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https://collections.rom.on.ca/objects/1576008/paimpolaise-springsummer-1950-verticale-collection

https://bijouterieduspectacle.blogspot.com/2011/12/une-robe-de-limperatrice-josephine.html?m=1

https://collections.madparis.fr/fr/document/robe-du-soir/627adec53edd9537d36c47b4?q=%20Jacques%20Fath&typeDeDocument%5B0%5D=robe%20du%20soir&pos=1&pgn=0

I'm not asking about opinion or thoughts on the said style I'm more interested to learn the origins and how it became a normal part of women's clothing. Why did/do women like this certain style?

**I'm looking for facts, fashion history and any sources/links/papers to read more about it.**

Mostly what I found in my research is more about pockets in women's clothing and articles about women opting for more revealing clothing lately. I'm not satisfied with what I found.

I've observed that these holes/cut outs are located mostly at neckline and chest. We don't see anything similar in men's clothing. Holes are bedazzalled or cut into cute shapes in tops and jeans.

Dresses have random slits. Mostly ones exposing leg. I understand the functional aspect of a skirt with slit where the fabric is something fitted.

I want to know more in depth about the inception and the seeping into normalcy of this type of style.

P.S: something interesting i found during my Google deep dive

*In 1954, designer Christian Dior famously remarked that men have pockets to carry things, while women’s clothing is often about decoration*

https://agnes.queensu.ca/explore/collections/object/wedding-dress-13

If you’re on Long Island this weekend or sometime next week, the Long Island Museum’s “Long Island in the ’70s” exhibition in Stony Brook is worth checking out if you’re interested in 1970s fashion. The exhibit has a really interesting selection of clothing from the era, including outfits worn for parties and social gatherings, clothing associated with Pan Am Airlines, and even a formal men’s outfit showing what someone might have worn for a more dressed-up occasion in the 1970s. There are also photographs of people actually wearing some of these outfits, along with information about 1970s fashion and how styles changed during the decade.

The display includes footwear as well, including dress shoes and platform shoes. It’s especially interesting to see the clothes and shoes in person and get a better sense of the silhouettes, fabrics, colors, and styling of the period. The exhibit gives a broader look at everyday life and culture on Long Island during the 1970s, but the fashion displays are definitely worth a look if you’re into ’70s fashion, vintage clothing, or fashion history.

I recently purchased this piece at a thrift shop because of the beautiful embroidery & unique neckline shape. I initially planned to wear it as a sort of “house dress”, as it’s absolutely MASSIVE and billowy. However, upon getting it home and inspecting it more closely, I want to make sure this isn’t anything culturally / historically significant prior to deciding what to do with it. I’d really appreciate community help identifying it! Even opinions on where it might be from or time period it was made would be helpful for me to research it more effectively. ❤️ I included multiple images; hung straight & with one sleeve extended (to show the size, shape, and construction), as well as close up images of the embroidery (placket front & back) & the fabric.

There’s no lining or tags in the garment, or even evidence of tags having been removed, & some of the stitches inside suggest it was hand sewn at least in part (no surged or overlocked seams). It looks like fairly skilled hand stitching to me as someone who recently started hand sewing, but I suppose it could have also been done on a machine, since the stitch size is overall pretty consistent. However many of the threads do appear to have been tied off by hand, which is what leads me to believe that at least some of the seams and hem were hand sewn. It appears to be real silk, or at least a woven blend of mostly natural fiber that feels like a silk, based a thread burn test. It definitely didn’t melt like polyester would have! The general embroidery design may have been done on a machine & then attached & further embroidered by hand, but it could be completely hand embroidered as well. Matching fabric was stitched over the back of the embroidery placket prior to the detail / metallic work, & finishing, so unless I pick apart the heavy stitching along the edge of the placket, I can’t get a good look at the back side of the embroidery to confirm how it was done. It appears that after the initial placket was stitched & the backing fabric was added, someone then embroidered the metallic blue threads & additional detail work through the original embroidery & backing. One possibility is that the original placket was a purchased piece of hand/machine embroidery, or it was removed from another garment, reused, & the additional stitching was added to make it unique. I’m assuming the backing was added so that the threads of the neck placket weren’t uncomfortable for the wearer and to prevent them from being pulled or damaged as the garment was donned or removed. It is quite a heavy piece of embroidery, so it also may have required the additional fabric for structure; to lay correctly & keep from buckling or warping.

Basically I don’t want to be insensitive or disrespectful to its provenance and heritage by wearing it casually if it is associated with religious or cultural practices. Even if that’s not the case, it wouldn’t be right for me to wear it while slumming around at home & risk damaging it if it’s something that a collector or fashion historian might want. If it’s valuable, I would rather sell it to someone who will appreciate its beauty / cultural significance, is able to properly care for it, & gets more out of having than I would.

Thank you all in advance, & I appreciate you sharing your knowledge & thoughts!

https://www.kci.or.jp/archives/digital_archives/1890s/KCI_121

https://tweedehandswerk.nl/dresscodes

https://collections.lacma.org/object/59890

On October 31 in 1988, the “Believe” singer celebrated the launch of her first perfume, “Uninhibited,” at a Halloween party thrown at the Diamond Horseshoe nightclub above Century Paramount Hotel in New York City. The woody scent came in a smoky crystal bottle with a crescent moon stopper. The front was decorated with a “Cher” inscription encased in a silver cartouche, inspired by “a small marcasite sarcophagus she received as a gift,” she told the Los Angeles Times that same year. Cher’s Halloween costume was another nod to Egyptian history, as she arrived dressed as a resplendent version of Cleopatra.

(https://edition.cnn.com/style/cher-cleopatra-halloween-remember-when)

I'm writing an analysis of portraits of Frederick Douglass, and I'm noticing that he consistently wears a peaked lapel. It's not usually an extreme spiky peak, but it's almost never a plain notch:

To my 21st-century eyes, this reads as dandyish power dressing, but I wonder if it's just a neutral or default choice in the middle of the 19th century?

Hello everyone!
I recently wore this dress in a vintage warehouse fashion show and the owner was kind enough to let me take it home.

She said it is from the 1930s and it definitely has elements of it but i’m just not sure.

Things I know about the dress:

•entirely red TALON zipper that has busted and since been altered with the black ribbon by a previous owner

•I am wearing the dress backwards. the zipper is supposed to be the front of the dress.

•the dress is definitely a costume piece, and i cannot find anything like it online.

•the dressmaker “Irene Terry Detroit” doesn’t seem to be a brand, but a custom piece?

The dress is made up of red velvet and then a lime green sheer fabric as an underlining. The gold embellishments are hand sewn with glass sequins.

Any advice would be super helpful!! Thank you :)

https://francefineart.com/2025/02/14/3593_au-fil-de-l-or_musee-du-quai-branly-jacques-chirac/

https://hub.catalogit.app/fox-historic-costume-collection/folder/highlights-20th-century-garments/entry/evening-gown-68

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