Worn On This Day
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Hats and muffs worn #onthisday in 1931 by bridesmaids at the church #wedding of Terence Wheatley and Ena Cadbury-Brown in London. Per the @telegraph.co.uk, the bride wore "a gown of white net, the full skirt of which was decorated with pearl and diamante embroidery." #OTD @gettyimages.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Hats and muffs worn #onthisday in 1931 by bridesmaids at the church #wedding of Terence Wheatley and Ena Cadbury-Brown in London. Per the @telegraph.co.uk, the bride wore "a gown of white net, the full skirt of which was decorated with pearl and diamante embroidery." #OTD @gettyimages.com
Worn #onthisday in 1957 by Bess Boggs, wife of Delaware Governor J. Caleb Boggs, to President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second Inaugural Ball in Washington, DC. The damask gown is in the Delaware state flag's colors of buff and colonial blue. #OTD 📷 Delaware Historical Society/Delaware Public Archives
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1957 by Bess Boggs, wife of Delaware Governor J. Caleb Boggs, to President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second Inaugural Ball in Washington, DC. The damask gown is in the Delaware state flag's colors of buff and colonial blue. #OTD 📷 Delaware Historical Society/Delaware Public Archives
Rose-white satin gown with petal sleeves and seed-pearl embroidery worn #onthisday in 1941 by Eleanor Roosevelt to her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unprecedented 3rd inauguration in Washington, DC. The 22nd Amendment--limiting the president to 2 terms--was ratified in 1951. #OTD 📷 NMAH
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Rose-white satin gown with petal sleeves and seed-pearl embroidery worn #onthisday in 1941 by Eleanor Roosevelt to her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unprecedented 3rd inauguration in Washington, DC. The 22nd Amendment--limiting the president to 2 terms--was ratified in 1951. #OTD 📷 NMAH
Worn #onthisday in 1927 by Nancy Hollick at her church #wedding to Capt. H. G. Alymer in London. The Daily Mirror reported: "There is a tendency with modern brides to dispense altogether with bridal white. . . . She wore gold lace over peach taffeta with a gold train." #OTD 📷 NPG London
January 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1927 by Nancy Hollick at her church #wedding to Capt. H. G. Alymer in London. The Daily Mirror reported: "There is a tendency with modern brides to dispense altogether with bridal white. . . . She wore gold lace over peach taffeta with a gold train." #OTD 📷 NPG London
Silk taffeta gown worn #onthisday in 1854 as a "next day dress" by Anna Forgey following her wedding to Robert W. Orr the previous day in Columbus, OH. Tartan became highly fashionable after Prince Albert purchased the Balmoral estate for Queen Victoria in 1852. #OTD 📷 Kent State University Museum
January 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Silk taffeta gown worn #onthisday in 1854 as a "next day dress" by Anna Forgey following her wedding to Robert W. Orr the previous day in Columbus, OH. Tartan became highly fashionable after Prince Albert purchased the Balmoral estate for Queen Victoria in 1852. #OTD 📷 Kent State University Museum
Pintucked ivory satin gown worn #onthisday in 1940 by Beatrice Welch at her #wedding to Robert Newlands in Akaroa, New Zealand. It was purchased from the T. J. Armstrong & Co. department store in Christchurch. #OTD 📷 Te Papa
January 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Pintucked ivory satin gown worn #onthisday in 1940 by Beatrice Welch at her #wedding to Robert Newlands in Akaroa, New Zealand. It was purchased from the T. J. Armstrong & Co. department store in Christchurch. #OTD 📷 Te Papa
Worn #onthisday in 1938 by Benny Goodman and his Swing Orchestra when they became the first jazz musicians (and the first integrated band) to play Carnegie Hall in New York, NY. Goodman, a tailor's son, donned white tie for "the cold and formal air of the concert hall," as the @nytimes put it. #OTD
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1938 by Benny Goodman and his Swing Orchestra when they became the first jazz musicians (and the first integrated band) to play Carnegie Hall in New York, NY. Goodman, a tailor's son, donned white tie for "the cold and formal air of the concert hall," as the @nytimes put it. #OTD
Worn #onthisday in 1952 by Cynthia Rawlins at her church wedding to Homer Teafatiller in Pasadena, CA: a white satin gown and her godmother's Juliet cap of heirloom lace with a full-length illusion veil. Her bridesmaids wore blue satin and matching velvet tricorn hats. #OTD @usclibraries.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1952 by Cynthia Rawlins at her church wedding to Homer Teafatiller in Pasadena, CA: a white satin gown and her godmother's Juliet cap of heirloom lace with a full-length illusion veil. Her bridesmaids wore blue satin and matching velvet tricorn hats. #OTD @usclibraries.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1932 by Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen of Ethiopia, 16, later Emperor Amha Selassie I, in London on a European tour. He wears a short cape called a kaba over "the tight-fitting white silk trousers and tunic which...capitvated Paris," the Western Daily Press reported. #OTD 📷 NPG London
