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Leisure dress was becoming an important part of a woman's wardrobe. Seaside dress [3] in England had its own distinct characteristics but still followed the regular fashions of the day. Seaside dress was seen as more daring, frivolous, eccentric, and brighter. Even though the bustle was extremely cumbersome, it was still a part of seaside fashion.
The library also collects reference materials about clothing types and fashion related topics not currently nor generally acquired for the Costume Institute, with library topics including separates, wearable art objects, boutique objects, study objects, fur, wedding dresses, children's clothing, and works on paper. [3]
Fashions from La Mode Illustrée show dresses made of contrasting fabrics worn with "shelf" bustles and opera-length gloves, 1887. Princess Alix of Hesse wears a high-necked day dress, 1887. Fashions of 1888 feature full busts, large "shelf" bustles, and wide shoulders. Gloves reach the elbow or slightly above.
Starting with a few designers in 1978 [379] [380] and becoming the main trend in 1979, high-fashion menswear designers at the end of the seventies adopted the big shoulder pads that had debuted in womenswear in 1978, [381] showing exaggeratedly padded shoulders that tapered to low closures [382] [383] at narrow, often ventless hips [384] [385 ...
Overview of fashion from The New Student's Reference Work, 1914. Summary of women's fashion silhouet changes, 1794–1887. The following is a chronological list of articles covering the history of Western fashion—the story of the changing fashions in clothing in countries under influence of the Western worldâ —from the 5th century to the present.
Take a trip down memory lane with by looking at these incredible photos of Christmas window displays from the last 100 years, ... Two little girls delightfully stare at baby doll dressed in a red ...
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An "1870" pin to be worn by members of the Congressional Black Caucus and others at the State of the Union address. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos courtesy of the office of Rep. Bonnie ...