The Ruff and Bustle

A place for fashion and beauty in all its forms, especially from Victorian Britain and the Orient, 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.

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Marlene Dietrich in Morocco (USA 1930, dir. Josef von Sternberg)

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Evening dress ca. 1937

From the Digitalt Museum

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Portrait of a Lady - Nicolas de Largillière, Detail.

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Elegance

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Victorian Aeronautics

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Advertisement for Pears Soap, late 19th century.

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Well... maybe it's Victorian.

It's also Halloween. That is a good enough reason for bats.

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Vintage postcard

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“A Peep at the Party,” steel plate engraving, Peterson’s Magazine, September 1887

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I just love this image; it's certainly not a very common one!