Fashion Seminar
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Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion
http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/exhibitions/artist_rebel_dandy_men_of_fashion. It’s a shame that we all missed this exhibition at RISD, since it seems that men’s fashion is often neglected. I also recommend you check out the Related Notes to the right of the page.
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The Resurgent Fashion of the Thirties
The Resurgent Fashion of the Thirties Here is a link to the September 5, 1938 issue of Life Magazine, particularly an article on Fall Fashions highlighting the (what was in hindsight very brief) resurgence of hoop skirts. Here, too, is a commentary on the article and the RetroSpective show at the Museum at FIT from…
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Threaded – Your go-to fashion blog for all things historical and sartorial
Threaded – Your go-to fashion blog for all things historical and sartorial.
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The Pathé Fashion Archive
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: This is a very nice and very shareable collection of (very short) film footage of fashion related items from the British Pathé archives. Of the 76 films that have been uploaded until now, the oldest dates back to the 1890s and the newest was made in 1970.…
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Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity
Originally posted on No Fixed Plans: Yesterday I went to the Art Institute of Chicago‘s exhibit “Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity.” C’est magnifique! By pairing the fashion of the day with French paintings by Impressionists and others from the late 19th century. So in addition to an exquisite collection of paintings by Tissot, Monet, Manet, Renoir,…
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Rules for Ladies’ Trains: 1868
Originally posted on Mrs Daffodil Digresses: A truly expressive train in “The First Cloud,” by Sir William Quiller, 1887 Tate Britain. A bride in Washington lately introduced the style of having her train borne by three pages. An exchange says if this fashion should spread, courting a young lady would be like reading a novel.…
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 