I’ve been quite busy working on several projects, but none are quite ready yet to be blogged about. (For progress pictures etc. see my instagram and facebook page). So for now, some more very pretty pictures. The topic was inspired by the last inspiration post, where I couldn’t include all of these.
Lace has been used for centuries, but the height of it’s popularity might be the turn of the 20th century. I adore these dresses, and would love to recreate them, but the cost of suitable lace is frighting, so instead I just admire. Although there were a lot of solid white and colored dresses with lace, this post would be too long if I included them all. So the theme will be black & white.
Jeanne Paquin, 1902, The Museum at FIT
Dress of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. 1900-1901
From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev
From the collection of Alexandre Vassiliev
Half-Mourning Dress 1889-1892
Circa 1906 black silk and lace evening gown, Bonnaire, Paris
Dress, Evening Date: 1898–99 Culture: American, MetMuseum
Musée de la Mode
Atelier Nostalgia 
These are all stunning. I would do a lot of questionably legal things to get my hands on that Alexandra Feodorovna dress! My wedding dress was actually black lace over white satin, so it’s a style that I absolutely adore, and also never want to have to buy $$$ materials for again!
Oooh, Edwardian dresses, my favorite fashion era! Thanks for sharing these!