If you are going to have a floral dress then you may as well go all out & turn yourself into a bloom, bursting forth in fragile petals. Augustabernard understood the assignment here in her 1930s evening gown of giant purple flowers against crisp white @thebowesmuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Not necessarily the kind of summer dress that we would identify with warm weather in the 21st century but in the early #1870s this was it. Gauzy layers of pale printed cotton and airy lace trim with a hint of an early bustle @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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The way that the lace extends from the neck to well below the shoulders is what makes this such an interesting gown. The spotted dark orange fabric is lovely in itself but the sheer décolletage elevates the whole ensemble. C1903 #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Styling this #1850s layered cotton gown in all white creates a ghostly effect, a spectral figure gliding in full skirts and puffs of fabric. It is an ethereal garment relying on the folds of fine cloth for decoration in the absence of any other adornment @lacma.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Ruched #1930s purple velvet anyone? Such a drama queen, with slits along the upper arms and down the spine with a little quilted upstanding collar to frame that sharp bobbed haircut. Such a diva #AugustaAuction #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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