
Victoria Haddock
@vickyhaddock
Dress and design historian. Museum professional and lecturer. @DATSnetwork Wales & West Representative. Views my own.
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19-05-2012 22:22:29
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English singer-songwriter and record producer Lynsey de Paul was born #OnThisDay in 1948. She was photographed wearing Ossie Clark's daring "Bridget" crêpe wrap dress, with a floral print designed by Celia Birtwell, in the 1970s. Dress sold by KerryTaylorAuctions. #FashionHistory



British fashion designer Sir Norman Hartnell was born #OnThisDay in 1901. He designed this pale green evening dress hand-embroidered with sequins, pearls, beads, and diamante that Queen Elizabeth II wore on her first visit to America as monarch in 1957. Royal Collection Trust #FashionHistory


This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment celebrates Sir Norman Hartnell's birthday. Hartnell designed this 1930s black ciré satin bias-cut evening gown and matching bolero with cutout bugle bead design to the hem and the collar. Sold by KerryTaylorAuctions. #FashionHistory


British fashion designer Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon, who worked under the professional name Lucile, was born #OnThisDay in 1863. She designed this embroidered silk and net robe de style dance dress for the dancer Irene Castle who donated it to the The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection #FashionHistory




American actress Dorothy McGuire was born #OnThisDay in 1916. She wore this Bill Thomas designed black period skirt suit, trimmed with black velvet and ivory crocheted lace on the jacket cuffs, as Margaret Carey in Disney's Summer Magic (1963). Julien's Auctions #film #costume





Embellished bubblegum pink sparkles over a white silk skirt, some mid #1960s glam courtesy of Pierre Balmain, the matching stole a casual drape over one shoulder Museum of the City of NY #fashionhistory


American newspaper publisher Katharine Graham was born #OnThisDay in 1917. She wore this Pierre Balmain and Halston designed cream wool evening dress with black plastic embellishments to attend Truman Capote's Black and White Ball in 1966. The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. #FashionHistory


American fashion and portrait photographer Irving Penn was born #OnThisDay in 1917. He photographed the model Veruschka wearing this purple fibranne Givenchy evening dress with a twisted halter neckline and uneven hem for Vogue in 1967. Museum at FIT collection. #fashionhistory




The outward perception of this #1880s dress, attributed to Liberty, is of classical drapery, a goddess style Grecian form. Peek beneath, however, and some boned scaffolding holds the body firm The Metropolitan Museum of Art #fashionhistory

