Punk fashion
Punk is often explained through ideology, music, political slogans, or debates about who is a “real punk” and who is simply copying the look.
Punk is often explained through ideology, music, political slogans, or debates about who is a “real punk” and who is simply copying the look.
Men’s and women’s fashion through the years: 1850–1859. Exploring the graceful silhouettes and romantic elegance of mid-19th-century fashion, inspired by authentic illustrations and engravings of the era.
Fashion of Jane Austen’s Time — or, more precisely, the time of her works.This selection features not only English fashion and portraits of the Regency era, but also examples from Western European culture more broadly, in order to offer a more complete picture of the period.
Men’s and women’s fashion through the years: 1840–1849. Exploring the graceful silhouettes and romantic elegance of mid-19th-century fashion, inspired by authentic illustrations and engravings of the era.
European Men’s Hairstyles and Headdresses of the 16th Century. 1500–1599. Year by Year Note on Regional Styles Although the portraits in this collection are arranged in chronological order, fashion and hairstyles varied greatly across countries and regions.
Men’s and Women’s fashion through the years: 1830–1839. A look at the style of the first half of the 19th century, inspired by authentic fashion illustrations and engravings of the era.
The exact origins of golf are unknown. One of the early documented references appears in a decree from 1360, in which the magistrates of Brussels prohibited the game of colven within the city walls.
Women’s and Men’s Fashion through the years: 1820–1829. A glimpse into early 19th-century style, inspired by authentic fashion plates and engravings of the era.
The Bonnet or Cap (also Béguin or Coif) is a headgear, most often used as an item of underwear. The cap appears in the Middle Ages.
The fancy-dress Bat became popular after the creation of the operetta Die Fledermaus (1874) by Johann Strauss II. In the operetta, the Bat costume is worn by a man, but ladies soon became very fond of this “animal”.
1870s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s wear, headdresses and hairstyles, underwear, kids and sportswear.
The crescent moon hair ornament appeared in the 16th century. We will not consider the Crescent as a cult image, religious or ritual.
Foot stoves or footwarmers were perforated boxes, mostly heated by hot coals or stones in a special pot. Widely used in the northern countries such as Holland, Scandinavia and the British Isles in the 17th and 19th centuries.
The Medici collar (de.Stuartkragen, Medicikragen; fr. Collerette) is flared, stand-up, fan-shaped, standing high behind the head, often layered, trimmed with lace or consisting only of lace.
The bowler hat — also known as the derby in the United States, Melone in German, chapeau melon in French, bombetta in Italian, and bolhoed in Dutch — is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown and a narrow, rounded brim.
The Hood (fr. Capuche, Chaperon; nl. Capuchon; it. Cappuccio; es. Capucha; de. Kapuze, Gugel) is a headdress that has many different shapes and names.
1880’s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s wear, headdresses and hairstyles, underwear, kids and sportswear.
Men’s corsets. Shapewear for men was not present in men’s fashion until the end of the 18th century. In the fashion of the 16th century there was a ‘Goose Belly’
Briefly about hairstyles and headdress, 16th century. Spain and Portugal
Hair coloring has been known since very ancient times. There are many dyes, chemical reagents that change hair color. But now let’s talk about lightening hair in the Renaissance.
A peignoir is a type of home wear designed to protect clothes from hair, powder and cosmetics. The peignoir appeared around the end of the 16th –
Women’s and Men’s Swimwears from the 1990’s to the 1900’s
Engravings with the fashion of different countries of the 1st quarter of the 17th cent.
A Turban is a headdress that has been fashionable since the Middle Ages. We wrote a separate post about the history of the turban in Western fashion before the 19th century.
Flappers are the ultra-trendy, fashionable, emancipated young women of the 1920s. These girls are the symbol of the Roaring Twenties. If we talk about the fashion of the 1920s, it is the flappers that personify this style.
The Dressing Gown (or morning gown) is a robe, a loose-fitting outer garment. Dressing Gown is a kind of home wear, almost like a banyan in women’s fashion.
The Poke bonnet is a type of headgear derived from a bonnet and a hat. Poke bonnet appears at the beginning of the 19th century, and comes from the fashionable Chapeau à la Paméla (hat with a brim, pressed with a ribbon or veil on the sides).
1800’s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s wear, headdresses and hairstyles, underwear, kids wear and shoes
An Easter bonnet is a new or fancy hat (headgear) traditionally worn at Easter. In many countries there was a custom to wear new clothes for Easter.
We have a new post on Patreon about “Headdresses and Hairstyles”. Part 5: 1840 – 1849. www.patreon.com/posts/64661799 Year by year. Each page is one year.
