Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani was born #OnThisDay in 1932. He designed this 1961 haute couture pleated gown, trimmed with ostrich feathers around the hem, that Elizabeth Taylor wore to a party in Rome in honour of Kirk Douglas. Maison Valentino. #FashionHistory

#Frockingfabulous birthday salute to #Valentino, who was born #onthisday: This utter stunner is hand-painted and it’s a bobby dazzler to boot! Mind. Blown. #fashionhistory of 1998, via Valentino Virtual Museum.

Ball gown by Jean-Philippe Worth.⠀
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Pink silk boned bodice and skirt, trimmed with lace and embroidered with a wheat motif in gold thread and rhinestones.⠀
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Designer: House of Worth⠀
Ca. 1900⠀
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© The Metropolitan Museum of Art⠀

#fashionhistory #dresshistory #houseofworth #charlesfrederickworth

Side by side image of a long purple satin gown with a deep collar alongside a picture of the same gown with its matching ruched velvet shoulder caps

It isn’t quite summer and evenings are chill. My advice when sporting a mid #1930s #Lanvin purple satin evening dress is to make sure you have a matching ruched velvet cape to snuggle around the shoulders, V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Close up of a pink floral tea gown showing the pintucks centre front of the bodice with chiffon flounces and lace trim

Full length view of pink floral chiffon tea gown with lace sleeves and pintucks

Pintuck perfection and blurry florals fashion a foamy tea gown made for trailing wistfully around the house, sinking gracefully onto a cushioned chaise longue and sipping tea from bone china. C1900 @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A long cotton dress consisting of straight white skirt and a black short sleeved bodice with a pink belt

#Balenciaga brought all of the mini skirt minimalism to a maximalised evening dress here, some mid #1960s broderie anglaise in two tones, bisected with a candy pink belt. I like its apparent simplicity….. #museobalenciaga #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Thank you! I love art history and fashion history, but I wanted to study them on a deeper societal level. This was really affirmed during my FH 1 course because class and how that played into who wore what was a big part of the lessons. It was a lot deeper than memorizing what was popular and when.

Cover of Costumes and Textiles of Royal India by Ritu Kumar. There is a photograph of small child in decorated attire and jewels to the right, and a wide border of printed fabric to the left. Color is black and white tones,.

Regret to inform myself that I’ve added yet another out of print book to my wishlist

Photo of a silk robe a la francaise. Dress is flat, but not fully extended. Features spangled embroidery and floral embroidery throughout and ruffled, elbows length sleeves

One of my favorite things about FIT is how you can just open a random box in the lab and there’s an 18th century robe a la francaise chilling for research and practice purposes

Happy birthday to the #frockingfabulous #JacquesHeim!: Create drama to the max in 1949’s "Fracinelle"! #Fashionhistory via Palais Galliera.

Gift of Mrs. Quincy A. Shaw, 1988

Dress #artbots #themet
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/98538

I really hope to see more People of Color and Black people posting with the #FashionHistory, #HistoricalCostuming, and #ArtHistory tags.

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this chic c. 1922-28 day suit sold by New York retailer Stennessy’s. The brown wool dress features decorative lacing and a woven motif on the cuffs that match the pattern of the fur-trimmed jacket. FIDM Museum collection. #Fashionhistory

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of E. A. Meister, 1950

Corset #artbots #themet
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/96706

Evening dress by House of Worth, 1900. Coutau-Bégarie.

Evening dress by House of Worth, 1910. Whitaker Auctions.

Afternoon dress, House of Worth, designed by Charles Frederick Worth, c. 1875.

1950's supermodel Bettina (born Simone Micheline Bodin) getting ready for an outdoors photoshoot. A male photographer to her left, leaning over a tripod-mounted camera, is giving her directions. Bettina wears a floral-patterned, calf-length white dress with a low V cut between her breasts and shoulder straps, with a close-fitting white hat over her dark hair, several strands of pearls, dark open-toed shoes and elbow-length white kid gloves.

