Kate Strasdin
@katestrasdin.bsky.social
Lecturer, dress & textile history. Author of The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes. Amateur stitcher Fellow of the Royal Hist Soc
Different versions of Dior’s 1949 ‘Venus’ dress survive in collections around the world. Each image offers an alternative perspective, aspects of construction that I hadn’t really noticed before. This #KSUMuseum really shows the distinction between soft layers & sequined scallops #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
I made it back to London just in time to catch the #Outlander exhibition at #Bonhams on its final day before the auction tomorrow! Discovering exquisite details in #costumes and #props that at first sight seemed so familiar from watching the show over and over (and over and over) again was magical.
If this looks almost too perfect to be true then that is because it is. Rather than a full size corset, this is a miniature #1890s version likely used as a sales tool, proving that the commodification of perfection is an age old strategy #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A starry night walking home at the weekend reminded me of this fancy dress costume worn by Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1926, a dark sky chock full of beaded stars plus all of the sparkly accessories #HillwoodMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Great to see Osterley House, National Trust engage again with the long legacy of the East India Company and its material cultures in Hounslow. Exciting to see another exhibition on this theme: Journeys: Wedding Shawls, Baghs and Phulkaris from the Karun Thakar Collection, open until 1 November. 1/4
Karun Thakar brings British Asians into Osterley House with National Trust exhibition
Exhibition of shawls invites visitors to rediscover estate's India links
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Roberto Capucci’s name in fashion is synonymous with structural shapes and geometry in cloth, often clean lines and block colours. Here he offers a more fluted, softer aesthetic with his mid #1950s dress and velvet coat #UffiziGalleries #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
There is something about early #1910s silhouettes that I find deeply appealing. It might be the frequent asymmetry or the elongated skirts with the the directoire bustline. Or the sharp detailing perhaps. Whatever it is, I like it a lot. Blue velvet c1913 #thekyotocostumeinstitute #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
#Ootd is this 1954-5 Norman Norell dinner dress in American Beauty rose silk faille. Faille is a fabric with flat ribs and in this case is made of silk. It has a firm, structured drape with a semi-glossy finish. It is often used for evening wear with dresses that require volume,
For leaping about in the thickest bracken, I am suggesting Charles James’s 1954 clover leaf ballgown for today’s Unsuitable Dog Walk Attire. Blending into the forest of ferns, it would collect all manner of unexpected flora and fauna along the way @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
This styling of a late #1970s roller skating outfit, as well as being deeply nostalgic, reminds me of the vivid fashion illustrations of Antonio Lopez who captured these moments in time and carried the sounds of the seventies with him #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
For decades, the pleating technique associated with Fortuny’s famous Delphos and Peplos designs were attributed to the man himself, but evidence shows that it was created by his wife Henriette Nigrin. It is all thanks to her that these shimmering wonders exist. #PalazzoFortuny #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Worn #onthisday in 1924 by orphans at the Founding Hospital in London, being inspected by the Duke of Connaught, a vice president of the charity. William Hogarth, an early patron, designed the uniforms: brown, with white bonnets and pinafores, resembling those worn by servants. #OTD @gettyimages.com
Actress and model Geraldine Chaplin was born #OnThisDay in 1944. She wore this Malcolm Starr blue and pink silk chiffon evening dress, embellished with beads and sequins, in her cameo as "Girl at Dance" in A Countess From Hong Kong (1967). Sold by Heritage Auctions. #film #costume
COVER REVEAL! I am so excited to share the US cover for Dressing the Queen which will be available in the States and beyond from September 1. Tales of royal fashion but from the perspective of the makers. I hope you enjoy! Thank you so much @pegasusbooks.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
#Ootd is this 1981 Madame Gres taffeta blouse and skirt ensemble. I was surprised Gres, whose hayday was in 1930-50s, was still working in the 80s. Despite this beautiful outfit, it was the beginning of her decline, but she was still innovating up to the 70s. #Fashionhistory
The block colours chosen by James Galanos are all early #1960s bright summer sunset and fruity cocktails, patio chatter and the scratch of a record player as the music begins. As the party kicks in she sways to the rhythm in drifty chiffon layers @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A friend who's into historical re-enactment and 18th-century costuming is selling some incredible jewelry, wigs, and antique trimmings. Get your Marie Antoinette on! www.etsy.com/shop/demodec...
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When I was 19, I helped to mount a mourning dress belonging to Queen Victoria. Such was her silhouette that she seemed to emerge like a spectral figure. She forged longstanding relationships with dressmakers, many of whom appear in Dressing the Queen @londonmuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
#Ootd is this 1962 Sophie Gimbel mint green silk chiffon dress decorated with sequins and brilliants. Gimbel, nee Haas, was the head designer for Saks Fifth Avenue's Salon Moderne. She was first hired by Adam L. Gimbel, grandson of the founder of department store, Gimbels and whom
Apparently the wearer of this 1939 Schiaparelli gown danced a quadrille at the Eiffel Tower Anniversary Ball in her striking pink and black striped bustle dress. The collection that summer received widespread attention, a variety of bustle gowns featured #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this c. 1925 black satin dress with an asymmetrical side-back train from the House of Worth. It features sequin and beading embellishment at the shoulders and around the waist and a cerise ruffle on the back. Philadelphia Art Museum. #fashionhistory
