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Remaining on the theme of appropriate autumnal coats, this is a #1930s velvet number bringing all the aesthetics of a luxury pumpkin to the party. A coat padded collar and bottom covering hem for cosiness #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Three quarter view of a bright orange velvet jacket which has a deep padded shawl collar, long sleeves that are full at the wrist and decorative stitching Back view of the orange velvet jacket that shows the drape of the deep padded collar at the back, the scooped hem and full bottomed sleeves
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Autumn landscapes call for cycling with abandon through least lanes. Love this glorious ensemble. No it’s not Lycra, yes it is unusual, yes maybe a corset, no it isn’t what we would choose but I love its exuberance! I hope she spun down hills at top speed. Mid #1890s #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A matching floral cycling ensemble consisting of bright jacket, breeches, gaiters and pink blouse. It has a black tie and black straw boater hat
October 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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We have some of the highest rainfall levels in the UK here on #Dartmoor in the South West. Waterproofs form a necessary and frequent part of the wardrobe, but they are nothing new. Here two #1860s gals braving the elements in proofed rain mantles. It’s only weather #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Two mannequins posed in long, broad crinoline style rain mantles. One is dark cream and the other is brown. Both fasten centre front. One holds a brown umbrella aloft
October 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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This is an ensemble that I love because it is just so unflinchingly bold. As if the mid #1890s didn’t have enough going on with the proportion of its sleeves, this gal decided to go all out in scarlet as well #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A side by side photograph of a mannequin dressed in an 1890s ensemble. It is bright red with black detailing on the bodice, sleeves and hem. She is wearing a black hat and gloves
September 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Vincent Van Dog is quite the poseur in his neons, working beautifully with his grey fur. Dartmoor enjoyed a bit of an arctic flurry today so a #1930s ice skating ensemble fits the wintry landscape #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
An ice skating ensemble consisting of a short red skirt trimmed with white, a pale blue knitted jumper with a red and white skirt pattern, a check cap and red gloves A grey daschund wearing an orange jumper sits in the snow
January 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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There is a commotion from a nearby bathing hut and out hurtles Gwen Armstrong, sprinting down the sand, hallooing as she goes, in her bright bathing dress and beating them all to the water. Oh the ignominy! #1900s #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
December 23, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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This is a garment I have shared often for its neat little details but also because it reminds me of my grandmother’s wedding dress. She told me it was blue (it was a wartime wedding) and I picture her when I see this from 1939 #fidmmuseum #FashipnHistory 🗃️🪡
Front view of a knee length short sleeved dress. It has gathers around the bodice and sleeves with some self coloured buttons and a small standing collar
August 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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How about this for a bit of high Victorian drama? The black wool jacket features the braid sleeves of the #1890s, a haughty Medici collar and some swirling soutache braid #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory
Back view of a black wool coat with full sleeves and drape over the hips. Black soutache braid applied in symmetrical pattern across the back
January 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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This season is all about clashing patterns but obviously there is nothing new and the #1890s offers a masterclass in the art of the mix and match. Small printed florals are overlaid with a striped trim here. As ever, the late 19th century was anything but dull #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A mannequin styled in an 1890s gown with long skirt and bodice with full leg of mutton sleeves. The dress is red with a cream floral repeat and there are cream stripes across the bodice and around the hem. She is wearing a boater style hat with a black face veil
July 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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As we near the year’s end, it feels appropriate to revisit a pair of party shoes with matching stockings for the revelry in store. Blue and gold dating to the late #1890s, they beg the question, what did she wear to go with these beauties? #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A pair of blue velvet shoes decorated with gold embroidery worn with a pair of blue stockings also decorated in gold
December 30, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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I just donated $50 to the @FIDMMuseum for the #4for400 campaign - a worthy cause. You should too! http://blog.fidmmuseum.org/museum/2015/07/help-us-launch-the-4for400-campaign-today.html
January 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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One more signal boost for my costuming friends: http://www.yourwardrobeunlockd.com/blog/807-the-future-for-foundations-and-wardrobe @SilkDamask @elliejones1984 @FIDMMuseum @CostumeSociety
January 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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I managed to swim in the sea! Five days before my hip replacement my goal this weekend was to make it into the big blue, not in a sequinned mid #1950s Catalina bathing costume but I felt sparkly all the same #fidmmuseum
A picture of a mannequin wearing a blue halter neck swimsuit covered in sequins alongside a photograph of me swimming in the sea!
August 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I’ll be honest, I am not a summer kinda gal. I love blue skies and lush greenery but I tend to admire it from somewhere shady. I do like this mid #1890s picnic ensemble though, complete with polka dots, floral belt, jaunty hat and a natty little case #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A mannequin wearing a white two piece costume consisting of full sleeved bodice and long skirt with a polka dot pattern. She is wearing a straw hat and short black gloves
May 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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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 🗃️🪡
A sheer tulle ensemble decorated with sequin fireworks and a high collar
December 31, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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Day Gown, c.1903.
Silk, velvet, lace. -FIDMMuseum
May 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Just something subtle and understated to shrug on if the evening cools. This encrustation of a jacket was designed by Travis Banton and Howard Greer for Marlene Dietrich c1936, to accompany a smouldering stare no doubt #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A royal blue long sleeved jacket covered entirely with gold embroidery in a scrolling design and with red and blue beads
September 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The meditative back and forth of a lone tractor grass cutting back and forth in the fields opposite is drifting in through my window this morning. It put me in mind of this #1830s gardening ensemble, summer blooms already snipped into the basket #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A mannequin wearing a full sleeved floral cotton dress with a blue and white check apron. She is wearing a straw bonnet and carrying a trug full of flowers
June 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Things I learn from @2nerdyhistgirls and @FIDMMuseum -- women wore as many as six (!!!) petticoats: http://bit.ly/RDQzmH @laura_hudson
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December 8, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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it is Eve’s job, behind the scenes to keep it all ticking along. She spots a glint in the sky, lowers her goggles and kickstarts the bike….. #1930s motorcycle ensemble #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
December 16, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Stunning citrus silk that layers silk with beads with embroidery in a draped dress that dates to c1912. It was designed by Gustave Beer, a German couturier who, by 1905, had established a Parisian presence #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Front and back view of a lime green dress with different layers of beadwork and embroidery with a fishtail style train
April 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Saw this photo of a very real outfit in FIDMMuseum and my first thought was, i need this in #InfinityNikki 🤣. I played that game too much, it seems
January 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Beautiful mid century print helps to date this Claire McCardell dress to the early #1950s. Its shawl style scarf tucks into the broad black belt, cinched in with a narrow buckle #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A short sleeved red cotton dress with full skirt. It has a printed motif in a fifties style and a shawl style scarf collar that tucks into a wide black leather belt. A narrower strip of leather form the buckle that fastens it
August 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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We have made it to the #1970s in the first year fashion history survey course and so tomorrow we will be looking at creatives including Antonio Lopez who captured the era so beautifully in his drawings, seen alongside a roller disco queen #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A side by side image of a mannequin dressed in 1970s garments including denim hot pants, roller boots and a knit halter neck top alongside a fashion drawing of two women wearing sunglasses and wearing seventies style dresses
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The evolution of the bathing costume is one of the most dramatic changes in fashion over the course of a century. An #1870s bathing costume seems far removed many swimsuits today but have a style all of their own #fidmmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A side by side image of a mannequin wearing a dark brown long tunic with matching under trousers trimmed with a red stripe around the edges. The other image shows a similar bathing costume in a black and white lithograph from an 1870s magazine
April 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM