Flora and Fauna
Is the theme of the 9th Historical Sew Fortnightly challenge, which I love! Aside from my known partiality for Victorian Fancy Dress and the obvious flora and fauna connections there, I just love the recurring influences of flora and fauna in costume in general. Lovely fur muffs, feather trimmed hats and gowns dripping with flowers. The natural world has always been a source of inspiration to me and I already have projects I'm planning to work on that fit right in with this theme!
A few sources of inspiration:
From a Museum:LACMA Butterfly and floral evening gown 1865
From a photo: late Victorian lady in fur and feathers from Morning Glory Antiques
From a painting: Madame Molée-Reymond wears feathers and carries a giant fur muff -Vigee Le Brun the Louvre
From a movie: The Golden Bowl, Uma Thurman in a peacock feathered Cleopatra Victorian Fancy Dress and another lady in feathers. It's a downer of a movie but the costumes are lovely.
A few sources of inspiration:
From a Museum:LACMA Butterfly and floral evening gown 1865
From a photo: late Victorian lady in fur and feathers from Morning Glory Antiques
From a painting: Madame Molée-Reymond wears feathers and carries a giant fur muff -Vigee Le Brun the Louvre
From a movie: The Golden Bowl, Uma Thurman in a peacock feathered Cleopatra Victorian Fancy Dress and another lady in feathers. It's a downer of a movie but the costumes are lovely.
In the last photo, the hat on the lady next to Uma was also used in a fashion show on the House of Elliot. I thought I recognized it, and I looked thru the photos I'd saved off the tv. And sure enough, there it was. It was 1920s and that lady wore the band portion down around her forehead.
ReplyDeleteI loved Uma's costume, in fact I loved all the costumes in The Golden Bowl.
Val
Yes, the Golden Bowl does have some lovely costumes.
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