Every now and again I just have to post this early #1830s dress. There is something about the sleeve that is so satisfying, the perfect pink gills of the underside of a pale field mushroom. Only silky and pearl embellished @LACMA #fashionhistory
Dr Kate Strasdin
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Dr Kate Strasdin
@kateStrasdin
Fashion historian, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Falmouth University, writer, curator & amateur stitcher
Joined March 2016
- Fifty turns around the sun for me today and if you can’t gallivant in vintage Dior on your birthday then when even can you? The Venus dress comes from his 1950 collection, an appropriate big 5 0 gown. Thank you for the follows and friendship here ♥️🎉 @ROMtoronto
- It’s #NYE sofa style for us tonight but how about this fantasy fireworks ensemble to usher in the New Year? Thank you for your company here in 2024, here’s to whatever 2025 has in store. Halston, 1980 @FIDMMuseum #fashionhistory
- The name of this 1948 Dior gown is flamant rose which sounds much more romantic than its English translation which is flamingo pink. All of the fullness at the back, layered over a bustle style tournure pad adds energy to the movement of the skirt, in darker shades @MoMuAntwerp
- Let’s have a scarlet Sunday & a reminder that at some point in the early #1890s the wearer of this brilliant gown burst into a room & presumably silenced everyone within. The sheer sleeves & glow of red must have cast the rest of the party into shade. I like her @AugustaAuction
- A black lace #1860s cloak makes perfect sense when you see it laid over a pale gown beneath. It shows off all of the motifs that ripple across the sheer fabric. The feathered collar is a later addition for added 1890s drama @AugustaAuction #fashionhistory
- Prepare yourselves for incoming Christmas tales. For my fashion history advent calendar this year, I shall be sharing a daily mini story as told through a single garment. Totally fabricated, just for fun, I hope you enjoy! Day 1 to follow shortly. This dress mid 1820s @metmuseum
- That this dress survived for a century is impressive enough but when you take a closer look at the scalloped embellishments you realise that each of the shell like shapes is laced with rows of tiny beads suspended in shivering pearlescence, 1925 gown @metmuseum
- A century ago, Vionnet beaded her pale horses to gallop along the crest of curling silver waves against a chilly sea green chiffon. I imagine the beads whispered like the tide pulling along a shingle beach. Mid #1920s @1stDibs #fashionhistory
- This has always seemed like a dress forged through magic. The fabric is a shot velvet so that at one moment it is pink but with a slight shift could be green. And then the twist and drape of construction. The genius of #1950s Mme Grès @PalaisGalliera #fashionhistory
- Imagine arriving at a party and unbuttoning this beautiful textured, voluminous coat to reveal a matching dress beneath. All the saturated colour and all the drama in #1950s Balenciaga @museobalenciaga
- The magnolia is looking especially lovely right now, enjoying its brief moment of glory in pinks & whites. No matter how temporary the blooms, they bring the promise of spring each year. Matching velvety shades on display here in a c1908 gown, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Prague
- There is something especially magical about a garment that was once captured on canvas or in a photograph. It gives life to the object, reanimating it for a moment with a flash of memory. This is Louise Pomeroy by John Singer #Sargent in this red velvet dress, 1887 @mfaboston
