Cassidy Percoco, Fashion Historian
This is a concept I've had issues with for a long time. I don't tend to think about it (as I prefer to think we've moved past it as a field), but a couple of weekends ago it came up in a paper at an event I was attending and I started trying to formulate … Continue reading What’s the Deal with the Great Male Renunciation?
So, previously I showed you a lot of examples of actual white or white-ish gowns worn for weddings, including fashion plates (as they are intended to be prescriptive of real clothing - they exist to tell you what you can/should wear); these prove at least that white was worn. Now I'm going to follow that up … Continue reading Before Victoria: White Wedding Dress (Part II)
The history of white wedding dresses is a popular topic, and a few related narratives have built up in both popular and academic writing: Queen Victoria was the first to wear a white gown for her wedding in 1840, and women began to copy her, creating a tradition. Queen Victoria was not the first to … Continue reading Before Victoria: the White Wedding Dress in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries (Part I)
The Facebook discussion on my last blog post was really helpful - it made me realize that I should have been much more explicit about what I was discussing regarding timeframe and class level, and I plan to update the other post to reflect that in a bit. But I also thought it would be worthwhile … Continue reading Petticoat (and Stomacher) Situations
(* until I become a big name and they let me pattern at the Met and I do a second edition of the book with MMA 1991.6.1a, b in it**) (** and until I start patterning outerwear and underwear, so maybe this was a poor choice of title) I actually made a visit prior to this … Continue reading The Last 18th Century Patterning Visit*
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