Does it get any more 1860s than this fantastic showing of a watered silk skirt, velvet zouave jacket and jet/vulcanite chain link necklace? Obligatory photo album also in hand. From my collection of carte de visites #1860sfashion #silkmoire #wateredsilk #
A lesson in 19th c. restraint; rush-seated Sussex chair with ebonised frame, c. 1870s - an Arts and Crafts beauty, courtesy of Morris and Co. of course #morrisandco #artsandcrafts #antiquefurniture #sussexchair
Dancers from the 1924 ballet Le Train Bleu photographed with Jean Cocteau, whose work the Ballets Russes production is based on. Costumes by Chanel, based on sportswear of the time. As seen at @vamuseum #gabriellechanelfashionmanifesto #letrainbleu #chane
Eleganza! Exquisite drapery over what looks like an Alaïa style perforated belt, but is probably just lace