Sailor suit or Sailor dress is a style in children’s and women’s clothing with special details inspired by sailors. The sailor suit came into children’s fashion in 1846, when the son of the British Queen Victoria was given a “little sailor”
The bliaut (also spelled bliaud) is an overdress worn in the Middle Ages. It had various design variations, but its main characteristic was a long gown with very long, fitted sleeves that widened dramatically at the cuffs.
March 8 – International Women’s Day. It is based on suffragism, emancipation and various types of women’s struggle for rights. Under the name Suffragettes, we will bring together different types of women’s rights activists, although this applies to a greater extent to the history of the United States.
Spatterdashes (sometimes called gaiters) are a type of clothing that cover part of the shoe, the ankle, and extend almost to the knee or even higher.
Breeches are trousers (pants) that extend to just below the knee. They are sometimes called culottes, though this term more often refers specifically to men’s knee-breeches of the 18th and early 19th centuries.
What movies to see, to immerse yourself in the era? Films for the atmosphere, inspiration. Films based on real events, film adaptations of books, legends and just a fantasy about the past.
We have a new post on Patreon about 18th century fashion. 18th century men’s and women’s fashion posters… here 18th century.
The Lamé is a type of fabric woven or knit with thin ribbons of metallic fiber usually gold or silver, but sometimes copper, in color.
The Garter is a band worn to keep up a stocking, sock or chausses to the leg. Usually a garter is worn around the leg, but sometimes stockings are attached to other types of garments with garters (garter belt, corselet, sock braces, girdle, etc.).
Quilted clothes has existed for a very long time, it is even impossible to say when it appeared. Until the 18th century, quilted garments were most commonly used as underwear, such as a petticoat or doublet.
The Poulaines (or Crakows; crackowes; pl. ciżemki; de. Schnabelschuh; sv. Snabelskor) are fashionable medieval shoes with very long toes. They were so named because the style was thought to have originated in Kraków, though the term “Poulaine”, as in souliers à la poulaine, “shoes in the Polish fashion”, referred to the long pointed beak of the shoe, not the shoe itself.
Men’s style in women’s wear is not a very old trend — it is just over 100 years old. Men’s and women’s clothing has traditionally been different.
Jewel Book of the Duchess Anna of Bavaria (de. Kleinodienbuch der Herzogin Anna von Bayern), 1552 – 1555, by Hans Mielich.
In the second half of the 15th century (1450’s – 1490’s), brimless caps (or hats) entered men’s fashion. Caps were mostly scarlet, but sometimes black.
The Tippet (tippets) is (are) long, narrow, cloth streamer, usually white, worn around the arm above the elbow, with the long end hanging down to the ground.
The Heuke, or Cloak on one shoulder, was a popular garment in medieval Europe. Cloaks worn on one shoulder have been known since ancient times.
The Redingote is a long dress-coat, fitted overcoat with a flared skirt, that came into vogue as an adaptation of a Riding Habits.
The Braies (fr. Braies; de. Bruoch; pt. Bragas; ru. Брэ; da. Brog; no. Brok) are a type of panties, men’s undergarment.
The Giubberello is a short sleeveless gown for men with open sides. This type of clothing was popular during the Renaissance in Italy (modern territory) in the 15th and early 16th centuries.
The surcoat (French: surcot) is an outer garment commonly worn during the Middle Ages. Its name derives from Old French, meaning “over the cotte.” The surcoat first appeared as a men’s garment during the Crusades, when it was worn over armor to protect it from the sun and heat.
We have a new post on Patreon about 19th century fashion. 19th century. Men’s and Women’s headdresses fashion… here 19th century.
The Umbrella existed as far back as the 11th century BC. It is this time that is considered the time of the invention of the umbrella.
The Robe à l’Anglaise or the Close-bodied gown was a women’s fashion of the 18th century. This type of gown came into French fashion (and throughout the world, everywhere except English it calls “à l’Anglaise”) from England and featured a fitted bodice.
The Robe à la Polonoise (or Polonaise; ru. Роб а ля Полонез; pl. Poloneska; es. Polonesa) is a woman’s gown of the later 1770s and 1780s.
The Frilled veil or Cruselers (de. Krüseler) – this woman’s headdress, which was fashionable in Europe in the 14th – 15th centuries.
The Wulsthaube or Steuchlein is a German female headdress derived from a bonnet. Steuchlein consists of Schleier (veil), Unterhaube (undercap) and Wulst (bulge) – a padded cushion at the back of the head.
The cotte and the cotehardie (English: kirtle) were medieval garments worn over a chemise. They were long, fitted dresses with narrow sleeves.