Old Rags

Evening dresses and an evening mantle, 1898 the Netherlands, De Gracieuse

Cover of De Gracieuse, 1907 the Netherlands

Guuuuuh the bow and the little flowers on the skirt

Catalogue page showing walking dresses and suits, 1906 the Netherlands, De Gracieuse

Check out the stuffed birds on the middle lady’s hat.  This kind of thing was relatively common from the late Victorian era to the Edwardian era, unfortunately.  No but wtf why would you want the (sometimes dismembered) corpses of birds staring down at you with unmoving glass eyes?

Cover of De Gracieuse, 1908 the Netherlands

Bodices, 1903 the Netherlands, De Gracieuse

Ensemble by Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill, taken by Madame d’Ora, 1920

Photo by Madame d’Ora, 1911

Photo by Madame d’Ora, 1920

Day dress in the Austrian magazine “Damenwelt”, 1917

Lovisa Ulrika Königin von Schweden by Antoine Pesne, ca 1740, Museen Nord

Königin Elisabeth Christine by Antoine Pesne, ca 1740 Germany, Museen Nord