I feel this is relevant.

Different types of shoes and their names.

ornamentedbeing:

c. 1870

Hands down coolest Victorian dress ever. Check out the parasol pocket on the skirt!!!

IMA says: This two-piece visiting dress is made in two shades of gray silk faille. The skirt is lavishly trimmed with pleated silk swags, silk fringe, flounces and piping. Pleated ruching and silk fringe are also used on the bodice. The skirt has a short train and is worn with a bustle. The triangular pocket on the right side of the skirt, trimmed with buttons and cord lacing, was designed to hold a parasol.

ornamentedbeing:

The V&A says: This is an example of the most formal ensemble for a woman in the late 1770s, except for court dress. It is a sack-back gown, worn over square hoops and very elaborately decorated. Feathers, lace, raffia tassels and lengths of satin embellish an already embroidered satin. The pale colours, small floral motifs and light application of the decorations show that the influence of the Rococo style was beginning to wane.

ornamentedbeing:

Here is another from KTA up for auction.

Item Description: A fine sky blue brocaded silk caraco jacket, circa 1740-45, with winged cuffs, short peplum skirt with two faux pockets, green ribbon ties to the front, the silk, probably Spitalfield with gold and silver leaf scrolls Snowshill Manor includes a similar caraco jacket in bright red brocaded silk with winged cuffs which is dated 1735-40.

See Janet Arnold `Patterns of Fashion 1660-1860’ p.26 for a drawing of the piece.

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… . . Oh my I think I just died a little over the last line.

The construction of historical garments always amazes me - look how closely the patterns match on the back of this bodice. Beautiful.

ornamentedbeing:

Consider me crazy in love.

The information on this piece says: A brocaded silk open robe and petticoat, 1760s, of dark cinnamon silk brocaded with trails of ivory blooms, with original braid trimmed engageants, 1880s added gold satin trimming; with a quilted pale blue silk petticoat.

ornamentedbeing:

temperatelogic:

ornamentedbeing:

c. 1867

This is beautiful, but I wonder if your source didn’t misdate it. The bustle was not so developed as that by 1867, and the asymmetrical drape of the overskirt suggests mid-1880s.

You’ll have to take that up with the Met. 

ornamentedbeing:

Evening Dress ca. 1913

V&A: “Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914, which all but smothered the market for luxury goods, couturiers created evening clothes that were complex assemblages of luxurious materials and trimmings. They were often, as with this evening dress, constructed with multiple layers of diaphonous fabrics trimmed with metallic threads, pearls and diamantés to catch the light.”

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