Natania BarronNov 22, 2022

Green dresses are a personal favorite; this one is up there in my all-time list.

I first ran across it when I was doing research into the history of velvet for one of my ThreadTalk subjects and I could not look away. It looks like it's made of moss, and if I wear it, I may find my way to Faerie.

The date on the gown is somewhere between 1885-1888, & it was made in Scotland by Gowan and Strachan, and is from the National Museums Scotland collection.

#FashionHistory #fashion #ThreadTalk

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If you want to learn more about velvet, I've got a whole page on it with some great resources.

https://www.nataniabarron.com/2021/03/01/voluminous-velvet/

Voluminous Velvet

Natania Barron
Nov 22, 2022 at 3:41pmWeb
Show threadNatania BarronNov 22, 2022

And, if you're interested in the history of green dye -- I've got a #ThreadTalk on that, too.

https://www.nataniabarron.com/2021/06/02/that-eldritch-hue-green-poison-passion-and-privilege/

That Eldritch Hue: Green, poison, passion, and Privilege

Natania Barron
Show threadThe Duality of XanNov 22, 2022
@natania This is the kind of history I always enjoy. The little things which a lot of people don't even think of, which hide such surprising depths.
Show threadNatania BarronNov 22, 2022
@XanIndigo Same! (obviously lol) I really love digging into a subject and then realizing I knew nothing about it really
Show threadThe Duality of XanNov 22, 2022
@natania Oh yes, that's always the best. And sometimes it's amazing how much you can learn, too. One of the most interesting things I wrote this year was about the history of perfume, which is a lot more complex than I realised when I started!
Show threadIris TsuiNov 22, 2022
@natania Oooh this is fascinating! The pics are worth the price of admission on their own, but the info is just delicious. Nice post!
Show threadNatania BarronNov 22, 2022
@iris_tsui Thank you! I used to do these all on Twitter, and thinking of moving them here. :)
Show threadIris TsuiNov 22, 2022
@natania Please do!
Show threadJohnoNov 22, 2022

@natania thanks for writing that velvet article. It was interesting and I learned about Velvet codpieces and masks that you kept on by clenching a button.

Also, Your post, made me imagine a mythic tragedy in which someone is extremely vain while alive, and in the afterlife they are made to hold one of those velvet face masks with their teeth. The longer they hold it the more beautiful they get, but if they drop it they get disfigured somehow and have to start over like Sysiphus.

Show threadNatania BarronNov 22, 2022
@longforjohn That is terrible and wonderful!