In the Bleak Midwinter

1900 - 1919

[frostedmagnolias]

Wedding Ensemble

c. 1901

"The appliqués of this wedding dress exemplify the whip-like curves and scrolls characteristic of the Art Nouveau period. Made in Rome for Mrs. Frederick Dand Sherman in 1901, the design of the dress shows the impact of the Art Nouveau movement throughout Europe by that year. While the white-on-white color palette would have been a conventional choice for a bride just after the turn of the century, the asymmetical trimming would have been a deliberately bold and fashion-conscious choice. The shape of the skirt and cut of the sleeves particularly suits the overall decorative scheme of the dress."

Italian

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[vintage-sweden]

Ester Johansson, 1914, Sweden. She was 31 years old and worked as a farm maid.

[the-almost-fashion-historian]

Evening dress, c. 1911-12 by Antoinetta Francisca Helena Mulder

This dress is made of satin, crepe georgette and lace

This dress can be found in: Rijksmuseum

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Evening Gown

c. 1914

Alexandre Vassiliev Foundation

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Blush Pink Evening Gown

early 1900s

New Canaan Museum & Historical Society

[dame-de-pique]

Henry Pauw van Wieldrecht - Gezicht op landhuis De Wildbaan, Driebergen, met sneeuw, 1903-1907

[scrapironflotilla]

Japanese war cartoons where Germany is some kind of animal, from A History of the War in sixty-one Cartoons, 1914.

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode, no. 27, vol. 37, 1 juillet 1916, Paris. Robe en jersey de soie blanc et bleu. Broderie et petits boutons en soie de couleur. Imp. L. Lafontaine, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France

[frostedmagnolias]

Ivory Silk Evening Dress

c. 1913

Lasell Fashion Collection

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Silk and Velvet Dress with Royal Provenance

c. 1906

"Attributed to Elizabeth of Romania, purchased at Christie's Auction July 11, 1967. Helen Larson called this auction the "Queen's Auction" due to so many objects with royal provenance in the sale."

Whitaker Auction

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Silk & Lace Afternoon Dress with Matching Hat

1910s

Augusta Auctions

[toyastales]

Art Nouveau Door Szedő-ház, Hungary 1904–1905

[charnel-grounds]

Marie Schleinzer (1874–1949) in her unique “Bat-woman” costume (made with real taxidermy bats) as an allegorical force of evil in the ballet “Around Vienna” performed at the Vienna State Opera in 1894

— ph. Adele K.u.K Hof-Atelier, Wien, c. 1895

© Theatermuseum, Wien

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Evening Dress

c. 1910

by House of Worth

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[avonlea71]

Reine Elisabeth (1876-1965)

[countess--olenska]

George Gould & family, ca. 1913

[history-of-fashion]

1904 Full-length portrait of Zinaida Gippius (photo by Otto Renar, Moscow)

(Andrei Bely’s Memorial Apartment, Moscow)

[thedeadleafs]

Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius was a Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker. She is considered one of the major figures in Russian symbolism. She began writing at an early age, and by the time she met Dmitry Merezhkovsky in 1888 was already a published poet. The two married in 1889.