Happy #NationalPetDay ! In celebration, please show us your pet and tell us why you love them 💙🐾

I enjoyed looking at some great hand knitted jumpers at work this afternoon #1950 #knitting Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter mostly made by the same person

This glamorous black velvet and chiffon evening dress is this week's #ThirtiesThursday garment. The bodice is made from black and flesh coloured chiffon embellished with strategically placed applique shapes studded with rhinestones.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery collection. #dresshistory

Fashion and costume designer Oleg Cassini was born #OnThisDay in 1913. He designed this ivory crepe sleeveless evening gown, with a halter neckline and slight shawl collar tied in knot, worn by Jacqueline Kennedy for a 1963 White House photoshoot. JFK Library #designer #dress

Talking to Katie Gee Salisbury about her outstanding new biography of the screen goddess Anna May Wong on tonight's BBC Front Row and about her legacy with film critic Pamela Hutchinson. 715pm R4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Jane Fonda won the Academy Award for Best Actress #OnThisDay in 1972 for her performance as Bree Daniels in Klute. She wore this Alvin Duskin by Marsha Fox burgundy woolen open-front waistcoat in the film. Sold by Jane via Julien's Auctions. #film #costume #dress

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the exhibition which holds largest collection of legal and judicial robes in the UK, spanning several countries and centuries of dress

Our Fellow Sir John Baker speaks about the exhibition in this film: youtu.be/PNFKu292mS4?si…

For our History of Fashion followers here’s a slightly different space to enjoy. Very interesting Vicky.
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Victoria Haddock #museum #fashion

Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Nicholas and Alexandra #OnThisDay in 1972. Janet Suzman wore this orange velvet floor-length cape with quilted orange satin opening as Alexandra in the film. Heritage Auctions #film #costume #dress

Fascinating reading today all about the firm H&M Rayne who began in the 1890s as theatrical costumers before turning to high end shoe design, favoured by three Queens in the c20th. These fabulous #1900s boots belonged to the performer Kitty Lord Museum of London #fashionhistory

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is one of my personal favourites. Lanvin's 1928 'La Traviata' dress is constructed from petals of black taffeta applied to a skirt base of silk tulle. The bodice is delicately decorated with rhinestone embroidery. The Metropolitan Museum of Art #fashionhistory

Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela, the founder of fashion house Maison Margiela, was born #OnThisDay in 1957. He designed this white cotton dress, based on a c. 1785 chemise, for his S/S 1995 ready-to-wear collection. Palais Galliera collection. #fashiondesigner #dress

Reading about Eve's Film Review (ran from 1921-1933) launched in Pathe's Wardour Street cinema in June 1921. An entertaining variety on offer, including Paquin gowns & a stork painted on the 'shapely shoulders' of a well-known actress 🎥 from The Cinema, June 9 1921.

Actress and producer Mary Pickford was born #OnThisDay in 1892. She wore this Howard Greer designed white satin and tulle gown, with red, yellow, and blue ribbon belt, as Norma in the 1929 film, Coquette. From the Natural History Museum of L.A. County collections. #film #costume #dress

Fashion designer and activist Dame Vivienne Westwood was born #OnThisDay in 1941. She designed this burgundy silk chiffon and silk taffeta evening gown for her Storm in a Teacup A/W 1996/7 collection. From the collection of the model Tatiana Sorokko. #fashiondesigner #dress

American jazz and swing singer Eleanora Fagan, known professionally as Billie Holiday, was born #OnThisDay in 1915. She wore this Andora New York rust satin strapless cocktail dress with black lace overlay in the early 1950s. Smithsonian NMAAHC collection. #FashionHistory #singer #dress

Cecil Beaton won the Best Costume Design Academy Award for Gigi at the Oscars #OnThisDay in 1959. He designed this blue and white cotton bathing ensemble, made by Barbara Karinska, for Leslie Caron as Gigi in the film. Sold by Julien's Auctions. #film #costume #dress

Tartan Day is celebrated annually #OnThisDay . The Drummond tartan silk satin dress was made for Lady Willoughby d’Eresby to wear at a ball held during Queen Victoria’s visit to Drummond Castle in Perthshire in 1842. Highland Folk Museum collection #tartan day #tartan #dress