All posts tagged: 1910s

Rate the dress: Lace, taffeta and flowers in 1910ish

Last week you had three opinions on the Rose Atherton dress: 1) it was designed by a man who really didn’t understand how clothing worked or what was comfortable to wear, 2) it would make a great steampunk ensemble and 3) most of you liked it, giving it a rating of 7.3 out of 10. Hana-Marmota brought this fantastically interesting dress from the Rijksmuseum to my attention, and immediately suggested that it would be a fabulous choice for rate the dress. I concur! I say fantastically interesting, because I’m not sure that it is just fantastic. It’s shot blue/pink silk taffeta, and lace, and three dimensional embroidery, and a gathered blouson top, and a rosette, and a sort of bow sash, all on one dress. Too much? Or terrific? Rate the Dress on a scale of 1 to 10. (apologies if I got any of the information on the dress wrong – I don’t actually understand Dutch, I just persist in the arrogant belief that I can read and translate textile discussions in most European …

The Laurel dress: a photoshoot

Published by The Dreamstress

What better way to celebrate Halloweek than getting dressed up with friends and taking lots and lots of pictures of each other in gorgeous dresses? At the end of the shoot, and after editing out tons and tons of images, I still have over 100 fabulous images of me in the laurel dress. But I’ll restrain myself and only show you the ones that are beyond fabulous. Need more fabulosity? Check out the entire gallery on the dress page. Most of the photographs are by the fabulous Sarah, the rest are by Madame Ornata.

Vintage naughties

Published by The Dreamstress

It turns out that there are a lot of very saucy vintage beauties frolicking around the internet. When I first found some I was a bit taken aback. My inner Victorian prude fainted. Luckily, with her on the floor, my inner bohemian artist had room to appreciate them. I love these photos because their bodies look just like mine. They have a bit of squish. Their waists aren’t that small, and their busts aren’t that big. Their thighs rub together. Sometimes they have ugly feet (I don’t have ugly feet). And somehow, showing you long dead ladies in their altogether doesn’t seem quite as naughty.