Here's a 1958 Pat Rodgers evening dress. Rodgers was an Australian designer of a Melbourne fashion house, Le Petite. She advocated for Australian fashion and thought they should not just copy French fashion...although this is very Dior looking. #Fashionhistory #FridayFrills #ootd

For this week's #FridayFrills, here is a 1897 presentation gown by Worth, which at this time was headed by Jean-Philippe. It is made of silk satin and chiffon and embroidered with glass gemstones and sequins. The metallic thread creates lovely lilies. Swoon. #ootd #Fashionhistory

This week's #FridayFrills is this 1957 Norman Hartnell evening gown worn by Queen Elizabeth during her state visit with President Eisenhower. Hartnell designed many of her gowns for state visits and this style is very similar to her Flower of the Fields of France gown, which she

This week's golden #FridayFrills, is this 1899 Worth ball gown, made of a similar golden brocade as yesterday's #ootd by Oscar de la Renta. It even has an asymmetrical bodice revealing golden embroidery, not unlike the other dress, showing how #Fashionhistory repeats itself.

This week's #FridayFrills is this 1960s Dior evening gown. Specifically, this is from Christian Dior London, an offshoot of their Parisian couture house. This line produced more ready-to-wear options, but still of high quality, as you can see here. Look at the details with its

Ok, if you weren't a fan of yesterday's #ootd, I'm not sure you'll like this week's #FridayFrills, as it's from the same 2022 Schiaparelli collection by Daniel Roseberry. Made of metallic branches covered in leather, which has been decorated with gold leaf and various jewels, it

This week's #FridayFrills features a 2017 Gucci double-breasted floral coat paired with plaid trousers by Alessandro Michele. The bouquets depicted on the jacquard fabric reference motifs from 18th-century upholstery and interior design, primarily those found in women's spaces. A

This week's #FridayFrills is this 1997 Yves Saint Laurent evening gown made of shot velvet and embroidery by Lesage. The metallic threads, smooth gems, and faux pearls were used to imitate jewels in hammered gold, which were common in Renaissance art. It was paired with a crown

For #FridayFrills, we have a dress worn by the 20th-century Queen of Royal Fashion herself, Princess Diana. Diana was known for both adhering to royal #DressCodes and subverting them to show her own unique style. In this 1992 Catherine Walker Tuxedo gown, she wears a long-skirted dress with a halter

This week's #FridayFrills is this 1993 Chanel gown by Karl Lagerfeld. It is made of an unusual materials- a plastic bodice wrapped in an embroidered band, and a skirt of bubbled plastic over chiffon. #Fashionhistory #ootd

For this week's #FridayFrills, here is a 1950s gown made of gold silk satin and embroidered with gold metallic thread and rhinestones. The designer is unknown, but it was sold by G. Fox and Co., a Connecticut department store, hence it's in the Connecticut Museum of Culture & History #Fashionhistory

For this week's #FridayFrills, here is a late 1950s Elizabeth Arden gown. Arden is mainly known for her cosmetics line, which she marketed to convince women that makeup was for all women, not just prostitutes and actresses. She taught women how to apply it to look youthful and glamorous. What is

For #FridayFrills is an actual 1922 robe de style by the queen of them herself, Lanvin. 18th c. court dress influenced robe de styles with their wide skirts, further emphasized by the 1920s dropped waists. This is particularly opulent with its gold lame and velvet flowers. #Fashionhistory

For this week's #FridayFrills is this 1950s cocktail dress embroidered with pink floss, tinsel, sequins, and jewels to form little flowers. It also has an interior of a built-in corset and stiffened petticoats to structure it. #Fashionhistory

For this week's #FridayFrills, we have another 1955 gown with extraordinary metallic threaded embroidery. This one is from an unknown designer, although I thought it was Dior when I first saw it. The crossed bodice that appears to emerge as a long sash that comes out of the waistband is to die for.

This week's #FridayFrills is this 1963-4 Balenciaga evening ensemble in pale pink satin, with absolutely gorgeous embroidery of metallic thread, beads, rhinestones, and tassels. This outfit is not only incredible, but the pictures, available #KerryTaylorAuct, are exquisite! The close-ups provide us

#Ootd is this 1920 Callot Soeurs evening dress with a train. It's made of silk damask and netting and embroidered with metallic thread, gelatine sequins, and beads. It is also a good transitional piece between the Edwardian era and the Roaring 20s. #FridayFrills #Fashionhistory

Here is this week's very very late #FridayFrills. Although I didn't see this in person, @chicagomuseum.bsky.social's exhibition catalog shows this 1911 Callot Soeurs evening dress. This purple silk gown is decorated with sequins embroidered into various patterns. Many wealthy Americans bought from

This week's #FridayFrills is this 1949 Dior "Fidelite" dress that was in @chicagomuseum.bsky.social's Dressed in History exhibit. Dior visited Chicago in September of 1947, the same year he created his signature collection, later called "The New Look." He visited Marshall Fields (pic 4) which became

For this week's #FridayFrills is this 1957 Balmain cocktail dress. It's made of black silk velvet and blue floral embroidery by Maison Lesage. At this tim Balmain made a lot of dresses like this with full skirts, little waists, and floral patterns. This dress was sold online at #1stbids and is now

For this week's #FridayFrills, #ootd is this 1900 purple velvet dress with black sequin embroidery. The neckband is connected to the bodice with ivory lace sheer kerchief. Also, I love the "en coeur" (heart) waist. #Fashionhistory #pittipalace

This week's #FridayFrills is this 1923 Bour Soeurs evening dress. I love a good robe de style, aka the alternative to the boxy flapper dress style of the 1920s. Usually, it's associated with Lanvin but was made by other French designers. #Fashionhistory #OOTD

This week's #FridayFrills is this 1953-4 Dior dress called "Odette." It has a great silhouette with a close-fitted front and a little bustle-like structure in the back. The true star of the dress is the fabric though. The floral printed silk is immaculate.

For the first #Fridayfrills of the year, here is this 1823 Italian gala dress. It's made of cream silk satin, tulle, and bobbin lace, embroidered with gold thread and beads in a neo-Classical style. #PittiPalace #Fashionistory #ootd

For this week's #FridayFrills, here is this 1958 evening gown that Yves Saint Laurent made for Dior. The rose laminate metallic thread is embroidered into coiling roses and leaves on pale pink silk and decorated with rhinestones and sequins.
Kerry Taylor Auctions states that this technique was used

For this week's #FridayFrills here is this 1959 by Balenciaga. It is made of beige gazar (a sheer, lightweight plain weave) embroidered with silver strips, paste jewels, and sequins. Absolutely gorgeous and immaculate. #Fashionhistory #ootd

This week's #FridayFrills is this 1907-1910 Italian evening dress. It was made of black tulle embroidered with silver and gold sequins to create clusters of flowers and with bands of silver sequins and gold glass straws as a border. The bodice and sleeves are also covered in ivory tule embroidered