rielle
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Post by rielle on Jul 15, 2012 21:15:54 GMT -8
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Nydiva
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Post by Nydiva on Jul 16, 2012 6:32:17 GMT -8
They look wonderful. I should get off my posterior and go see them for myself. Once this latest heatwave is over.
I can imagine what it would have been like if I had lived in that period. I'd be fainting nonstop! Just can't take the heat.
Love the lilac British one from 1872 as well as the 1842 British one in the flowered blue print. Stunning! And the embriodery on the 1888 dark caramel one - spectacular. Do you think it comes in teal? ;D
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Post by Aunt Maud on Jul 16, 2012 9:29:38 GMT -8
For those into period fashion, check the 'Victoria & Albert Museum', in London! (Sorry I am a total idiot when it comes to post links!)
I think you can actually 'visit' the museum via the internet!
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Post by California gal on Jul 16, 2012 9:39:58 GMT -8
I haven't looked at them all yet, but they are pretty amazing. Think of the hours and hours of tiny stitches by poor light in airless rooms that was needed to create them. And they must have been very well made to have lasted this long. The one wedding dress on the first page looks more like a bathrobe! ;D As for wearing them! No thanks! Even in my skinniest days I would have needed to be strapped in. I enjoy breathing too much!  |
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Post by Nydiva on Jul 16, 2012 12:02:11 GMT -8
I haven't looked at them all yet, but they are pretty amazing. Think of the hours and hours of tiny stitches by poor light in airless rooms that was needed to create them. And they must have been very well made to have lasted this long. The one wedding dress on the first page looks more like a bathrobe! ;D As for wearing them! No thanks! Even in my skinniest days I would have needed to be strapped in. I enjoy breathing too much! Me too. And I was the one crammed into a corset for the WWW shoot! But I liked these so much that, just for fun, I saved a few of them and used my ancient graphics program to put my head on them. So I can wear them and be perfectly comfortable! ;D |
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Post by California gal on Jul 16, 2012 13:34:41 GMT -8
Well, especially in the heat back there, that's the only way to do it. Can you imagine how the poor women suffered in those clothes. And the men too, since gentlemen were not allowed to take their jackets off!
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Post by artiesniecewannabe on Jul 16, 2012 13:39:04 GMT -8
And they wore more layers than we do now.
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Post by MissRedhead on Jul 16, 2012 13:51:13 GMT -8
wow thanks for posting Rielle! Now I really need to get over there!!!  |
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Post by rielle on Jul 16, 2012 15:57:34 GMT -8
glad you are enjoying this link as I am... one thing, a number of the 'costumes'... not the right word but I mean the dresses in the collection are noted as not on display at present. But ... I can't help wondering, if one was/were 'doing research' on that period... ;D there wouldn't be a way to get in to see some of these marvelous creations...? And as for fitting... not only could I never fit into these wasp-waists, I can't imagine the time involved in making them by hand! Sure, there were some sewing machines, I think around 1850, but not for all those tassels and ribbons and ... yeah... they amaze me, even the ones where the patterns mixed and some of the gee-gaws don't attract me ... Of course I'd love to visit the Met, it would take me a couple months with my little wheely-walker thingy to get around to all I wanted to see there, but it would be sooooo worth it... Then I'd go to the NYC library, natch and over to Grant's Tomb... of course, gotta visit the 'Old Man' while I'm there, right?  |
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Post by western666 on Jul 16, 2012 18:12:04 GMT -8
WOW!!!!! those are really neat:D I would love to see them in person:D
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