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The Life of Eva Perón: First Lady, Activist, Actress and Philanthropist is out now.
pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Life…
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Catherine, Princess of Wales, attended Trooping the Colour #OnThisDay in 2025. She wore the "Bria" aquamarine wool coatdress with ivory contrast lapels and cuffs designed by Catherine Walker, accessorised with an asymmetric wide-brim Juliette Botterill hat. #fashionhistory
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Martha Washington, the inaugural First Lady of the United States, was born #OnThisDay in 1731. She wore this custom-made pair of purple satin shoes, embellished with metallic sequins, lace, and braid, on her wedding day in 1759. @MountVernon collection. #FirstLady #fashionhistory
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Fashion designer Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon, who worked under the professional name Lucile, was born #OnThisDay in 1863. She designed this "Happiness" silk taffeta and tulle dress with lace, appliqué, ribbons, and silk flowers in Autumn 1916. Kyoto Costume Institute. #fashionhistory
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Fashion designer Alber Elbaz, who was the creative director of Lanvin from 2001-2015, was born #OnThisDay in 1961. He designed this navy blue silk evening dress with wide pleated straps for Lanvin's Ready-to-Wear S/S 2008 collection. Sold by @bonhams1793. #fashionhistory
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British fashion designer Sir Norman Hartnell was born #OnThisDay in 1901. He designed this 1960s couture pink chiffon evening dress, heavily embellished with floral sequins and seed beads, with a matching satin stole for the Duchessa di Fragnito. @KerryTaylorAuct #fashionhistory
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This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this striking black silk taffeta evening dress designed by Madeleine Vionnet in 1936. The skirt features multiple tiered flounces that extend around the sides and back of the dress into a demi-train. @museumatFIT collection #fashionhistory
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Victoria Haddock retweeted
Jun 10
Can too much purple play with your mind? 👀
In the latest episode of our podcast, Stories in Colour, cultural historian Kassia St Clair joins Beks to uncover the story of mauveine – the world’s first synthetic aniline dye that reshaped Victorian fashion.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: bit.ly/3H5LdC4
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Victoria Haddock retweeted
The under appreciated art of passementerie is one of the crafts in Dressing the Queen. I found out about Louisa Marriott who worked from her lodgings in London’s East End working on dress trimmings which might eventually be incorporated into a dress such as this, c1880 @metmuseum
ALT A picture of a c1880 evening dress in pale tulle and silk alongside a close up of some of the gold coloured trimmings used to decorate the dress, a gold work tassel and limes of gold braid
ALT A portrait by the artist Karl Meunier which shows a passementerie workshop with the worker silhouetted against the window
ALT A photograph of a pile of my books, Dressing the Queen, in which I talk about a whole host of makers contributing to Royal wardrobes past
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Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, Queen of the Belgians, was born #OnThisDay in 1928. For her marriage to King Baudouin in December 1960, she a Balenciaga white silk and tulle gown, trimmed with ermine around the neckline, waist and 6 metre train. @museobalenciaga #fashionhistory
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Argentine First Lady Eva Perón attended an evening celebrating Spanish folklore in Madrid's Plaza Mayor #OnThisDay in 1947. She was gifted custom-made traditional costumes from each of Spain's fifty provinces, that totalled more than 800 individual items. @MuseoLarreta #evita
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American actress and singer Judy Garland was born #OnThisDay in 1922. She wore this Helen Rose designed two-piece period skirt suit of light blue wool, embellished with a white appliqué motif, as Susan Bradley in The Harvey Girls (1946). Sold via @ChristiesInc. #film #costume
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This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this block-printed satin dress in creams, blues and red, made for Liberty & Co. in 1928. It was worn by Marian Hazel Lasenby with a blue woollen coat for her 1928 wedding to the potter William Moorcroft. @V_and_A collection. #fashionhistory
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Fashion designer Ossie Clark was born #OnThisDay in 1942. With his then wife Celia Birtwell, he designed this printed muslin dress with a triangular opening to the bodice and sprigs of red posies. Birtwell wore it in a 1972 David Hockney sketch. @KerryTaylorAuct #fashionhistory
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Victoria Haddock retweeted
#OnThisDay in 1958, groundbreaking musician Prince was born in Minneapolis. He is known for his genre-defying sounds, electrifying performances, and unmistakable style.
See Prince's lavender satin outfit in our “Musical Crossroads” exhibition.
#BlackMusicMonth
ALT Black-and-white photograph of Prince performing, singing into a microphone while wearing a stylish outfit featuring lush fabric, ruffles, and custom accessories. At the bottom is the credit line, ‘Prince, 1984. Photograph by D. Michael Cheers. Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.’
ALT Prince's lavender satin outfit, featuring a flowy long-sleeved shirt, high-waisted pants, and matching boots with custom zippers. At the bottom is the credit line, ‘Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.’
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Argentine First Lady Eva Perón arrived in Madrid #OnThisDay in 1947 at the beginning of her European Rainbow Tour. She stepped onto the tarmac at Barajas Airport wearing a tailored woollen suit with a flower on her lapel and a large hat embellished with grosgrain ribbon. #evita
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Fashion designer and businesswoman Jenna Lyons was born #OnThisDay in 1968. She was the executive creative director & president of J.Crew when First Lady Michelle Obama chose this green silk jacquard pencil skirt and embellished cardigan in 2009. @ObamaFoundation #fashionhistory
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Princess Charlotte of Belgium, who became Empress Carlota of Mexico, was born #OnThisDay in 1840. This c. 1860s pink silk taffeta skirt and bodice with lace sleeves, have been attributed to Carlota. The garments form part of the @Museodehistoria collection. #fashionhistory
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Actress Jessica Tandy was born #OnThisDay in 1909. She wore this Irene designed jet black silk faille ensemble, comprising a quilted bodice jacket and an underdress with exposed skirt and bustle, as Louise Kane in The Valley of Decision (1945). @JuliensAuctions #film #costume
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