Harryhenry

The personal non-professional Tumblr of a random 26-year old from New Zealand, who reblogs what he likes (and sometimes, stuff that he doesn't like), and occasionally posts random thoughts. Feel free to follow my other blog, old-schoolyoutube!

[fashionsfromhistory]

Parasol

Dupuy

1890s

MET

[my-place-of-recovery]

♥

[mostbeautifulgirlscaps]

[voguefashion]

"A Grim Fairytale" — Lucy Ferry, Damian Fraser, Lady Antonia Fraser, Cecila Chancellor, Christina Loder, and Lady Vivian Haig, photographed by Deborah Turbeville for Vanity Fair, December 1984.

[most-beautiful-girls-pics]

most-beautiful-girls-pics

[porcelainapparition]

Garfield, Washington

circa 1904

[omgthatdress]

Miss Kate Fearing Strong at the Vanderbilt Ball, 1883

[marzipanandminutiae]

(her nickname was "Puss," hence the costume and the jeweled collar. yes that is a taxidermied cat head- there were also seven cat tails on her skirt)

[mudwerks]

(via vintagephoto: Actress and pet. 1880s.)

[marzipanandminutiae]

oh to be in a formal gown holding a cat

[catsofyore]

Before the internet kittens had to call everyone individually to explain how small and cute they were. Ca. 1920 - 1935. Source.

[marzipanandminutiae]

let’s talk about Tiffany Problem Cold Shoulder Gowns

because, from around the 1890s to the 1910s, you occasionally see evening gowns with sleeve arrangements that look a little bit more…

(Evening gown by Jacques Doucet, c. 1898-1900. Met Museum collection.)

…2016.

(”Oak Leaf Dress” by Worth, 1903. Met Museum collection. If you’re thinking this looks like a way prettier version of the yellow dress in the live action Beauty and the Beast- yes. Yes, it does.)

there are more examples out there that are difficult to find again, though I know I’ve seen them. and I have nothing really to say about this. just that it even gives ME a knee-jerk “oh they modernized that” reaction, despite me knowing full well that it was a Thing back then

I love the Tiffany Problem so much

[pointless-letters]

One of the best letters I’ve ever seen just popped up on my Facebook memories. Still makes me laugh.

[pointless-letters]

As today is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, it’s a great time to revisit Dinah from Devon’s memory of this historic event. And yes, still makes me laugh.

[pointless-letters]

Today is the 54th anniversary of the moon landing, but Dinah’s diary entry is still absolutely magnificent.

[pointless-letters]

57th anniversary of the moon landing and the best diary entry in the history of diary entries. Sit down Samuel Pepys, it’s over. UGH.

[shirleyjacksons]

sounds like ass 🩷 how much do you want to bet carrie won’t purposefully kill anyone in this version

[shirleyjacksons]

i hate this motherfucker so much oh my god. will this series finally be the wake up call for the horror community to stop sucking his dick

[sivavakkiyar]

holy shit

[marzipanandminutiae]

other people having telekinesis IS in the book, but:

only telekinesis

nobody in Carrie's specific orbit (her grandmother, maybe, but that's only mentioned briefly as an internal monologue, IIRC)

it's Bad For Your Health and there are implications that it causes everything from cardiac arrest to early onset dementia. Carrie dies in no small part because the overuse of her powers made her heart give out, in addition to her stab wound

I feel like this is...not where Flanagan's going with it

[frostedmagnolias]

Day Dress

c. 1910

Glenbow Museum

[eirene]

Lady at the goldfish basin, 1911 Lovis Corinth

[sakurabreeze]

"Foxgloves", painted in Monet's Garden, Giverny, 1910 by Frederick Carl Frieseke (American, 1874 - 1939)

[frostedmagnolias]

Tea Gown

c. 1900

Woven silk damask embroidered with glass, metal thread and beads, and embroidered net and lace

by House of Rouff

Victoria and Albert Museum

[7pleiades7]

Portrait de Marie Amélie Joséphine, archiduchesse d'Autriche, infante, duchesse de Parme (Portrait of Marie Amélie Joséphine, Archduchess of Austria, Infanta, Duchess of Parma) (late 1770s and early 1780s) by Alexander Roslin (Swedish, 1718 – 1793), oil on canvas, 92 cm (36.2 in) x 75 cm (29.5 in), Musée du Louvre, Paris

[costumeinperformance]

Costume worn by Nicole Kidman as Satine in “Moulin Rouge!” (2001), designed by Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie