ca. 1800s three-piece ensemble from Burma. Victoria and Albert Museum number IM.10-1909. ° ° Skirt, ca. 1850s:"This beautifully patterned cotton and silk wrap skirt known as a hta-mein, dating to before 1855, would have been worn by a fashionable Burmese woman of the time on festive occasions. She would have worn it overlapping slightly in the front, revealing a portion of her leg as she walked." ° ° Top, ca. 1885:"Yinzi (breast cloth) or tabet (stole) of silk acheik-luntaya ('100' shuttles interlocking." ° ° Jacket, ca. 1860s: "This neatly tailored white cotton jacket, flaring gently over the hips with its distinctive triangular headed pendants, would have been worn by a fashionable Burmese woman during the second half of the nineteenth century." ° ° ° #historicalgarments #burma #19thcenturyfashion #fashionhistory #yinzi #burmesefashioncloset #wearart #costumehistory #1800s #1800sfashion #historicalcostuming https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw0faBQhKb7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13diwxh4clzad
