Antique dress

1900 Evening dress

An early holiday gift from three Swedish museums: The Royal Armoury, the castle of Skokloster and the Halwyl museum? Yes, please! Link These three museums now have an online database with a vast collection of objects from the middle ages and onwards so here is something for all tastes: The website is in Swedish only for the time being, but to make a simple search for garments, type "kläder" (clothes) in the search field on the front page and you'll get hundreds of results. Happy browsing!

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haute cou·ture [oht koo-toor;] noun 1. high fashion; the most fashionable and influential dressmaking and designing. Charles Frederick Worth, born October 13, 1826, is largely considered the father…

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Edwardian era Irish crochet wedding dress 1904

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Beautiful lace wedding dress, circa 1915, origin: England. The dress is made of cream-coloured satin silk. Above it is an embroidered net tulle/lace, which is cascading, hanging, flowing (at the train) and very creatively attached. The batwing sleeves, which are made without seams from the net tulle of the front section, are impressive. The top of the dress is closed at the back, as are the tulle/lace sections. There are numerous press studs for fastening. The antique dress still has the…

NEW YORK CITY — Historic costume and textile auctions reveal much about two different streams of thought — one, having to do with the cyclical nature of fashion, may reveal where leading couture and fashion houses may take fashion next, and the other what collectors treasure most of our past.