1914 dress

Hand Embroidered Lace Tea Dress, Ca.1914

@aneacostumes on Instagram: “The dress from the cover of the aforementioned book: an evening gown from around 1915. Worn over cream silk, the tunic-like overdress has…”

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Planning a 1912-1915 outfit for the 1915 Balboa Park Panama-California Exposition For the last couple years San Diego has been attempting to put together a huge celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the 1915 Exposition in Balboa Park. The Expo, which opened in January of that year, was organized in conjunction with the grand opening of the Panama Canal, and to entice travelers to come to San Diego as the first port of call after their westward trip through the canal. The original…

c.1900-1910

Wedding dress, 1913-14 From the National Gallery of Victoria

Linen day dress trimmed with machine lace and machine embroidery, Great Britain, ca. 1908

The Ladies' home journal v.31 1914.

I've always enjoyed vintage fashions and fashion history (though I'm now old enough to remember when some vintage fashions were new!) This is my blog for posting images from the large collection of old catalogs and fashion magazines I have piled up in my spare room. I'll be posting stuff from between the 1940s and the 1980s. A warning to visitors: Some of these images are scary!