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Jeanne Paquin | Ball Gown | c. 1895 #whattheywore #metmuseum #historicalfashion #fashion #fashiondesign #fashionhistory #historyoffashion #vintagefashion #art #vintage #historicfashion #defunctfashion #historicalfashion #costume #costumedesign #couture #costumehistory #histoireducostume #historiadamoda #weddinggown #weddingdress #wedding #legomuttonsleeve #victorian #victorianfashion #jeannepaquin #ballgown

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Charles Frederick Worth | Evening Gown | c.1898 A superb example of dressmaking from the House of Worth, this dress exhibits the aesthetic of the last years of the nineteenth century. The fashionable reverse S-curve silhouette of the dress and the dramatic scroll pattern of the textile reflect the influence of the Art Nouveau movement. The striking graphic juxtaposition of the black velvet on an ivory satin ground creates the illusion of ironwork, with curving tendrils emphasizing the fashionable shape of the garment. In order to achieve this effect, the textile was woven à la disposition, with the intent that each piece would become a specific part of the dress. With this technique, the design of the fabric is intrinsic to the design of the dress. #whattheywore #historicalfashion #fashion #fashiondesign #fashionhistory #historyoffashion #vintagefashion #art #vintage #historicfashion #defunctfashion #historicalfashion #costume #costumedesign #couture #costumehistory #histoireducostume #historiadamoda #weddinggown #weddingdress #wedding #legomuttonsleeve #victorian #victorianfashion #houseofworth #charlesfrederickworth

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Mourning Gown | c.1870 Scheele's Green was invented in 1775 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele.By the end of the 19th century, it had virtually replaced the older green pigments based on copper carbonate. In the 19th century, the toxicity of arsenic compounds was not readily known. Nineteenth-century journals contained reports of children wasting away in bright green rooms, of ladies in green dresses swooning and newspaper printers being overcome by arsenic vapors. There is one example of an acute poisoning of children attending a Christmas party where dyed candles were burned. #whattheywore #metmuseum #historicalfashion #fashion #fashiondesign #fashionhistory #historyoffashion #vintagefashion #art #vintage #historicfashion #defunctfashion #historicalfashion #costume #costumedesign #couture #costumehistory #histoireducostume #historiadamoda #weddinggown #weddingdress #wedding #legomuttonsleeve #victorian #victorianfashion #scheelesgreen #arsenic #arsenicgreen

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Charles Frederick Worth | Wedding Gown | c. 1896 Employing a textile design that mirrors itself from selvage to selvage, this dress is pieced into a perfectly symmetrical image at the center front. Impeccable finishing details such as this distinguish the couture garment from the countless products of the ready-to-wear market that flourished in the mid- to late nineteenth century as a result of the Industrial Revolution. The use of the textile pattern to emphasize the woman's fashionable hourglass silhouette, achieved with the help of a steel-boned corset, further demonstrates the mastery of dressmaking technique at the House of Worth, as do the tiny handstitched cartridge pleats at the shoulder that create voluminous sleeves. The design of this sleeve, broad at the upper arm and fitted at the lower arm with the sleeve extending over the back of the hand, refers to sixteenth-century dress styles #whattheywore #historicalfashion #fashion #fashiondesign #fashionhistory #historyoffashion #vintagefashion #art #vintage #historicfashion #defunctfashion #historicalfashion #costume #costumedesign #couture #costumehistory #histoireducostume #historiadamoda #weddinggown #weddingdress #wedding #legomuttonsleeve #victorian #victorianfashion #houseofworth #charlesfrederickworth