She’s a snarky, green juice-guzzling hedge witch who accidentally freed him; he’s an ancient, pissed-off wizard who’s been trapped for centuries. Classic grumpy immortal meets unhinged mortal, but neither is emotionally stable. #demonsforbreakfast#urbanfantasyromance
A favourite gown for a mid week boost and it is of course the ever distinctive Madame Grès and her perfect pleats. This vision in purple dates to the #1940s, the colour reminiscent of a rare and lovely orchid. Sold via @KerryTaylorAuct#FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
This extraordinary Italian casaquin and petticoat, dating to about 1725–40, are embroidered in brilliantly colored wool on linen. Look closely among the enormous blossoms and you'll find fantastic birds, pagodas, chinoiserie motifs.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
American
Visiting Dress, c. 1865
Silk taffeta brocaded; silk satin; silk fringe.
Violet purple silk taffeta brocaded with black violets and gold bees, self-fabric trim fringe.
@mfaboston#FashionHistory
It’s release week for my brand new wartime novel, The Resistance Book Club, so we’re celebrating with some #frockingfabulous goodies from 1942! #BonnieCashin gave us tweedy fun, with this cape and spats! #Fashionhistory via the Met. Buy the book at: https://t.co/OV0nQKMxIb
Italian fashion designer Domenico Dolce was born #OnThisDay in 1958. Along with Stefano Gabbana, he designed this printed silk dress embellished with sequins and Swarovski crystals, that features images of mosaics from Sicily’s Cathedral of Monreale. @V_and_A#fashionhistory
I went into a little rabbit hole with Sadie Nemser Couture. I found a lot of dresses from her and am going to showcase them for a week. This one is a 1924 robe de style dress made of baby blue velvet and creme lace with extraordinarily elaborate embroidery of silk flowers with
Who else spent their childhood cutting out paper dolls? This collection was made by Anne Sanders Wilson for her sister Mary in 1832 & accompanied a morality tale called The History of Miss Wildfire charting the perils of fashion. I still have some of mine, anyone else? @V_and_A
#Ootd is this 1948-59 Horrockses Fashion evening dress. Horrockses was a British cotton manufacturing firm before they went into ready-to-wear in 1946. They were known for their bright and vibrant prints, like this cotton based iris pattern. #Fashionhistory
OMG Demons for Breakfast my urban fantasy 🌶️🌶️ romance just won the Gold Palette Award for best Indie Cover. So many thanks to JV Arts for the incredible cover design 💜💚 and the LUW for the award!🥇
The way that the lace extends from the neck to well below the shoulders is what makes this such an interesting gown. The spotted dark orange fabric is lovely in itself but the sheer décolletage elevates the whole ensemble. C1903 @museumatFIT#FashionHistory
There isn’t much in the way of green round about at the moment but Dior’s 1953 gown Émeraude is as lush and verdant as it gets. The pile of the velvet softens all of the straight lines @MuseeDior#FashionHistory