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I collect antique & vintage costume & lecture in fashion history. I love to share my passion! Many of the costumes featured here are from the History Wardrobe collection - some are just pictures of coveted garments!

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Lucy Adlington

1940s Rayon Crepe Illusion Cocktail Dress | 1stdibs.com | Evening dresses vintage, Fashion 1940s, 1940s fashion

Vintage and Designer Clothing - 78,389 For Sale at 1stDibs

1940s Rayon Crepe Illusion Cocktail Dress | From a collection of rare vintage evening dresses at https://www.1stdibs.com/fashion/clothing/evening-dresses/

Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day with her prison dress. On November 1917 Day went to prison for being one of forty women in front of the White House protesting women's exclusion from the electorate.

1930s Large Dress Coat Wrap Jacket Robe Bed Nightgown

Siren Suit - pull on over clothes to run to the shelter in the middle of the night // How did that work with fabric rationing?! | Clothes, Fashion, 1940s fashion

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A siren suit was a practical garment which came into vogue during the early years of the Second World War. The idea was that it could be pulled on over other clothes to keep the wearer warm (and unencumbered by long skirts) if she had to leave her houses - or any other place where she was - during the night because of air raids. 1940-1943

Some Kind of Shangri-La - Style Bubble | Vintage fashion, Fashion history, Zoot suit

Page 2 – Bubbling up since 2006

A “Pachucha” (Mexican-American women in zoot suits) Rosie From Boyle Heights In The 1940s

1781, The Sailor's Pleasure (detail) at The British Museum Wm Booth Draper | Print Polonaise, dot… | 18th century clothing, 18th century fashion, 18th century dress

1781, The Sailor's Pleasure (detail) at The British Museum Wm Booth Draper | Print Polonaise, dotted fichu/wrap, check apron, quilted petticoat, black silk hat, cap tied under chine

1960s Paper Dresses

The Broke Costumer: 1960s Paper Dresses

Hackney Rose: Fashion On The Ration at The Imperial War Museum.

Coat | V&A Explore The Collections

Marshall and Snelgrove Ltd (1895-1900) Purple velvet coat with Medieval-style collar. Entirely covered with dramatic sprays of an English wildflower called Sweet Cicely that are hand-embroidered in yellow and green silk, with petals of white felt.

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Manchester Art Gallery

Cycling Outfit 1895-1900

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