Costume and Fashion

A blog dedicated to exquisite real life fashions and film costumes featuring styles across the centuries. Enjoy!

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Happy Pride Month

1928 by Arthur Ferrier

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Un pequeño resumen de la Met gala de 2026 en Nueva York

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1918 January, The Woman’s Magazine fashion plates. Note the continuance of “the Russian influence” in some of the dresses (seen in the Louise Dresser plate earlier). Ethnic and “peasant” styles will be seen throughout the late teens and through the twenties. 

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CHASE INFINITI Met Gala 2026

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Audrey Hepburn photographed for "My Fair Lady," 1963. Photography by Cecil Beaton

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Oscar-winning 14th century costumes in Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” (1968)

Sumptuous textures, lots of fiery reds and oranges to reflect the story’s themes and also a lot of particoloured items (where two sides of a piece of clothing are different colours, a.k.a ‘mi parti’)

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Would you believe that this beautifully embroidered blouse, worn by Megan Follows as Anne Shirley in the 1987 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒗𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒂, did not originate with that production?   This incredible piece was more famously worn by Helena Bonham Carter as Lucy Honeychurch in the 1985 film 𝑨 𝑹𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝑽𝒊𝒆𝒘.   It’s been worn many more times over the years and was recently sold at auction for £6,240. Learn more at Bit.ly/VicEd050    

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1867 Raspberry dress with white beads by Marie and Josephine Virfolet (New York City)

ribbed silk, silk satin, glass seed beads

(Albany Institute of History & Art)

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ab. 1823-1825 Cotton day dress

(National Museums Liverpool)

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“Making a list and checking it twice”

Jean Patchett 1952

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The elderly woman Barbie shares a smile with is not Barbara Handler, but in fact costume designer, Ann Roth.

Ann Roth has had a long career as the costume designer for a wide range of movies, including one of my favorites, Mamma Mia!

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La Mode nationale, no. 30. 25 juillet 1896, Paris. No. 1. Toilette de jeune femme. Bibliothèque nationale de France

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La Mode illustrée, no. 28, 14 juillet 1895, Paris. Robe de visites et promenade, en alpaga gris argent. Modèle de chez Mme Gradoz, rue de Provence 67. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney  

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La Mode illustrée, no. 35, 27 août 1882, Paris. Toilettes de Mme Delaunay, r. Godot de Mauroy, 49. Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

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Throwing it back to my all time favorite Oscars look

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