Last weekend, @apple-salad invited me to her amazing Rococo Bouquet afternoon tea. Victorian Maiden released many versions and cuts of their Rococo Bouquet series over the years, and I own the Bustle Long Skirt (2011 edition) and the Mermaid skirt (2007 edition), both in blue flowers.
Pictures of the afternoon tea and Rococo Bouquet group HERE
Outfit rundown
Skirt: second-hand Victorian Maiden
Bolero: second-hand Mary Magdalene
Blouse: The Floral Notebook
Shoes: second-hand Innocent World (they died completely after those pictures)
Bag: second-hand Mary Magdalene
Hat: Anonhat
Cameo: vintage Wedgwood
Brooch: Axes Femme
Earrings: vintage
Gloves: vintage
Gerda Ring (1910-1915) via the Olso Museum // Gertrude Vanderbilt, American art collector and sculptor (1910) via wikipedia // Princess Patricia of Connaught (1912) via npg.org.uk // Anne Johnson of St. Louis (1913) via wikipedia // Hazel Dawn, American actress (1913) via David Shields on pinterest // Ruth Findlay, American actress (1914) via wikipedia
Detail of a fashion illustration by Paul Gavarni dated 19 March 1842: "Redingotte (sic) du matin. Gilet de cachemire et de piqué de Humann. - Chemises de Durousseau, chemisiers (sic) des princes."
There's something unsettling to me in a clean-shaven 1840s man with very short hair. You on the left with the white stock... knock it off.
Since she is one of my favorite manga artist (because she is fantastic artist, loves historical/traditional costume and women) I bought Kaoru Mori’s two published sketch books. There are so many gems in there. Allow me to share this one:
The title seems to be something like “hairstyle of a western and a eastern lady” (then there is a comment about how in both culture tying your hair up as a adult was a thing)
Gosh they are so cute! I love how she had them interacting!
Crowley painstakingly styles his hair himself throughout history. Not just miracling it into place.
Imagine Crowley discovering all the elaborate social implications of hairstyling with the ancient Egyptians. And working with wig masters at the French Court. And going to hairdressing school in the 50s, Grease style.
Now yes he probably doesn't do it everyday I imagine once it's done it magically stays the same til he wants a change. But he can, and it brings him great pleasure.
I love the flash, the sparkle, the drama of the musicals costuming, I do. However I have to gush for a second about just how dedicated the movie was into making the costuming and set scream 1899. I’ve only seen the movie version once (I plan to rewatch) but they did such a good job in those aspects it is burned into my brain and I just have to talk about it. Now , no it’s not 100% period accurate as some of the stage costumes are absolute camp and sparkled beyond reason but it’s  aesthetic and stage costumes of the time would be off the rails too so I can look past it.
Something I love particuarly is that all the men who visit the club are dressed for the occasion, it’s White tie! It’s a big deal! (White tie is the most formal, above even black tie events). Except Satie, he gets a pass, love the scarf. I don’t know what it is but seeing proper formal wear? Yes.
Two things here.
One- the way Satine applies her makeup, there’s a reasoning “painting one’s face” is a saying, lipstick had a brush, mascara was a brick with a little comb to apply etc. It’s that the makeup is accurate to the time and they put that effort into it? They could have easily just had he apply from the tube and most people wouldn’t be the wiser but they didn’t!
Two- CHRISTIANS SIDE BURNS???? HELLO?! This 👏 a lot of period productions hate sideburns and hate actual historical hairstyling’s (the amount of women with long, straight, unstyled hair is horrible) and almost forget men can do their hair differently from one another etc? No but I like it particuarly on Christian as he’s much more “clean cut” and “with” the fashion compared to his friends.
Three- alongside hairstyle is wearing a hat outside/when appropriate. A lot of pieces hate hats just as much as they hate proper hair and corsets
So it’s known Toulouse, Nini and La chocolat (male version in movie) were historical figures but the just… how sort of spot on John Leguizamo looks for Toulouse Latrec freaks me out? Lmao
[Hanfu · 漢服]Chinese Five Dynasties And Ten Kingdoms Period Traditional Clothing Hanfu Based On Paining <簪花仕女图/Court Ladies Adorning Their Hair with Flowers>
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【History Note】
The age of creation of <簪花仕女图/Court Ladies Adorning Their Hair with Flowers> has been disputed among historical research scholars.
However, according to recent research and the excavation of more cultural relics from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, it has gradually been proved that this painting is more in line with the hairstyle and the clothes worn by court women during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
In particular, the towering hairstyle is very consistent with the description of noble women during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Similar female figurines were also unearthed from Tomb of the Empress of Min Kingdom (闽国) Liu Hua (Wang Yanjun’s wife) during the same period: