Gilded age dress

The Kardashian-Jenners owe a great debt to the Vanderbilts and other Robber Barons depicted in Julian Fellowes’s latest period drama.

Charlotta on Instagram: “🔹The Gilded Age🔹 The Gilded Age starts from the year 1882. In the show Marian Brooks wears this asymmetrical evening gown with a black…”

Ready for evening dinner! c.1905 House of Worth gown from Bunka Gakuen for Costume Museum.

Two Victorian garments recently caught my attention – both are of a pale, icy blue silk, trimmed with soft white feathers, perfect for winter entertainments and galas attended by the late 19th century elite. The Gown: This fluffy, feminine evening gown of icy sky blue & gold silk, trimmed with feathers (perhaps eider?) is labeled "R.H. White & Co." one of Boston's premier shopping destinations well into the 20th century. This well-designed head-turner was created during the 1880s. The…

The setting for HBO’s “The Gilded Age” is 1880s New York, nearly half a century before zippers would appear on garments. And yet there they are, running up the backs of women’s gowns in Season 2, suggesting the show’s budget is no match for the illusion it so desperately hopes to peddle. You know it’s bad when a series preoccupied with opulence can’t even deliver when it comes to the costumes. ...

Ballgown by House of Clergeat, 1898-1900 Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs

Evening dress ca. 1895

I got three-fourths of the way through Désirée (1954) before I realized it was based on actual historical events — and then only because events had gotten so ludicrous, I realized nobody woul…

On The Gilded Age Season 1 Episode 9, the lavish spectacle of Gladys Russell's debutante ball is upon us! There was joy and heartbreak. Read all about it in our review!

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Need a refresher on everything that happened to Marian, Peggy, Agnes, Ada, and the rest of "The Gilded Age" characters? Here's a season one finale recap.

Gigi (Leslie Caron) White dinner dress... Gigi (1958).. Costume by Cecil Beaton.

This week I finally started my Gibson Girl ball gown! After much study and deliberation, I have formulated a game plan. My vision for the dress is a bodice based loosely on this dress: 1898-1900 Jacques Doucet, Met Museum I love the draped crossover bodice with chiffon peeking out at the neckline, and I'm really into the idea of shoulder drapery, though I will probably use more chiffon instead of flowers. I want my skirt to have a little more visual interest, so I'm thinking about a flounce…

1910-12 metallic gold rose pattern silk gown with gold satin waist and hem.