Dr Kate Strasdin
@kateStrasdin
Fashion historian, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Falmouth University, writer, curator & amateur stitcher
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The c19th aesthetic obsession with all things ferny, scrolls across the brocade of this c1887 gown, the green panels interspersed with dashes of greenery around the bodice and layer of skirt. Some fancy smocking completes the decorative display @museumatFIT #FashionHistory#
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This feels like a quietly appropriate approach to autumn dressing, a loose early #1880s# ‘at home’ kind of gown in reddy brown challis, a lightweight blend of wool & silk. The Watteau pleat at the back & panels at the front are embroidered with pale forget-me-nots #newcanaanmuseum#
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So fine is the net swathing the arm and bodice of this c1915 #eveningdress# that it appears as a cerise coloured cloud drifting around the #CallotSoeurs# creation. It lends the whole an ethereal, dreamlike quality that was typical of the trio of sisters behind the name @metmuseum
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