Simone Micheline Bodin, better known as Bettina or Bettina Graziani, #BOTD 1925, setting up for a fashion photoshoot. In both photos, she wears long gloves, a highly popular women's fashion accessory throughout the New Look period & after. #fashionhistory #supermodel #1950sfashion #bettinagraziani

A mannequin wearing an oversized yellow silk blouse with a pair of tight fitting brightly patterned trousers and a matching head covering

It is always a joy to bring different cultural textiles into the curriculum and this year I talked with students about, amongst other things, Ghanaian kente cloth. Lovely to come across this tribute to kente in Patrick Kelly’s 1988 printed trousers #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Wedding dress of light brown taffeta and off-white muslin trimmed with self-fabric ruffles and cording: a) bodice: jewel neckline, standing band; long bell sleeves, ruffled cuffs; two V-shaped rows of ruffles, CF; CF button closure; two deep points, CF hem, extend over skirt; two decorative button, CB waist; waist length; b) skirt: full, gored skirt; pleated; pocket, L side pocket: R side closure; full length, train.

Wedding dress of light brown taffeta and off-white muslin trimmed with self-fabric ruffles and cording: a) bodice: jewel neckline, standing band; long bell sleeves, ruffled cuffs; two V-shaped rows of ruffles, CF; CF button closure; two deep points, CF hem, extend over skirt; two decorative button, CB waist; waist length; b) skirt: full, gored skirt; pleated; pocket, L side pocket: R side closure; full length, train.

Wedding dress of light brown taffeta and off-white muslin trimmed with self-fabric ruffles and cording: a) bodice: jewel neckline, standing band; long bell sleeves, ruffled cuffs; two V-shaped rows of ruffles, CF; CF button closure; two deep points, CF hem, extend over skirt; two decorative button, CB waist; waist length; b) skirt: full, gored skirt; pleated; pocket, L side pocket: R side closure; full length, train.

Wedding dress of light brown taffeta and off-white muslin trimmed with self-fabric ruffles and cording: a) bodice: jewel neckline, standing band; long bell sleeves, ruffled cuffs; two V-shaped rows of ruffles, CF; CF button closure; two deep points, CF hem, extend over skirt; two decorative button, CB waist; waist length; b) skirt: full, gored skirt; pleated; pocket, L side pocket: R side closure; full length, train.

ID: V.56.35a,b
wedding dresses; bodices; skirts (garments)
Date: 1870
valentine.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx #FashionHistory

Gift of Elvira DeLiee-Burke, M.D., 1984

Evening dress #artbots #themet
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/1381774

I'm not on here as often as I should be because I'm getting my degree in Art History focusing on class expression and garment history. But this semester is wrapping up quickly and so hopefully I'm able to post more

celebs as guests with the agreement that they wear the designer and act as a brand ambassador for the event. unless the person receives an permanent open invite. Even then donating is highly encouraged. It’s also not a closed event just expensive bc it’s a charity.

a lot of ppl don’t~ they think it’s a party but it’s a charity event bc unlike the met museum the costume institute is funded solely on public donations. And with funding for museums being cut their funding is even more at risk. Also celebs don’t buy their tickets designers buy tickets and invite

A mixed-race Malaysian man wearing the hell out of a fantastic, gold, three-piece suit. Broad-shouldered, wide-legged, and with a cross-hatched pattern that's more complex the closer you look at it. His collar is open to the second button, showing off a bit of gold chain around his neck, and only the barest bit of a black silk shirt is visible at the collar and wrists. His hair is slicked back, with one Clark Kent curl on his forehead. Black shoes, shined within an inch of their life.

Detail at his hands and hips level, so that you can see how incredible the pattern on this suit is. It looks a bit like the indigenous weaving you might find in parts of Southeast Asia, geometric and warm. A gold ring on one finger, circle with a bar. The hint of a gold watch.

okay, i'm not gonna do a whole long thread, but. henry golding showed UP.

I love this pic... they look amazing #MetGala

André 3000 on the #MetGala carpet.

#fashionsky

Recognize an icon when you see her. #fashionsky #MetGala

Iconic costume designer, Ruth E. Carter

Cardi B attends the 2025 #MetGala

#fashionsky

Damson Idris, Caleb McLaughlin & LaKeith Stanfield ahead of the 2025 #MetGala

#fashionsky