This exhibition consists of nearly 50 costumes and more than 150 accessories, along with carefully selected colour fashion plates and photos, which convey the atmosphere of the era. A selection of the Victorian fashion from his collection has previously been on display in Riga, Vilnius, Brussels, Paris, Sydney, Hong Kong, Tōkyō, İstanbul and Moscow. The Alexandre Vassiliev Foundation owns nearly 10,000 historical costumes from the 18th to the 20th centuries, and new items are constantly added to it. He also hosts a popular style show on the Russian TV channel Ostankino. The reason it's called a "mob" cap is that women wore them during the French Revolution.This exhibition was made possible thanks to the cooperation of Alexandre Vassiliev, a well-known fashion historian, stage designer, collector and tireless fashion promoter of Russian origin, and the foundation under his name.Īlexandre Vassiliev has created stage designs and costumes for several world-famous operas, ballets, plays and films, he has written about 40 books on the history of fashion, and he has produced documentaries, given lectures and worked on a number of fashion-related projects. A mob cap is made of linen or cotton cut in a circle and gathered to create a ruffle around the edge. The size of the cap was smaller than it had been in the past. Question: Were mob caps worn by women in the late 19th century?Īnswer: While mob caps are usually associated with an earlier time, some women wore them in the late 19th century, usually maids or other servants. A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty by Mimi Matthews.19th Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy Johnston.Victorian and Edwardian Fashion A Photographic Survey by Alison Gersheim.Victorian Fashions : A Pictorial Archive by Carol Belanger Grafton.Encyclopedia of Clothing & Fashion, edited by Valerie Steele Scribner Library.Costume and Styles: The Evolution of Fashion From Early Egypt to the Present by Henny Harald Hansen E.Daily Life in Victorian England by Sally Mitchell Greenwood Press.Garments were loose and unstructured, used soft colors created with natural dyes, and were embellished by hand embroidery featuring motifs drawn from nature. These intellectuals, artists, and literary folk longed for a simpler life and the costumes that reflected the lifestyle. Followers of the Aesthetic movement despised the Industrial Revolution, exaggerated fashions, and the use of the new synthetic dyes that produced sometimes lurid colors, and weird color combinations.The style did not go over well and was often ridiculed in the press. The Bloomer Costume, named after feminist Amelia Bloomer, featured a full, short skirt worn over wide trousers for ease of movement. The Gabriel Princess dress produced a slim silhouette in plain or muted colors with a small white collar and a full, though greatly diminished skirt. The New Princess Line was a simple form of dress, cut in one piece of joined panels, fitted from shoulder to hem. Meanwhile, certain fashion mavens felt that the over ornamentation had gone too far.
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