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thecollectibles

Art by Jakub Rebelka

omnia-mors-aequat-nstrwa

Flags of the funeral procession "Memento Mori" (19th-20th centuries)

orangeblossombitch

•Mirror Tatreez•

andatsea

And tomorrow will be sunny, she said.

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the-nothing-maker

Là où je suis appelée à être heureuse (a piece I did for a queer zine earlier this year! Cistercian nuns featuring the French abbey of Valsaintes)

virginiadre

Jean Charles Zakaria 2026 Couture

rosieandthemoon

in Tintagel, Cornwall

sartorialadventure

Viking dresses by Savelyeva Ekaterina

petermorwood

Another visual demonstration that historical clothing wasn’t dingy and monochrome.

All of these colours can be obtained from vegetable dyes, producing different shades depending on what mordant (colour fixative - alum, different metal filings, different vinegars) was used. See here and here for examples.

willowofthehearth

BRING THIS FASHION BACK.

thevagueambition

Not clothes, but this was a palette developed by the National Museum of Denmark based on paint residue from archaeological finds for the purpose of painting a reconstructed hall.

Apparently, they can tell from the chemical composition that the colours wouldn’t be mixed with black or white to mute them, but be used in their brightest form. Bright yellow and red was achieved with expensive dyes (orpiment and cinnabar) and was thus fashionable. (Source in Danish)