Reform dress

photo by madame d'ora with gustave klimt in summer dress, 1907 at lake atter, autochrome by lumiere, ca. 191...

Smocking is a well known traditional embroidery technique, which gathers fabric together into tight pleats so that is can stretch and return to its gathered shape. It is often used as a form of decoration on a garment, as the gathering of the material and stitches can be formulated to create patterns.

Tea gown of silk velvet, embroidered with coloured silks, England, 1895-1900

Very Pre-Raph style tea gown, 1894.

The six-part miniseries The Essex Serpent (2022) on Apple TV+ is based on a novel by Sarah Perry, and I rather wish I’d read the book instead of slogging through all six hours. It’s not…

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Embroidered dress with belt, designed, worked and owned by Daisy Anderson (Daisy Agnes McGlashan).

Today's #ootd is this 1906-7 Liberty & Co walking dress. @kunstmuseumdh writes that since the 1880s Liberty had been working on clothing reform as was the Netherland's Association for Improvement of Women's Clothing (VvVvV). Both wanted to create clothing that could be worn...