fripperiesandfobs:

Evening dress, 1914-20

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Evening dress, 1908

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Evening dress, 1910-13

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Evening dress of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, 1900’s

From the State Hermitage Museum

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Court dress of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, 1890’s

From the State Hermitage Museum

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Evening dress, 1910’s

From the State Hermitage Museum

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Evening dress ca. 1911-13

From the Brighton & Hove Museums

yeoldefashion:

A breathtakingly beautiful 1976 evening dress by Jean Patou.

I think this is one of my favorite pieces of clothing to come out of the 1970s.

fripperiesandfobs:

Evening dress ca. 1910

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Worth ball gown, 1899-1903

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Drécoll dinner dress, 1912-13

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Evening dress, 1910’s

From the State Hermitage Museum

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Court dress, 1820’s

From the State Hermitage Museum

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Dress worn to the coronation of George V, 1911

From the Chicago History Museum

ornamentedbeing:

Robe à la Fluxion de Poitrine, des Ateliers de Mademoiselle Vanité(The pneumonia dress from Miss Vanity’s boutique)
Published by Maison Aubert in 1834 [Printmaker: Charles Philipon]
This print appears in a 2-volume caricature compilation set but was almost certainly produced prior to 1830 in a series by Philipon called ‘Nouveau Journal de Modes’. [Image source]

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