Awwwww….
Nicholas II of Russia as a child with his mother, Maria Feoderovna, 1870
Beyond the sheer adorableness of the photo, I like how clearly her dress shows the bustle/crinoline transition that happened in the late 1860s and early 1870s.
Oh boy was last week’s Rate the Dress ever exciting! For a bit I thought that Mariana Victoria might actually be able to join Amelie Auguste as a 10/10, but then some people didn’t love it quite so much, and then we got into the whole issue of historical children’s clothes and all academia broke loose on my blog. It was awesome.
By the time it was over, it hardly seemed important that Mariana Victoria’s dress, while not as awesome as Amelie’s, was also awesome, and rated a 9.5 out of 10.
This week’s ‘Rate the Dress’ selection is inspired by last week’s debate, but I can’t tell you why, because that would 1) sway your vote and 2) ruin the fun.
Charles James has appeared on Rate the Dress previously. He is noted for his challenging sculptural garments that reference Victorian silhouettes while retaining a distinctly fashion-forward silhouette. This ball gown is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ball Gown, Charles James, 1948, American, silk, Metropolitan Museum of Art
What do you think? Too challenging and fashion forward? Or only pretending to be interesting and innovative? And what does it have to do with last week’s posts?
Rate the Dress on a scale of 1 to 10
And the Naiad has no idea how lucky she is.
We are not amused.
Anyone else, and Felicity would have given them great bloody scratches for pulling this stunt. I have no idea why Felicity tolerates all the teasing she gets from the Naiad. I sometimes suspect she is just too astonished to react in time.
