#underpinnings

via manchester art gallery

Today's outfit of the day is this 1957 Jaques Fath evening dress worn by Lady Gladwyn, the wife of a British ambassador to Paris when hosting the Queen and Prince Phillip at the Louvre. It is made of lilac lace with a silk petticoat and a velvet sash. The underpinnings are as beautiful as the dress itself, featuring a corset bodice and a petticoat of various layers of netting (two in the front and five in the back attached to a pink lining). The hem is also lined with wire to keep its shape. Via the V&A.

A shift, stays, and quilted petticoat project from grad school. My summer housing had this field of dandelions next door, it was early pandemic and my roommate and I weren't going anywhere so obviously a whole evening became a photoshoot.

With matching hand-corded cotton twill facemask

Underpinnings (1900-03)

Pattern for a (riding) Habit Shirt, Lady's Magazine 1813.

Pattern for a Tucker, Lady's Magazine May 1813.

Pattern for a (riding) Habit Shirt for a Dress, Lady's Magazine September 1812.