Sartorial Adventure

Ancient Roman bronze shaving razor (1st-2nd century AD)

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:24:59 -0400

Ancient Roman bronze shaving razor (1st-2nd century AD)

In Ruth E. Carter

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:40:42 -0400

Teyana Taylor attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/FilmMagic)

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In Ruth E. Carter

trícia by amara

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:20:47 -0400

brarchives:

trícia by amara

vintage-sweden:“Mrs Jacobsson”, 1870s, Sweden.

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:40:42 -0400

vintage-sweden:

“Mrs Jacobsson”, 1870s, Sweden.

sartorialadventure: When people tag my posts with the names of their OCsit gives me LIFE

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:47:49 -0400

sartorialadventure:

When people tag my posts with the names of their OCs
it gives me LIFE

sartorialadventure: jeannepompadour: Marble bust of Marie...

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:46:30 -0400

sartorialadventure:

jeannepompadour:

Marble bust of Marie d’Anjou, Queen of France, circa 1465

The wimple - the head veil with the chin covering - was traditional in the Middle Ages for married women. Just like women in Islam today, in certain periods married Christian women were required for religious and modesty reasons to cover their hair.
The cloth that covers the chin was called a barbette, and had the extra benefit of hiding a sagging neck!
I call it a barbette because it appears to be a strip of cloth unconnected to the cloth on the shoulders and chest. If it were all one piece of cloth, it would be a wimple.
There was also a version with the cloth under the chin but NOT over the head, and that was called a gorget:
As you can see, the amount of hair that needed to be covered changed across the middle ages, though in general, married women were pretty much always required to wear their hair up and neat. Loose hair was considered to indicate either a “maiden” (unmarried woman) or a “loose woman”.
Source

sartorialadventure: takodanah:oscar isaac, john boyega and...

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:24:45 -0400

sartorialadventure:

takodanah:
oscar isaac, john boyega and daisy ridley attend the european premiere of star wars: the rise of skywalker on december 18th, 2019 in london, england.

Daisy Ridley in Vivienne Westwood:
With John Boyega, in a blue Agbada, a robe traditionally worn by men in West Africa, with gold detailing. A Fila, a traditional Yoruba cap, finished the look:

sartorialadventure: Traditional hairstyles of the Fula...

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:41:25 -0400

sartorialadventure:

Traditional hairstyles of the Fula people (or Fulani or Fulɓe)
1, 2: Guinea
4: 1959 Burkina Faso
6: c. 1920
7: Burkina Faso
8. Central Guinea
9. Dalaba, French Guinea (now Guinea)
10. Fouta Djallon, Central Guinea, ca 1955

Cucculelli Shaheen Spring 2024

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:24:28 -0400

themakeupbrush:

Cucculelli Shaheen Spring 2024

Why are they called “penny loafers”?

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:41:56 -0400

Why are they called “penny loafers”?

Joli Poli | Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:22:34 -0400

lacetulle:

Joli Poli | Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week

Guillotine necklaces and hair a la victime: how survivors of the French Revolution used fashion to…

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:40:56 -0400

Learn about the ‘guillotine choker’: History’s darkest fashion trend 🩸#history #historyfacts

Guillotine necklaces and hair a la victime: how survivors of the French Revolution used fashion to evoke it

Incroyables and Merveilleuses

The Incroyables (French: [ɛ̃kʁwajabl], “incredibles”) and their female counterparts, the Merveilleuses (French: [mɛʁvɛjøz], “marvelous women”), were members of a fashionable aristocratic subculture in Paris during the French Directory (1795–1799). Whether as catharsis or in a need to reconnect with other survivors of the Reign of Terror, they greeted the new regime with an outbreak of luxury, decadence, and even silliness. They held hundreds of balls and started fashion trends in clothing and mannerisms that today seem exaggerated, affected, or even effete. They were also mockingly called “incoyable” or “meveilleuse”, without the letter R, reflecting their upper class accent in which that letter was lightly pronounced, almost inaudibly. When this period ended, society took a more sober and modest turn.

^Picture from Les Français sous la Révolution by Augustin Challamel & Wilhelm Ténint

Ornate carriages reappeared on the streets of Paris the day after the execution (28 July 1794) of Maximilien Robespierre, which brought an end to the Jacobin-era Committee of Public Safety and signaled the commencement of the Thermidorian Reaction. There were masters and servants once more in Paris, and the city erupted in a furor of pleasure-seeking and entertainment. Theaters thrived, and popular music satirized the excesses of the Revolution.

Many public balls were bals des victimes at which young aristocrats who had lost loved ones to the guillotine danced in mourning dress or wore black armbands, greeting one another with violent movements of the head as if in decapitation.[n 2] A ball held at the Hôtel Thellusson on the rue de Provence in the 9th arrondissement of Paris restricted its guest list to the grown children of the guillotined.

