From ingenue to fashion icon, Marjorie Merriweather Post's fashionable styles span 70 years.

1890's day dress

Both decorative and functional, chatelaines carried useful household objects primarily for the ease of having each tool at hand at all times.

There is not a man living who does not like to see a woman in an apron. Every groom dreams of his young wife donning an apron in which to pour his coffee.

More than 100 years ago, Victorian corsets were practically required for women - to emphasize certain parts of the body, and to minimize others. Here's a look back to what ladies back then were wearing!

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The Mabs Collection

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Edwardian combinations made using turn-of-the-century drafting techniques, developed into a ready-made pattern. Antique lace, silk ribbon, vintage glass buttons. Victorian underpinnings, edwardian underwear, lingerie, historical sewing pattern

This is an antique Victorian era blouse. embroidered netted lace over silk lining, button back closure. sleeve length from armpit 16.

Beautiful snow white 2 Piece wedding dress, made of soft cotton, with woven dots and beautiful inset lace. The blouse has several repairs and has been loved a lot, it is very beautiful! small shoulders: 35 cm 13 3/4" bust 82 cm 32" waist 84 cm of smaller. The wonderful skirt has waist 56 cm 22" length at the front: 96 cm 37 3/4" length at the back:103 cm 40.5" the tulle waist band is not included in this listing

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Fashions people wear are indicators of their times, which can be invaluable to your genealogy research! Here are sites that can help you put your aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents on the right branches of your family tree.

Russian, made in Moscow around 1880. These magnificent gold pendant earrings are designed in the Renaissance style of the 1500s – early 1600s. The earrings are […]

When I think of women in the Victorian era, I think of suffocatingly tight corsets (to match their political repression), and endless layers of dresses, skirts, and blouses buttoned high up the neck…

Chatelaine, 1863 – 1885, probably England. Museum no. M.32:1 to 13-1969. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Empty a woman's handbag inside out and you've got the right idea about the chatelaine. Before purses were a woman's primary accessory, this curious contraption that fell into the annals o