fashion #historical clothing #historical dress #history #long dress #black dress #victorian history #victorian dress #fashion dress #1800s dress #19th century #19th century fashion #the gilded age #dresses #dress

[jewellery-box]

Blue Silk Faille Reception Dress, 1867

3-piece robin's-egg blue faille decorated with cream satin-stitch, tambour and french-knot embroidery, bodice having long sleeve, prong-set oval opalescent buttons; trained skirt with large embroidered repeats above the hem, deep, stiffened hem binding; small separate peplum with embroidered waistband.

#victorian #victorian era #victorian fashion #19th century #fashion history #historical fashion

[belladonna-mae]

#vampire #vampire aesthetic #gothic aesthetic #victorian gothic fashion #gothic #vampire fashion #victorian fashion #red aesthetic #dark aesthetic

[todayontumblr]

Thursday, January 11.

Beauty, sensuality, art for art's sake.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. But it was the most Victorian of times, that much is certain. There was also a lot going on during this period, not least the emergence of a dark, elaborate, and literary fashion—one that would leave its mark well beyond the close of the 19th century.

We have curated just a few of these opulent delights for you this Thursday, January 11, in the hope that you live romantically, sensually, and broodingly. Like the bon vivants you so deserve.

A Cavatina, 1888, Briton Riviere. @eirene 

#today on tumblr #art #victorian #victorian era #1800s #antique #victorian gothic #victorian fashion #victorian aesthetic #victorian art #oscar wilde #the bronte sisters #the victorian era #victoriancore #victorian clothing