Timeless clothes

Fashion account

[themakeupbrush]

Guo Pei Spring 2026

[postcard-from-the-past]

Greta Garbo on a vintage postcard

[themakeupbrush]

Guo Pei Spring 2026

[modelsof-color]

Niko Riam at Robert Wun Couture FW 26

[frostedmagnolias]

Evening Dress

c. 1921

by Callot Soeurs

Chicago Historical Society

[velvetcloak]

robert wun | fall 2026

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1865-1869

American or English

Kent State University Museum

[frostedmagnolias]

Bone Silk Satin Evening Gown

c. 1893

Augusta Auctions

[frostedmagnolias]

Printed Bengaline Skirt

c. 1857

wool & silk blend, woven stripes in twill silk, Indian shawl inspired motif in ribbon stripes at hem

Augusta Auctions

[frostedmagnolias]

Day Dress

c. 1855

White silk and wool mixed organdy with print; double-tiered skirt with border pattern; pagoda sleeves with fringe.

England

The Kyoto Costume Institute

[frostedmagnolias]

Day Dress

c. 1878-1879

Tessier & Sarrou

[featherstonevintage]

Martine Sitbon

1988-89 F/W prêt-à-porter

Collezioni, no. 7

[allonsybadwolf]

"crochet can't be made by machines" went from being a cool fun fact to being a call to action of "so if you see mass manufactured crochet in Target, that was made by a person and they were underpaid and you should boycott it" which is true, it was made by a person, but EVERY item of clothing you own (that you did not purchase from a company using ethical labor) was made by a person being underpaid (at *best*.)

Sewing machines are operated by *people*. Knitting machines are operated by *people*. Yes lots of the process is automated but you cannot tell a machine "make me a t-shirt" or "make me a knit cardigan".

Higher awareness of fast fashion, and the true human labor and abuse behind it, is GREAT, but let's not pretend that the crochet hat in target is THE problem. Every article of clothing in target is the problem. "All clothes are made by people" is the jumping off point here into understanding this issue it's not just crochet it's the whole thing ahhhhHHHHHHHHHH

[enerdsout]

[marzipanandminutiae]

If you've ever seen images of sweatshops in the early 20th century, in New York or the UK or other developed countries

Guess what

Your clothing is still made in a place that looks like that. The only thing that's different is the tech level of the sewing machines and the race of the workers 

[frostedmagnolias]

Blue Silk Taffeta Fancy Dress

mid 1890s

Augusta Auctions

[modelsof-color]

Martha Reec by Andrey Yaroshevich for Vanguard Magazine June 2026

[velvetcloak]

NO.S PROJECT

[velvetcloak]

Flora Orchid Shaped Top Handle Bag, JW PEI