Fancy dress costume inspired by 18th century fashion, by Callot Soeurs, of green silk taffeta with small floral brocade, bodice with silver lace and chiffon top, c. 1910 ✨
Modas Raffran traditional flamenco dress, made in the 1950s from 1920s Spanish shawls, the black silk ground richly embroidered and appliqued with large flowers, the hem with scarlet ruffles, the shoulders and cutwork cap sleeves adorned with pink and silver sequins, silver beaded tassels ✨
Woman’s gown of ivory silk satin figured in a floral design and brocaded with coloured silks in a pattern of large flowers and leaves, made in the late 1740s, altered in the 1760s, and made into a fancy dress in the late 19th century. V&A Museum
Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, "The Princess" (sitters Miss Johnson, Miss Johnson, unknown woman, Mary Hillier), one of the photographic illustrations to Alfred Tennyson's "Idylls of the King", 1875