Possibly by #Schiaparelli, this unlabelled 1930's look brings the garden wherever you go. #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory via Christie's.

In 1959, fresh from his time in Paris ateliers and just before opening his own salon in Rome, Valentino Garavani designed Fiesta—a cocktail dress that foreshadowed his dramatic flair and his lifelong embrace of the color red. Archivio Valentino

Vintage beauty

Plum blossom gently drifts from the shoulders of Doucet’s late #1890s gown, alighting here and there on the skirt before floating to lie at the hem. Languid and breeze filled it seems #thekyotocostumeinstitute #fashionhistory

Art Nouveau playing cards from c. 1901 designed by French artist Gaston Quenioux, Paris, France.

Parasol by Lyon, 1890s. The MET.

A snoozing cat, photographed 113 years ago by Marcel Meys. I've cleaned up this lovely Autochrome from 1912, entitled "Portrait of a cat sleeping on a cushion". It is original colour, not colourised.

One of the coolest scenes in cinema history. Vincent Cassel didn’t need a stuntman for the iconic laser dance in Ocean’s Twelve—he’s trained in capoeira, the Brazilian martial art known for its dance-like movements, and performed entire sequence himself.

The armour of ✨Jean Paul Gaultier✨ Fall/Winter 2003 Couture.🪡

This detail is astonishing!

Gotta love Japanese urbanism! A tiny urban site gives life to a stunning 9-storey hotel, with balconies all around Soil Nihonbashi Hotel, Tokyo, by Kiyoaki Takeda Architects (photo by 8tn89)

Which of René Lalique’s 1920s perfume bottles do you like the most?

Colleen Parker, contemporary UK mixed media artist, specialising in watercolour & ink #womensart

Yves Saint Laurent, 1971. The designer’s “Libération” collection sparked outrage for its revival of silhouettes and styling associated with the war years. Critics accused it of glamorizing deprivation and occupation. This dress was part of the Rive Gauche ready-to-wear line.

"Treating the root cause" is a trope abused in alternative/integrative/functional medicine to sow distrust in mainstream medicine. Ironically, a scientifically implausible “root cause” is often treated with pseudoscientific approaches (e.g., spine subluxations for all diseases;

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The one and only Junon, by #Dior. #fashionhistory of 1949, via the Met.