Anonymous asked: I have noticed that over the past day and a half people have been asking for "more Victorian" or "more retro". here's a novel idea, it's your blog and you have a right to do what you feel like doing at the time. it comes back eventually and you do seem to have a good balance, just some days are more focused on certain styles.

Love everything you do by the way :)

Okkkkrrrrr!

slumped asked: don't worry about the victorian haterz. some of us love this stuff. i'm grateful there's a blog like this at all. seeing all these beautiful pieces makes my day better.

I have a lot of haterz, just like Willow Smith. I’m jus gonna go whip my Victorian hair now.

Anonymous asked: I have noticed that over the past day and a half people have been asking for "more Victorian" or "more retro". here's a novel idea, it's your blog and you have a right to do what you feel like doing at the time. it comes back eventually and you do seem to have a good balance, just some days are more focused on certain styles.

Love everything you do by the way :)

Thank You!

sammybluejay asked: Post whatever you want honey. It's all gorgeous. <3 Thank you for being so awesome and posting so much beautiful fashion, it makes my day to see it on my dash. :)

Thank you and I will :)

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Jean Desses Sketch

Asymmetrically draped pink evening gown with boned, strapless bodice and short, full skirt.Includes back and side views in pencil

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omgthatdress:

Paul Poiret “Feuille d’Automne” dress ca. 1916 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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omgthatdress:

Robe à la Française ca. 1725-1750 via The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The quilting! 

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historicalfashion:

Ballgown | 1850

darrrrr asked: Uhm.. I think the Victorian stuff is okay.. But I'd really like to see more retro stuff.

Listen puta….I am about to throw down

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Robe à la Française | 1760-70

Women with coquettish airs were imposing in robes à la française and robes à l’anglaise throughout the period between 1720 and 1780. The robe à la française was derived from the loose negligee sacque dress of the earlier part of the century, which was pleated from the shoulders at the front at the back. The silhouette, composed of a funnel-shaped bust feeding into wide rectangular skirts, was inspired by Spanish designs of the previous century and allowed for expansive amounts of textiles with delicate Rococo curvilinear decoration. The wide skirts, which were often open at the front to expose a highly decorated underskirt, were supported by panniers created from padding and hoops of different materials such as cane, baleen or metal. The robes à la française are renowned for the beauty of their textiles, the cut of the back employing box pleats and skirt decorations, known as robings, which showed endless imagination and variety.