January 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1932 by Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen of Ethiopia, 16, later Emperor Amha Selassie I, in London on a European tour. He wears a short cape called a kaba over "the tight-fitting white silk trousers and tunic which...capitvated Paris," the Western Daily Press reported. #OTD 📷 NPG London
Swimsuits worn #onthisday in 1939--dubbed "Black Friday"--by locals helping exhausted firemen in Sydney, Australia, as bush fires ravaged New South Wales and Victoria. At the time, it was the hottest day on record in New South Wales and the deadliest bush fire in Australian history, killing 71. #OTD
January 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Swimsuits worn #onthisday in 1939--dubbed "Black Friday"--by locals helping exhausted firemen in Sydney, Australia, as bush fires ravaged New South Wales and Victoria. At the time, it was the hottest day on record in New South Wales and the deadliest bush fire in Australian history, killing 71. #OTD
Worn #onthisday in 1954 by Queen Elizabeth II to the State Opening of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. She re-wore the embroidered white satin gown--designed by Norman Hartnell for her June 1953 coronation--six times, packing it on state visits to Australia, Sri Lanka, and Canada. #OTD 📷 RCT
January 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1954 by Queen Elizabeth II to the State Opening of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. She re-wore the embroidered white satin gown--designed by Norman Hartnell for her June 1953 coronation--six times, packing it on state visits to Australia, Sri Lanka, and Canada. #OTD 📷 RCT
Worn #onthisday in 1967 by Keith Richards at a press conference in Green Park, London, held the day before the Rolling Stones departed for New York to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, where they performed a censored version of their controversial new single “Let’s Spend The Night Together." #OTD
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1967 by Keith Richards at a press conference in Green Park, London, held the day before the Rolling Stones departed for New York to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, where they performed a censored version of their controversial new single “Let’s Spend The Night Together." #OTD
Worn #onthisday in 1888 by Mary Louise Hoffman at her #wedding to Rev. Thomas W. Nickerson at Trinity Chapel in New York, NY. Per The Herald, the gown "of white satin" was "trimmed elaborately with pearls. The corsage was v-shaped, and she wore pearls around her neck." #OTD 📷 New Canaan Museum
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1888 by Mary Louise Hoffman at her #wedding to Rev. Thomas W. Nickerson at Trinity Chapel in New York, NY. Per The Herald, the gown "of white satin" was "trimmed elaborately with pearls. The corsage was v-shaped, and she wore pearls around her neck." #OTD 📷 New Canaan Museum
Jeanne Lanvin gown worn #onthisday in 1941 by Alice Broughton to the inaugural ball for her husband, North Carolina Governor J. Melville Broughton, in Raleigh, NC. The white silk chiffon gown is accented with rhinestones and brooches. #OTD @ncmuseumhistory.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Jeanne Lanvin gown worn #onthisday in 1941 by Alice Broughton to the inaugural ball for her husband, North Carolina Governor J. Melville Broughton, in Raleigh, NC. The white silk chiffon gown is accented with rhinestones and brooches. #OTD @ncmuseumhistory.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1927 by the Marchioness de Villavieja, described as Spain's best-dressed woman, on a shopping expedition in London, where she stayed at Claridge's before moving on to Paris. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1927 by the Marchioness de Villavieja, described as Spain's best-dressed woman, on a shopping expedition in London, where she stayed at Claridge's before moving on to Paris. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1931 by surfers in Sydney, Australia. The sport was introduced to Australia in 1915 when Hawaiian sufer Duke Kahanamoku visited Sydney. January is the middle of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. #OTD @gettyimages.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1931 by surfers in Sydney, Australia. The sport was introduced to Australia in 1915 when Hawaiian sufer Duke Kahanamoku visited Sydney. January is the middle of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. #OTD @gettyimages.com
Trump hats, face masks, and Marvel-inspired "MAGA: Civil War" shirts dated "January 6, 2021" worn #onthisday in 2021 by members of the violent mob that stormed the US Capitol. The shirts and others like them were widely cited as evidence that the traitors planned their deadly attack in advance. #OTD
January 6, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Trump hats, face masks, and Marvel-inspired "MAGA: Civil War" shirts dated "January 6, 2021" worn #onthisday in 2021 by members of the violent mob that stormed the US Capitol. The shirts and others like them were widely cited as evidence that the traitors planned their deadly attack in advance. #OTD