^Painting Un Incroyable, by Carle Vernet, perhaps the first image of a top hat (1796)

The Merveilleuses scandalized Paris with dresses and tunics modeled after the ancient Greeks and Romans, cut of light or even transparent linen and gauze. Sometimes so revealing they were termed “woven air”, many gowns displayed cleavage and were too tight to allow pockets. In some caricaturized representations, the gowns were dampened in order to further cling to the figure.[3] To carry even a handkerchief, the ladies had to use small bags known as reticules.[4] They were fond of wigs, often choosing blonde because the Paris Commune had banned blonde wigs, but they also wore them in black, blue, and green. Enormous hats, short curls like those on Roman busts, and Greek-style sandals were the rage. The sandals tied above the ankle with crossed ribbons or strings of pearls. Exotic and expensive scents fabricated by perfume houses like Parfums Lubin were worn both for style and as indicators of social station. Thérésa Tallien, known as “Our Lady of Thermidor”, wore expensive rings on the toes of her bare feet and gold circlets on her legs.

^Paris Ladies in their Winter dress (1799). English caricature by Isaac Cruikshank

The Incroyables wore eccentric outfits: large earrings, green jackets, wide trousers, huge neckties, thick glasses, and hats topped by “dog ears”, their hair falling on their ears. Their musk-based fragrances earned the derogatory nickname muscadins for them and their immediate predecessors, a more middle-class group of anti-Jacobins. They wore bicorne hats and carried distinctive knobbled bludgeons or canes, which they referred to as their “executive power.” Hair was often shoulder-length, sometimes pulled up in the back with a comb to imitate the hairstyles of the condemned. Some sported large monocles. They frequently affected a lisp, allegedly to avoid the letter “R” as in revolution, and sometimes a stooped, hunchbacked posture or slouch, as caricatured in numerous cartoons of the time.[5]

FINALLY FINISHED !!!

Sun, 31 May 2026 16:20:38 -0400

ihavethemangoes:

FINALLY FINISHED !!!
I’ve been at this since like September. Originally the plan was to do five panels but by the time I reached three I realized it was absolutely going to be too heavy. If the back bothers me then I’ll just buy some black fabric and sew it on.
I pinned it excessively since I have been warned the feathers won’t flatten unless blocked aggressively. They still don’t behave themselves 100% but again, if it bothers me I’m willing to steam block it in the future. Super fun before and after pics.
Pattern is of course the feathered wings shawl by my favorite pattern designer craftyintentions.

Joli Poli | Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week

Sun, 31 May 2026 09:40:45 -0400

lacetulle:

Joli Poli | Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week

jeannepompadour: Marble bust of Marie d’Anjou, Queen of France,...

Sat, 30 May 2026 16:29:27 -0400

jeannepompadour:

Marble bust of Marie d’Anjou, Queen of France, circa 1465

The wimple - the head veil with the chin covering - was traditional in the Middle Ages for married women. Just like women in Islam today, in certain periods married Christian women were required for religious and modesty reasons to cover their hair.

The cloth that covers the chin was called a barbette, and had the extra benefit of hiding a sagging neck!

I call it a barbette because it appears to be a strip of cloth unconnected to the cloth on the shoulders and chest. If it were all one piece of cloth, it would be a wimple.

There was also a version with the cloth under the chin but NOT over the head, and that was called a gorget:

As you can see, the amount of hair that needed to be covered changed across the middle ages, though in general, married women were pretty much always required to wear their hair up and neat. Loose hair was considered to indicate either a “maiden” (unmarried woman) or a “loose woman”.

Source

Evening Cloak, 1901. Paris Maison Worth Jean-Philippe.

Sat, 30 May 2026 09:40:58 -0400

costumeloverz71:

Evening Cloak, 1901. Paris Maison Worth Jean-Philippe.

Sabina Bilenko | Film Noir

Fri, 29 May 2026 16:23:00 -0400

lacetulle:

Sabina Bilenko | Film Noir

History of men’s pearl earrings in the 16th/17th centuries

Fri, 29 May 2026 09:40:53 -0400

History of men’s pearl earrings in the 16th/17th centuries

Is… is that first woman STRAPPED TO HER SIDESADDLE?? I have never seen that before! I need to look…

Thu, 28 May 2026 17:05:14 -0400

historical-fashion-polls:

which outfit would you rather wear? (ca. 1800-1803)
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requested by: @screechingsandwichhologram
request: late 1700s or early 1800s riding habits

Is… is that first woman STRAPPED TO HER SIDESADDLE?? I have never seen that before! I need to look it up…

“Ladies on horseback are occasionally depicted with a strap around their thighs (see “L’Inconvenient des Perruques,” below). Whether to keep skirts from flying about or to make sure a lady stayed in her saddle, it was exceedingly dangerous. If her saddle girth slipped, the rider would be under the horse, having her brains dashed out by its hooves. If her horse tripped and fell, she would be crushed, with very little chance to jump free. Even with a breakaway stirrup, it is difficult to get off a sidesaddle in an emergency. Choosing to leap off deliberately is not a pleasant option (bad falls were common) but preferable to ending up under one’s horse or being dragged by a foot stuck in the stirrup.” (source: Jill Ottman)

^“L’Inconvenient des Perruques/The Inconvenience of Wigs” (1798),
by Carl Vernet.

More about the history of riding sidesaddle

MISS SOHEE Couture Spring/Summer 2026 if you want to support this blog consider donating to:…

Thu, 28 May 2026 16:21:16 -0400

fashion-runways:

MISS SOHEE Couture Spring/Summer 2026
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