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I think one of the Worst Things about wanting to find period clothing from other cultures, is trying to find fucking casual/work clothes. Like no, I do not want to see all these fancy intricate kimonos, I want to see jinbei, and field work outfits so I don't put a damn obi on this poor boy so he has a belt to hang his knife from.

Un des mes lignes favoris dans The CIA Book Club par Charlie English «l’intelligence du colonel était inestimable - à tel point que la CIA ne l’a pas partagé avec ses alliés en Solidarité ni même, il semble, avec Pipes [la guide de le NSC d’Europe de l’Est qui a eu tellement besoin de cette information]»

Beaux-arts des modes, no. 3, avril 1925 (New York, Paris, London, Milano, Wien, Bruxelles). Bibliothèque nationale de France

(168.) Three pieces suit in navy blue serge. Loose jacket with side pockets and buttonholes. Skirt lapping over in front. Waistcoat of other shaded crêpe with crossed fronts. Black and white silk braid. Atelier Bachroitz.

L'Art et la mode, no. 15, vol. 47, 10 avril 1926, Paris. Robe en crêpe imprimé et manteau en lainage "bois de rose Riga". Création de Berthe Hermance. Tissu Prevost de Lyon. Bibliothèque nationale de France

19th century fashion plates, designs, etc.

(with late 18th and early 20th century plates)

Tagged by decade:

1790s | 1800s | 1810s | 1820s | 1830s | 1840s | 1850s | 1860s | 1870s | 1880s | 1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s

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Publications:

La Mode illustrée | La Mode nationale | Le Petit écho de la mode | La Mode | Journal des Dames et des modes | L'Art et la mode | Revue de la mode | Illustrirte Frauen-Zeitung | Les Modes | Beaux-arts des mode | The Delineator | La Mode Pratique | Harper's Bazar

Plates from this collage.