Worn #onthisday in 2023 by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's funeral in Vatican City. He chose the chasuble decorated with grapes, vines, and leaves because the late pontiff had said he wanted to be "a humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord." #OTD @gettyimages.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Worn #onthisday in 2023 by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's funeral in Vatican City. He chose the chasuble decorated with grapes, vines, and leaves because the late pontiff had said he wanted to be "a humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord." #OTD @gettyimages.com
Worn #onthisday in 1974 by Vice President Gerald Ford and his ski instructor Dennis Hoeger in Vail, CO. Ford had bought a winter home in the developing ski town in 1970; the onetime college football star took up skiing while attending Yale Law School in the late 1930s. #OTD
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1974 by Vice President Gerald Ford and his ski instructor Dennis Hoeger in Vail, CO. Ford had bought a winter home in the developing ski town in 1970; the onetime college football star took up skiing while attending Yale Law School in the late 1930s. #OTD
Worn #onthisday in 1989 by Rob Base (nee Robert Ginyard) in Brooklyn, NY: a sweatshirt bearing a picture of him and his hip-hop partner D.J. E-Z Rock, rings, and a gold chain with a Mercedes medallion. That year, Spin named 1988's "It Takes Two" the best single of all time. #OTD 📷 Al Pereira/NMAAHC
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1989 by Rob Base (nee Robert Ginyard) in Brooklyn, NY: a sweatshirt bearing a picture of him and his hip-hop partner D.J. E-Z Rock, rings, and a gold chain with a Mercedes medallion. That year, Spin named 1988's "It Takes Two" the best single of all time. #OTD 📷 Al Pereira/NMAAHC
Gold and topaz crown worn #onthisday in 1939 by Rose Parade Queen Barbara Dougall in Pasadena, CA, then divided up with her court. "Each part is a useful piece of jewelry for them to keep as souvenirs of the most wonderful thrill of their lives," the Star-News reported. #OTD @uclalibrary.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Gold and topaz crown worn #onthisday in 1939 by Rose Parade Queen Barbara Dougall in Pasadena, CA, then divided up with her court. "Each part is a useful piece of jewelry for them to keep as souvenirs of the most wonderful thrill of their lives," the Star-News reported. #OTD @uclalibrary.bsky.social
Worn #onthisday in 1898 by Sarah Kerr Cole, wife of Consul-General Charles Lawrence Cole, when she was presented at the court of King Albert and Queen Carola of Saxony, Germany. Stern & Co. of Vienna made the 2-piece silk moire gown covered in orchids of fabric and beads. #OTD 📷 Heinz History Center
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1898 by Sarah Kerr Cole, wife of Consul-General Charles Lawrence Cole, when she was presented at the court of King Albert and Queen Carola of Saxony, Germany. Stern & Co. of Vienna made the 2-piece silk moire gown covered in orchids of fabric and beads. #OTD 📷 Heinz History Center
Worn #onthisday in 1779 at a New Year's Eve banquet at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. In Pehr Hillestrom's painting, the royal family sits while courtiers and diplomats stand in the national uniform, the habit suédois, a fanciful throwback to 17th-century Swedish dress. #OTD 📷 Nationalmuseum
December 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1779 at a New Year's Eve banquet at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. In Pehr Hillestrom's painting, the royal family sits while courtiers and diplomats stand in the national uniform, the habit suédois, a fanciful throwback to 17th-century Swedish dress. #OTD 📷 Nationalmuseum
Olympic uniform worn #onthisday in 1933 by Lenore Knight (right), a member of the 1932 U.S. Olympic team, when she broke the 500-meter freestyle record at the National Olympic Stars Aquatic Meet at the Biltmore Country Club in Miami, FL, beating Susan Robertson, left. #OTD @gettyimages.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Olympic uniform worn #onthisday in 1933 by Lenore Knight (right), a member of the 1932 U.S. Olympic team, when she broke the 500-meter freestyle record at the National Olympic Stars Aquatic Meet at the Biltmore Country Club in Miami, FL, beating Susan Robertson, left. #OTD @gettyimages.com
Worn #onthisday in 1911 by the 8th Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutuktu at his coronation in Mongolia, when Mongolia became independent from China. The 5-sided fur crown has a domed cap covered with gold gyasar brocade and blue velvet inlaid with gold, turquoise and pearls. #OTD 📷 The Bogd Khaan Palace Museum
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Worn #onthisday in 1911 by the 8th Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutuktu at his coronation in Mongolia, when Mongolia became independent from China. The 5-sided fur crown has a domed cap covered with gold gyasar brocade and blue velvet inlaid with gold, turquoise and pearls. #OTD 📷 The Bogd Khaan Palace Museum