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An early holiday gift from three Swedish museums: The Royal Armoury, the castle of Skokloster and the Halwyl museum? Yes, please! Link These three museums now have an online database with a vast collection of objects from the middle ages and onwards so here is something for all tastes: The website is in Swedish only for the time being, but to make a simple search for garments, type "kläder" (clothes) in the search field on the front page and you'll get hundreds of results. Happy browsing!

Since we help to host three Civil War balls in the South Carolina Upstate, we often get questions about what a Civil War ball dress looks like. Some folks think all you need is a Big Skirt and presto - an 1860s ball gown! Um, sorry folks - not quite! :) Think of how fashion works today. Can you immediately tell the different between a 1981 wedding dress and a 2011 wedding dress? Of course! But let's a say a Time Traveler from AD 2200 looks at a photo of Princess Diana and Princess Kate side…

Now’s the time to release ALL the wonderful photos of my 1860’s Ballgown! My photographer, Smile for Sophie Photography, is an absolute wonder! Her work …

Court Dress. 1860's. Dress worn to court was the most elaborate and expensive ensemble in a lady’s wardrobe. In addition to a skirt worn over a very large crinoline, a train extending for several metres was an essential feature of court dress. Young debutantes would spend hours practising how to curtsey and walk backward in such an elaborate ensemble before their first presentation at court. Victoria and Albert Museum. // ohh wow

I will continue on with my “If I were born a hundred years earlier” theme and look at the years 1894-95. In my imaginary birthday, I would have been 29-31 in those years. I’d p…

Evening Dress, Evening Gown, Splendid Evening Dress Design, Fashion Designer, Evening Dress Designer, Miracle Gown Date: 1887–89 Culture: French Medium: silk

Friday's Fashion Plate 1860 Ballgown & Visiting Dress This fashion plate is French and comes from Journal Des Demoiselles. It contains a ballgown and a visiting dress from 1860. In 1860, hoopskirts were not yet elliptical in shape, but were still round and quite wide.