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Seed Beads
Seed beads or rocailles are uniformly shaped, spheroidal beads ranging in size from under a millimeter to several millimeters. Seed bead is also a generic term for any small bead.…
Evening Gowns
Evening Gowns. An evening gown, evening dress or gown is a long flowing dress usually worn to formal occasions. The drop ranges from ballerina (mid-calf to just above the ankles),…
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Jersey Fabric
Jersey Fabric. Jersey is a knit fabric used predominantly for clothing manufacture. It was originally made of wool, but is now made of wool, cotton, and synthetic fibers. Since medieval…
Posted inButtons Haberdashery
Stud Buttons
Stud buttons (also push-through buttons or just studs) are composed from an actual button, connected to a second, button-like element by a narrow metal or plastic bar. Pushed through two…
Posted inFashion Designers
Balenciaga
Balenciaga S.A. is luxury fashion house brand owned by the French multinational company Kering. It was originally founded in Spain by Cristóbal Balenciaga, a designer born in Spain. He had…
Posted inJackets and Coats Pre 1920
17th Century Jackets
17th century jackets are now extremely rare and most of our knowledge is gained from portraits. Some surviving examples are found in museums and occasionally some may come up at…
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Van Cleef and Arpels
Alfred Van Cleef and his father-in-law, Salomon Arpels, founded Van Cleef and Arpels. in 1896. In 1906, following Arpels’s death, Alfred and two of his brothers-in-law, Charles and Julien, acquired…
Arts and Crafts Brooches
Arts and Crafts Brooches. Below are some examples of Arts and Crafts brooches including a gold, seed pearl and diamond grapevine brooch by F W Lawrence. [geolocator_show for="GB"][ebayfeedsforwordpress feed="http://rest.ebay.com/epn/v1/find/item.rss?keyword=Arts+Crafts+brooch&categoryId1=12595&sortOrder=BestMatch&programid=15&campaignid=5338620288&toolid=10039&customid=pastimefashions-rss-uk-arts-crafts-brooches&minPrice=50.0&listingType1=All&feedType=rss&lgeo=1"…
Stockings
Stockings. It was during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I that the first stocking machine was invented by vicar William Lee in Nottingham, England in the late 16th century. He…
