1783 fashion

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1783 Mary Whitbread, later Lady Grey (1770-1858) by Daniel Gardner (auctioned by Sotheby's). From their Web site.

Gwyn Humble, "The Rebels," Universal, 1979, Designed by Jean-Pierre Dorleac, The Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design: Larry McQueen

If you're anything like us, you have probably been really into the moment the color pink is having in fashion this summer, thanks to a certain iconic doll. It's been really fun and inspiring to see people from all different aesthetic groups and fashion spaces

Hortense, wife of Louis Bonaparte and Queen of Holland, daughter of the Empress Joséphine, with her son Napoléon Louis, 1807. Elisa Baciocchi Levoy née Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Princess of Lucca and Piombino, and her daughter Elisa, 1811. The Empress Marie-Louise and the King of Rome, 1813. Caroline Murat née Bonaparte, Queen of Naples, with her children, circa 1809-10. Marie-Lætitia Buonaparte née Ramolino, "Madame Mère", mother of Napoléon I, two variations of the same…

I love vintage fashion plates; however I have a special fondness for those that are in something other than the traditional frontal view. Previously I've shown many that exhibit the "back side" of the garment or the character is in motion such as pulling up one's stockings. Occasionally, I come across a fashion plate where the figure is sitting down and comes with a complete set of accompanying furnishings. Sadly many of the vintage fashion plates I have that show a seated figure only shows…

Captain? Jérôme Bonaparte and his wife Catherine of Württemberg by Francois Joseph Kinson (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon - Versailles France), 1807.

1500 Hungarian Clothing