Evening dress by Bon Marché, 1886. Hallwylska museet.

Pair of earrings, gold plaques decorated with compositions of a bird, a nest with eggs, and forget-me-nots, London, England, about 1860-70. Victoria & Albert Museum.

Front cover of Vogue, 15th May 1918

Day dress, 1852. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Shawl, 1860–70. The MET.

Daguerrotype of an unidentified woman wearing a black taffeta dress and lace shawl. Photographed by Southworth and Hawes, 1850. The MET.

Joan of Arc listening to the voices, by French painter Eugène Thirion (1876). Ville de Chatou.

Cupboard, 1871-82. Victoria & Albert Museum.

Linen day dress with embroidered lawn and trimmed with embroidered net, Great Britain, 1909-10. Victoria & Albert Museum.

Portrait of Princess Alexandra of Wales, later Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom. Photographed in the 1880s.

Pocket book and pencil, mother of pearl, England, 1840-70. Victoria & Albert Museum.

Sadko, by Ukrainian painter Ilya Repin (1876). The State Russian Museum of Saint Petersburg.

Wedding dress, 1851. The MET.

Evening dress, 1909. Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arketektur og Design.

Salome Dancing before Herod, by French painter Gustave Moreau (1876). Hammer Museum.

Young Women Looking at Japanese Objects, by French painter James Tissot (1869). Cincinnati Art Museum.

Day dress, 1909. Fashion Museum of Bath.

Perfume decanter by New England Glass Company, 1866–70. The MET.

Front cover of La Vie Parisienne, 25th May 1929.

Queen Victoria's dress for the opening of the Great Exhibition, 1851. Royal Collection.