My Retro Fix

L'Art et la mode, no. 12, vol. 32, 25 mars 1911, Paris. Robe culotte en liberty "bleu ancien". Tunique de mousseline de soie grise ornée de broderies de perles différents tons. Franges de soie. Imp. L. Lafontaine, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France

1912

Pauline Frederick by Campbell Studios, 1917. Pauline was already in her  30s when she made her film debut in 1915. Of all the silent film that she made from 1915 to 1928, fewer than 10 survive to this day. 

Afternoon dress by Rivain, Les Modes April 1911. Photo by Henri Manuel.

1910s Japan. Postcards from the Tokyo Taisho Expo. Part of an auction on Jauce

Racing ensemble by Lévilion, Les Modes June 1906. Photo by Félix.

Folding fan, 1905. Silk net, sequins, tortoise shell, metallic discs. France. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Evening Gown with Lace

c. 1898-1900

by Catherine Donovan

Pitti Palace

An Unidentified woman photographed by American photographer C. M. Bell in Washington, DC. Date unknown.

Formal dress, 1897-1898, Wien Museum. Organza, cotton, silk satin, taffeta, faille

Marcela Gracia Ibeas And Elisa Sánchez Loriga, The First Same Sex Couple To Wed In Spain, 1901

Fan by Edmund Soper Hunt Fan Factory, late 19th century United States (Massachusetts), MFA Boston

Evening Dress

late 19th century

silk faille, satin, ostrich feathers, metal thread, paste and lace

St Petersburg, Russia

Hermitage Museum

Printed Tulle Bustle Dress

c. 1886

NYC

Augusta Auctions

Shoes, ca 1918 Paris, LACMA

A Portrait of Mrs. James Leigh Coleman by Raimundo Madrazo, 1886