pandy-snowfalling:

electrikfeather:

mumblingsage:

yamino:

iamingrid:

yamino:

omgthatdress:

Half-Mourning Dress

1910-1912

The Victoria & Albert Museum

What’s a “half-mourning” dress?  Mourning in the front, party in the back?

Half-Mourning was the third stage of mourning for a widow. She would be expected to mourn her husband for at least two years, the stages being Full Mourning, Second Mourning and Half-Mourning. The different stages regulated what they would be wearing, with Full Mourning being all black and with no ornamentation, including the wodow’s veil, and the stages after that introducing some jewellery and modest ornamentation. When in Half-Mourning you would gradually include fabrics in other colors and sort of ease your way out of mourning. 

Wow, I am happy you made that joke so I could interpert it as a serious question and have an excuse to ramble on about clothing customs of the past, I am a historical fashion nerd.

That’s very informative, but I’m going to stick with my original head canon:

I love both the informed fashion history and the hilariously off-the-wall halves of this post.

HELP

OMFG

princesstamir:

redfruitwhiteseeds:

thebestworstidea:

serephita:

cosgeek:

“The Falconer” (from The Lies of Locke Lamora)

Costumes Designs by Kathryn Sutcliffe

Photographed by James McMillen and John Danesh

Click here to see a video of the costumes.

OMG THIS IS SERIOUSLY HAPPENING?! brb dying

This is a good trend. I approve.

IT’S LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF ASSASSIN’S CREED 

ladylawga:

In the name of New York, we’ll punish you!

Matching Thor here. 

aidosaur:

2 Kawaii 4 U

Omigosh I can finally share this!  At SPX last year, I was asked to draw something including the words “TOO KAWAII TO LIVE, TOO SUGOI TO DIE.”  Afterwards, Ananth and I asked if we could elaborate on the sketch and make it into some sorta design and then I did.

This is now available as both a tee and a print over at Topatoco if you’re interested!  And there’s the rest of our store at Topatoco as well.

pretaportre:

Detailing of Alexander McQueen fall 2013 in Paris.

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swelarpers:

Swedish Viking Reenactment: Vendelrus

Vilhelm’s gallery is amazing! The historical clothing looks like photos from the past and it makes me want to cry, that’s how awesome I think it is Q_Q  

~ Vendelrus ~

Part 1

mirroir:

Steampunk influence on high-end fashion (x) @ Dolce & Gabbana at Milan Fashion Week Fall 2006

(Source: fbickle)

katzmatt:

silver-land:

snarkophile:

payslipgig:

oppressedbrowngirlsdoingthings:

faineemae:

ninjahijabi:

zuleikha:

all the awards to this woman please.

god bless

omg what. she is so cool. 

NO WOMAN SHOULD HAVE THIS MUCH SWAG

let me give her like a million high fives please

Holy shit that is fucking awesome.

Always reblog Batman Lady.

that is the greatest burqa i have ever seen 

(Source: teapotify)

theeyeofthetigger:

aurasama:

catherinewho:

aboyscoutandabrownie:

bemusedlybespectacled:

WAISTCOAT. DRESS.

I don’t think you guys understand the extent of my love for waistcoats and vests.

I NEED DIS

There is no way for me to physically express just how much this appeals to my tastes, it’s like clothes porn because yes perfect it’s like everything I find sexy in fashion had just given birth to the most beautiful lovechild

/brb fashiongasm

please get on my body