Victorian Fancy Dress - By Cindy and Sarah

Costumes were generally based on the following: HISTORICAL: Famous person from the present (1800s) or past. INTERNATIONAL: A country’s national dress from 1800s and earlier. CONCEPTS-Inventions, Ideas, Electric Light. Photography. The Telegraph. Newspaper. Time. OBJECTS: Table Top Games. Champagne bottle. Any inanimate object. Feather duster. NATURE: Animals, Flowers and Plants. Sun, Moon, Stars. FABLES-STORIES: Mother Goose, a novel’s hero or heroine, etc.

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Hortense and Arthur Acton dressed up in Persian costume for the fancy-dress ball in a photograph signed by "Nunes Vais." The dress was designed by Paul Poiret of Paris for the ball given by Lewis Einstein at Villa Schifanoia in 1914. [Arthur Acton's costume, also by Poiret, is now located at the Kyoto Costume Institute.] Mario Nunes Vais (1856-1932) was a renowned society photographer and good friend of the Actons. © New York University, The Acton Photograph Archive, Villa La Pietra, Florenc...

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1890-1910 Woman’s 2-piece costume dress and headpiece with bowling theme. Dress is black cotton sateen with batik-style painted designs featuring bowling pins, balls, scorecard, and scrolls. Bodice is also decorated with small gold-painted wooden bowling pins and trimmed with sheer black and gold metallic textured ruching at neckline and waist. Matching headpiece is black cotton sateen with sheer black and gold metallic ruching and attached small gold-painted bowling pins. 1895 Dress, Androgynous Fashion Women, Bowling Outfit, 1890s Fashion, Holiday Boutique, Theme Dress, Painted Designs

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1890-1910 Woman’s 2-piece costume dress and headpiece with bowling theme. Dress is black cotton sateen with batik-style painted designs featuring bowling pins, balls, scorecard, and scrolls. Bodice is also decorated with small gold-painted wooden bowling pins and trimmed with sheer black and gold metallic textured ruching at neckline and waist. Matching headpiece is black cotton sateen with sheer black and gold metallic ruching and attached small gold-painted bowling pins.