Rounding third on a historically accurate corset (not for me) and feeling amused by how many materials I had to go to a hardware store to get.

#corset #reenactment #history #historical #historicalfantasy #CostumeHistory #costume #costumedesign

Hi Mastodon, I am Epochs of Fashion - art historian, sewing lover, museum goer and looking for like-minded people who love a bit of niche historical knowledge. I post about fashion and social history!

Here’s a Terminology Overview of a medieval Houppelande gown and Hennin headdress! #fashionhistory #costumehistory #arthistory #medieval #historical #historylesson #historicalcostume #historicaldress #epochsoffashion

This one's for costume history people:

Dr Serena Dyer's 'Labour of the Stitch' is available free online for the next few days.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/labour-of-the-stitch/90B1E48FF1EF64060EF1AF59ACB229F8

#CostumeHistory #FashionHistory #history #CostumeAndTextiles

Long shot but does anyone know information about this dress (see picture)

TinEye (reverse image search) says that it's a "Black figured silk dress with high neck chemisette of cream lace, early 1890s (silk & lace)" from Bath Fashion Museum, Dated sometime between 1890 - 1895 ( ?? ) but I can't find it in the Museum online catalogue.

It also does not appear to be part of any public collection at the Louvre Museum in Paris

#Fashion #FashionHistory #CostumeHistory #HistoricalDress

Endlessly delighted by The Book of Clothes of Matthäus Schwarz. I'm especially loving this outfit, where the script above notes that 'the white over-hose could be worn with any hose'.

btw, the whole book is available to buy, and it's marvellous: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/first-book-of-fashion-9781474249904/

#FashionHistory #CostumeHistory

Attempt #2 to migrate from the Other Place... (First go nixed by vanishing servers).

I'm a #systemslibrarian in the #UK working in #academiclibraries. I like #pcgames, #costumehistory, #medievalhistory, and #reading.

As I have her as my profile picture, I thought I'd show you Mary Countess Howe in her full glory. Painted by Thomas Gainsborough in around 1764, this large canvas now lives in Kenwood House in Hampstead, London. This painting has fascinated me for so long.

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/mary-countess-howe-17321800-191715

#DressHistory #EighteenthCentury #Gainsborough #KenwoodHouse #ArtHistory #London #PortraitPainting #TextileHistory #CostumeHistory