damesalamode:

Fashions of London and Paris, Head Dresses, October 1805. 

Proof that basic black doesn’t have to be boring!  My favorite is actually the little tiara on the bottom right!

Turban, 1820-1835, Victoria and Albert Museum

I love the combination of textures and colors in this turban!  Velvet is one of those fabrics that I generally dislike because it is almost overwhelmingly rich (like a piece of cake with too much icing), but I love seeing little hints of it paired with a nice crisp silk.  The contrast is lovely. 

mesbeauxarts:

Robert Lefevre. Portrait of Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese. 1809.

Oil on canvas.

Château de Malmaison. Rueil-Malmaison, France.

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historyofeurope:

In 1884 Queen Victoria traveled to Coburg, Germany for a relative’s wedding.

Here she is during that trip pictured among members of her large family including such prominent figures as the future Edward VII, the future King George V, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the German dowager Empress Friedrich, the future Tsar Nicholas and Alexandra of Russia, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.

vintageblackglamour:

holdthisphoto:

Tintype of James Weldon Johnson’s mother and sister: Helen Louise Johnson and Agnes Marion Edwards, 1870

Tintype of James Weldon Johnson’s mother and sister: Helen Louise Johnson and Agnes Marion Edwards, 1870. 

my-ear-trumpet:

Children of Circus Renz, Vienna 1860s.
Photographer: August Mansfeld.

Swagger.

(Source: gdfalksen)

omgthatdress:

Bonnet

1820s

Augusta Auctions

Not knowing how to weave straw is one of the biggest disappointments of my life. 

centuriespast:

Rush hat, 19th Century

Korean Art Collection

Peabody Essex Museum

Now THIS is a muthaeffin HAT!

rhea137:

Turban Styles - from “Le Costume Historique”, 1888

Very cool! Love the peacock feathers!

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geisterseher:

William Heath (1829)

This is what I see when I look at fashions from 1829.  Pretty sure it isn’t actually satire :)

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Petit Courrier des Dames, 1834.

A wonderful collection of spring bonnets! Aren’t those colors just delicious?

The New Albert Bonnet for the Guards, 1854.

Well. This just seems silly!

my-ear-trumpet:

legrandcirque:

The New York Knickerbockers Baseball Club, clockwise from top left: Alfred Cartwright, Alexander Cartwright, William Wheaton, Henry Tiebout Anthony, Daniel “Doc” Adams, and Duncan Curry, ca. 1847.

What splendid looking fellows!

Epic hats! This is what baseball is missing today!

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