It seems appropriate to start with a butterfly dress. Here for all the lovely folk that make social media a better space. More to come, just figuring it out! Thanks for following. Charles James 1955 @metmuseum.bsky.social

There is a hint of the reptilian to this mid #1870s dress. The angled pleating and position of the decorative buttons lends it an air of a watchful crocodile in shaded greens, the tongue of pale train skirting its hem, Mme Depret Paris @metcostume.bsky.social