Victoria Haddock
@vickyhaddock
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Dress and design historian. Views my own.
Northerner in the South-West
Joined May 2012
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American fashion designer Ann Lowe was born #OnThisDay in 1898. She designed this cream silk faille dress with embroidered floral appliqué decorations that was worn by Patricia Schieffer for the Tyler Texas Rose Festival in 1958. @NMAAHC collection. #fashionhistory
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Day 14 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this c. 1904 white broderie anglaise dress with a fashionable tulip shaped skirt and short, full sleeves. The dress is believed to have been worn by Queen Mary when she was Princess of Wales. @HRP_palaces collection. #fashionhistory
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American First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln was born #OnThisDay in 1818. This c. 1862-4 green and cream woollen plaid dress (which has a matching cape) is believed to have been made for Lincoln by African American dressmaker Elizabeth Keckly. @ChicagoMuseums #FirstLady #fashionhistory
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Legendary actor Dick Van Dyke is 100 today. Here's what he said ahead of reaching the milestone: https://t.co/FIuefJTXGu
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Day 13 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this black silk net evening dress, embellished with silver sequins worn over an ivory satin underskirt. Dating to c. 1909-1910, the dress was made by London-based court dressmaker Madame Hayward. @LDN_Museum collection. #fashionhistory
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British designer Jasper Conran OBE was born #OnThisDay in 1959. He designed this black silk and viscose devoré velvet bias-cut evening dress in 1996. The black-on-black foliate design was achieved by contrasting the matte black with the deeper black pile. @V_and_A #fashionhistory
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Day 12 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this cream silk satin dress that was made in New Zealand between 1905-1909. The bodice is constructed with panels of lace and net and features passementarie trimmings. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collection. #fashionhistory
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Award-winning actress Rita Moreno was born #OnThisDay in 1931. She wore this multi-coloured beaded dress with a plunging neckline, and rhinestone detail on the hip, to perform at the 41st annual Directors Guild of America Awards in 1989. Sold by @ClarsAuction. #fashionhistory
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Day 11 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this two-piece, embroidered black and purple silk charmeuse dress. Dating from c. 1908, and believed to have been made by Callot Sœurs, the dress takes style inspiration from elements of the kimono. Kyoto Costume Institute #fashionhistory
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Out of Africa, the film based on the book by Isak Dinesen, premiered #OnThisDay in Los Angeles in 1985. Milena Canonero designed this two-piece cream silk wedding suit with black piping for Meryl Streep as the writer Karen Blixen. @CospropLtd collection. #film #costume
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Day 10 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is Queen Alexandra’s magnificent 1902 gold coronation dress with raised collar. The dress was made by Parisian fashion house Morin Blossier, and became the first royal outfit to include the national emblems of Britain. @RCT #fashionhistory
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All of the bells, bows and whistles were deployed in the fashioning of this ballgown, c1960 by Worth, London. Designer Owen Hyde-Clark created a glittering bodice with hand embroidery and teardrop shaped glistening diamanté with a dramatic belt and bright satin skirt @V_and_A
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Dame Judi Dench was born #OnThisDay in 1934. She wore this Alexandra Byrne designed 1930s-style dress of navy blue silk crêpe, embroidered on the sleeves with crochet braid, as Princess Natalia Dragomiroff in Murder on the Orient Express (2017). @KerryTaylorAuct #film #costume
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Day 9 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this elegant embroidered silk dress. Dating to c. 1908, it was made by Madame Alice Manton Patrick who clearly took inspiration from the styles being produced by the Liberty department store. The John Bright collection. #fashionhistory
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Mary, Queen of Scots, was born #OnThisDay in 1542. This kid leather glove, embroidered with silk and metallic threads and lined with crimson satin is thought to have belonged to Mary and given to Marmaduke Dayrell on the day of her execution. @SW_Museum collection #fashionhistory
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German born Gustav Beer first established a fashion house in Vienna & moved to Paris where he was described as ‘the greatest creative genius in the dressmaking field today.’ He is less well known now but these two examples c1912 are real sparklers! #thekyotocostumeinstitute
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Day 8 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this vivid evening cape of orange silk, embellished with lace and rhinestones. Designed by Jacques Doucet in c. 1900-05, this garment belonged to American heiress Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson. @metmuseum collection. #fashionhistory
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Australian actress Emily Browning was born #OnThisDay in 1988. She wore this Caroline Harris designed patterned grey-blue and black striped minidress as Frances Shea, the first wife of Reggie Kray, in the 2015 biographical crime film, Legend. Sold by @iCollector. #film #costume
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Day 7 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this beautiful c. 1905 wedding dress of cream Liberty silk satin that features a lace chemisette, pendant girdle and train. The dress is embroidered with pearls and trimmed with lace and silk fringe. @V_and_A collection. #fashionhistory
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British actress Lynn Fontanne was born #OnThisDay in 1887. This strapless gold silk chiffon evening gown, with a draped bodice and full-skirt, was created by one of her favourite designers, Edward Molyneux. Dress from the @MountMary Fashion Archive collection. #fashionhistory
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