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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Fancy Dress Fashion Plate, 1900s

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Fancy dress, 1900, source missing Cowboy, 15th-16th century lady (possibly Margaret from Faust ), ballerina, Egyptian queen, Polish pe...

Victorian Fancy Dress Fashion Plate

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Source:  La Mode Illustree, France, 1889 Flower girl, flower and star  
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

"Bad-Idea" Masquerade Costumes

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Wastepaper Basket  Source: Fancy Dress Described , 6th ed., 1896   We all have one of those friends who takes a silly idea and runs with ...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Two Ladies and a Child in Fancy Dress

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Source: Godey’s, 1866 This little girl is dressed as a Spanish Lady, next to her is a Lady Hussar and the young woman on the right decide...

Isabel Parreno Arce, Marquesa de Llano,

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Marquesa de Lliano shown here as a maja - a sort of Spanish gypsy.  Isabel Parreno Arce, Marquesa de Llano by Anton Raphael Mengs, 1773
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A lover of all things 18th century. An ardent admirer of Jane Austen and Gothic novels. An avid theatergoer. And a jewelry-maker extraordinaire.
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