Truly, the leopard can change his shorts.

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1938

maker unknown

RISD Museum

[tanuki-kimono]

Gauze kimono with blood red flowers appliqué by artist Naho Ishii (more of their work here). I am not quite sure what medium they used for this but the final effect is striking!

[a-full-moon-and-blooming-flowers]

This should be one of the most beautiful kimono’s I’ve ever seen!!! !!!

[frostedmagnolias]

Floral Printed Chiffon Garden Party Gown

1930s

Kerry Taylor Auctions

[chic-a-gigot]

Beaux-arts des modes, no. 4, juillet 1935 (New York, Paris, London, Milano, Wien, Bruxelles). Bibliothèque nationale de France

1176 Evening dress of chiffon with flounce effect. Interesting back décolletage, ample skirt. — 1176a Cape of the dress fabric or matching taffeta.

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1898

by Miss K. Cunningham, Montreal

McCord Stewart Museum Montreal

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Elegance Parisienne July, 1875 Volume 49, Plate 124 Signed: E. Mille (552)

Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

[chic-a-gigot]

Le Figaro-modes, no. 19, juillet 1904, Paris. Mademoiselle Jeanne de Fava (de la Comédie-Française). Photo Paul Boyer. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

[chic-a-gigot]

Le Figaro-modes, no. 19, juillet 1904, Paris. A Auteuil. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

[frostedmagnolias]

Sky Blue Velvet Flapper Dress

c. 1928

Kerry Taylor Auctions

[fashionsfromhistory]

Evening Dress

Girolamo Giuseffi

c.1912

Indianapolis Museum of Art

[beadcrafts]

A 4,500-year-old Egyptian dress was painstakingly reassembled from approximately 7,000 beads found in an undisturbed tomb in Giza, Egypt. by Ok-Egg835

[the-almost-fashion-historian]

day dress, c.1910-12 by unknown designer

this dress is made of silk velvet, silk taffeta and silk tulle

this dress can be found in: the Uffizi Gallery

[showmethepattern]

Free patterns by Mood Designer Fabrics

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Evening jacket by Elsa Schiaparelli, 1938, London.

[lamb-slaughtered]

via

[vinceaddams]

"Stained glass" faille jacket by Freda Blackwood, 1970's or early 80's, via Kerry Taylor Auctions.

[vinceaddams]

There's more of them!!

[morticiafattymshasabeard]

Look under the cut, omg LOOK UNDER THE CUT.

*ahem* @gothiccharmschool would enjoy these immensely

[sarnakhwritesthings]

@hopecomesbacktolife

[chic-a-gigot]

Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme, no. 4, avril 1901, Paris. Mlle Suzanne Avril. Toilette de Courses. Cliché Reutlinger. Bibliothèque nationale de France

I. — TOILETTE DE COURSES (Mademoiselle Suzanne Avril). — Robe en foulard violet bleu foncé à pois blancs et bleus. — Corsage en mousseline de soie blanche entièrement plissée avec boléro de même foulard bordé d’incrustations de motifs de guipure. — Jupe souple garnie d’anneaux de guipure où sont passés des biais de foulard.

I. — RACES ENSEMBLE (Miss Suzanne Avril). — Dark blue purple foulard dress with white and blue polka dots. — Fully pleated white silk chiffon bodice with bolero in the same foulard edged with guipure pattern inlays. — Soft skirt trimmed with guipure rings through which foulard bias is inserted.